Welcome to our review of Potata: Fairy Flower, one of those games that managed to combine two genres into a more than decent game!
The adventure platformer tells a story of a young witch exploring fairy forests to find herself and save her home. Join her quest now! Immerse yourself into a picture-perfect fantasy — solve numerous puzzles, fight enemies, reveal all the secrets… and don’t forget to save the world!
The first thing you will notice when you boot up Potata are its special graphics and it is this kid like approach to this game. Do not be misled, Potata is a surprisingly hard game and it never shows its fangs in public. Let me explain by breaking down both genres it incorporates so well.
First off, the platforming. Platforming has been done so often that you’d think there is little left to discuss. Sure, Potata has one of the best mechanics and responses to jumps, you literally know how she will jump and nothing about it is unpredictable. All signs of a more than decent programming and I admit this part had me admiring the game, it is just playing so darn well.
The platforms too, you know when to take a leap of faith and when not to bother. This predictability is in my book a feat that literally EVERY platformer should have and in my past few years, only 1 other title came to mind that had this same level of excellence (Sydney Hunter).
Next up, the puzzles, from the start, you will see them hit you in the face by how smart they are but also how hard they are when you do not see it. I played that game where the surround blocks light up and you need to form a specific pattern. I played a puzzle where I had to incorporate Tetris shapes into a cast, ….
Now imagine these are mixed into 1 whole and you got Potata, a fun game, but wait, there is more! I mentioned earlier that this game can catch you off guard because of how it was designed. A lot of backtracking, a ton of reading and those puzzles can each time break the platforming pace and well, it is kind of hard to keep yourself in the flow of the game.
And that might be the biggest enemy of this game, this breaking of the flow. In itself, the platforming is awesome, the boss fights are quirky and the backtracking is even welcomed. The puzzles are hard if you do not see the light (pun intended) and well, it just did it for me, but that is because I do enjoy these hybrid games more than the next person.
Maybe it is the entire atmosphere that did it for me, those foreground graphics, the cute overall style, the background music that thankfully never felt boring to me. Potata is a great game for me personally.
In conclusion, Potata has a low learning curve but it might be a little tough due to the speed bumps along the way. Great graphics and atmosphere, I can recommend this game for those in for a challenge!
