Crit Verdict
Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
It's free to play.
92%
Very Positive
736 player reviews
Buy it if you like
- Story and characters: 127 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 736 player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
71% of themes are praise29% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
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127 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The way the story is told with the new visuals is really fun.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Otherwise, I see this as a major improvement and I can't wait to truly enjoy Yiik with this new gameplay and storytelling aesthetic.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The art direction and narrative are a huge improvement over the original game, it now has a strong and unique sense of identity, the soundtrack is overall good, and the old combat was scrapped and replaced with something that is actually fun and has potential, I also really digged the combat UI and animations, they have a dynamism more similar to (post-)modern games such as persona 5.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The moment I loaded up this demo, I was met with the beautiful main menu screen, which brings me to my favorite part of this demo: the character animations are phenomenal, expressive and stylized!
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters127 reviews
Graphics53 reviews
Gameplay29 reviews
Audio24 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat105 reviews
91%
Difficulty6 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
Player review score
92%
Very Positive
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