Void tRrLM();//Void Terrarium recensione
They say the human brain is able to interpret words written with a mix of numbers and letters. A bit like those games that are played since childhood and that whet the imagination. It appears to be the same technique used by the da team Nippon Ichi Software, who used any type of font to name their new work: Void tRrLM();//Void Terrarium. It is a dungeon crawler, that is a title mainly inspired by role-playing games, published by NIS America and available for PlayStation 4 e Nintendo Switch, platform where we tested this title. A tender and almost fairytale journey, which deserves your full attention to find out how our experience went.
Void tRrLM (); // Void Terrarium Review - A fairy tale pandemonium
The game opens in one post apocalyptic scenario, where men have had the worst and the human race is now completely extinct. Almost. The fate of man was not the happiest, but we do not anticipate anything. We only know that a rather peculiar robot is capable of attacking enemies and moving around in this crazy and similar-looking world. 2D labyrinthine video games from the XNUMXs, where the green color in the graphics rather small in details, but accurate.
Who invites the tints they are much more feeble, but still characterized by a rather wide variety, to tell us the story of a mouse. Were you thinking of any epic characters? To a cursed hero? A astronaut “Who is waiting in the sky”, as the White Duke sang in the song Starman? None of this: a rat, common, banal, nothing special.
Discount
Void Trrlm();//Void Terrarium Limited Edition - Nintendo...
- From the creator of A Rose in the Twilight and htol # niq: the firefly diary
- Install various equipment, skills, nodes and parts you find in your expeditions and prevent threats to the health of ...
- Choose yours to Out wisely as you battle through procedurally generated levels in ...
The mouse then takes possession of a machine, allowing him to drive this robot, called with not too much imagination Robbie, wandering in search of meaning in this world now reduced to rubble. It will be during ours very first encounter with an Artificial Intelligence very nice looking that we discover part of what happened.
He computer in question the blame is attributed to what happened to the whole of humanity, telling that men have created underground areas, the very ones in which we wake up. Their goal was to find new areas in order to survive.
We are not alone in this universe
As we anticipated, it seems that the cosmic void surrounds us, but it is not. As we stroll through this dungeon, we realize that all is not lost, perhaps. Her fate depends on our ability to look after the little girl, who we will discover is called Toriko, survived this pandemonium, unique (and perhaps last) hope of salvation for mankind. But she is now dying, hers state of health is definitely precarious, but Robbie and the AI decide together to help the poor girl.
Where to start? From the basics, little but sure: looking for sustenance and nutrition for the little one, continuing with the construction of a home and so on. While humans usually have to take care of animals, the opposite is true in this game. Toriko becomes like our puppy in nintendogs or, for long-time players, ours tamagotchi, that after a certain period of time needs our direct intervention.
Void Trrlm();//Void Terrarium Limited Edition - Nintendo...
- From the creator of A Rose in the Twilight and htol # niq: the firefly diary
- Install various equipment, skills, nodes and parts you find in your expeditions and prevent threats to the health of ...
- Choose yours to Out wisely as you battle through procedurally generated levels in ...
We are therefore embarking on a mission that is certainly not easy, considering that we are in a sea of garbage, in the literal sense. With this pretext, let's start ours adventure beyond this solitude, facing a series of increasingly powerful robotic enemies with a rather fast pace between one encounter and another.
Let's talk about this then double identity enjoyed by Void Terrarium: on the one hand, the hub, the void to which the "void" of the title refers, on the other the dungeons of game. nell 'hub, the game takes on the appearance of a 2.5D sliding platform, rather similar in concept to that videogame marvel that is the Ori series. Here, however, the actions to accomplish are definitely limited, as opposed to what happens in dungeons.
A labyrinthine game
If in the hub we can take a break, equip ourselves, take stock of what we have done up to that point, the next step is dictated by breathless battles in dungeons, very similar to the caverns and cramped spaces of the very first Pokémon series titles, with the camera from above that “exactly” follows our protagonist. Precisely at this stage, it is therefore clear to us that originality and novelty are not the keywords of this game, while also proving to be a point in favor of familiarization with its core mechanics.
The dungeons are labyrinthine areas whose map, present on the side of the screen, expands in a procedural way as we continue in our progress, each made up of different levels. Our hero finds himself facing “robotic” and alien enemies, while he must discover and collect the most disparate materials and objects between one floor and another of each dungeon.
I fighting yes, they are fast paced, but not particularly difficult; the real difficulty lies in strategy, learning to balance and balance HP attacks and recovery, which frequently risk scarcity in our favor. As often happens, we have a basic attack to which they are added gradually different special attacks to be acquired by leveling up.
Discount
Void Trrlm();//Void Terrarium Limited Edition - Nintendo...
- From the creator of A Rose in the Twilight and htol # niq: the firefly diary
- Install various equipment, skills, nodes and parts you find in your expeditions and prevent threats to the health of ...
- Choose yours to Out wisely as you battle through procedurally generated levels in ...
An enjoyable universe
At each level up we will always have to choose between two distinct upgrade options of our protagonist, as well as the special attacks are yes more effective than the basic one, but they need a certain period of cooldown after using it.
So let's not be fooled by the very nice and well-finished graphics with which the characters are made. Void tRrLM (); // Void Terrarium also has a side quite challenging in terms of gameplay, however, corroborated by a graphic and sound sector of all points.
Able to involve us during our experience game thanks to almost smoky atmospheres and a fantasy taste, well designed and from coherent contextualization in the "space" world in which we find ourselves, the development team has really worked hard to create an enjoyable game world, with a little less attention in the part of the dungeons.
In conclusion
It is a niche title, which for our part could make even more sense in the "Collection" of the small size of the screen of Nintendo Switch, to be able to take a closer look at this particular journey. There game engine response is absolutely fluid, allowing us to live the path of our Robbie in total harmony.
Il gameplay in itself it risks being frustrating when Toriko begins to suffer from our lack of care, or when we are running out of energy and we struggle to hold the reins of the game. At any rate, the experience becomes a little more relaxing in the moments when we can take a breath during dialogic sequences, with extended times and able to balance the race against time in dungeons.
Void tRrLM (); // Void Terrarium è a little gem that tries to make us rediscover the taste of care for each other, making us fall into the role of caregiver of a little girl defenseless, infusing us with so much tenderness and turning on a small warm light in the videogame mare magnum.
Void tRrLM();//Void Terrarium
Pro 
- Story with a fairytale flavor ..
- Two-phase distinct gameplay ...
- Overturning of the concept of animal-human care ...
Cons 
- ... but sometimes the magic runs out
- ... sometimes too similar to Tamagotchi
- ... but frustration is around the corner
