Review: Time on Frog Island
If you’re coming into Time on Frog Island expecting something along the lines of A Short Hike, know that it actually shares a lot more DNA with The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening than that indie darling. Set on the titular Frog Island, you take up the role of a pipe-biting sea captain who finds himself shipwrecked after a particularly violent storm. With his vessel in shambles, the captain will have to rebuild his ship with the help of the island’s residents. But they’re not here to do anything for free. If you want their assistance, you’re going to need to give them something in return.
Time on Frog Island (PC, PS4, Stadia, Switch [reviewed], Xbox One)Developer: Half Past YellowPublisher: Merge GamesReleased: July 11, 2022MSRP: $24.99
That’s how you’re going to spend your time on Frog Island: fulfilling requests by completing a variety of short trade sequences with some light puzzle solving scrunched in-between. Most of the uniquely designed residents you meet are looking for something that only you can provide. There’s a farmer in a losing fight with crows, a meditating frog who can’t find Zen with that dang bell ringing all the time, and a few others each dealing with an issue or two of their own. In a mostly dialogue-free experience, the frogs will communicate their needs through a series of icons and pictures you’ll have to decipher. Some are straightforward, others you probably won’t understand until you explore more of the island.
Admittedly, I went through a lot of trial and error trying to figure out what it was I needed to do to slake these frogs and get the heck off this island. When prompted for a coin or what looked like a pearl, I was at a complete loss on how to help them. There was nothing in my
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