"Brilliantly Blends Magical Realism & South Asian Culture" - Thirsty Suitors Review
combines turn-based combat, skateboarding, and cooking to make a wholly unique experience about coming to terms with your past mistakes and mending relationships. The title comes from Outerloop Games, a studio which specializes in storytelling about underrepresented cultures, and publisher Annapurna Interactive. Though lacks complexity in some areas, it makes up for it through creativity, aesthetics, and emotional South Asian-inspired storytelling.
The concept of sounds like a trifecta of activities that wouldn't mesh well together and would come off feeling disjointed, but it pulls it off in a way that feels organic. The game's combat, cooking, and skating mechanics feel naturally woven into the storyline and flow smoothly back and forth from one another, suiting protagonist Jala well. While fighting is never exceedingly difficult and skating doesn't go as in-depth as something like, a diverse cast of compelling characters and a slew of unique ideas go a long way in terms of making those gripes seem much less noteworthy.
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stars Jala, which the game amusingly describes as a "." After ditching her small hometown of Timber Hills three years prior to be with a woman named Jennifer, Jala has returned after being dumped to make amends. She's on bad terms with both her family and a group of vengeful exes, and is determined to go on a reconciliation tour ahead of her sister Aruni's impending wedding. Out of everyone she left behind, no one hates Jala more than Tyler, her on-again, off-again girlfriend whom she dumped via payphone as she left Timber Hills.
However, Tyler has to put aside her differences with Jala after a mysterious new figure Soundie has taken over
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