List of complaints:
- no player freedom (couldn't choose to let grandma die)
- music makes me feel like I'm on in a pleasant adventure game, not a raging grapple on the seven seas
- hat color is the best color
- no handbrake on boat
- cannot burn down forest
- cannot supersize boat into Blackbeard's pirate ship
- ravens wing are amazing fantasy plants and don't look anything like tomatoes
- character art is too good
- invisible boundaries didn't allow me to explore the farthest corners of Middle Earth
- I feel extremely satisfied and cozy after completing this game. Would not recommend if that's not your thing.
(sarcasm implied! ^^)
In all seriousness, I really enjoyed this adventure. By pure luck, I decided to skip the mushroom dock and ended up completing it flawlessly linear, but I like how (after the tree), you can go to each of the docks freely and may have to return there if you don't have the correct skills. I think the only VERY SLIGHTLY frustrating part was the wide turning radius of the boat - it had me doing some five point turns haha - no biggie though. I also would've liked a larger camera view (maybe only when you're boating?) to make you feel like a little person in a big world.
The modeling of the important elements was done really well, and the artwork was amazing. The music also fit, so all of the artistic elements tied the experience together seamlessly.
Another commenter called this game "magical", and I think that describes it perfectly.