{"id":22014,"date":"2022-02-09T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T00:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=22014"},"modified":"2022-01-29T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T13:44:13","slug":"chicory-a-colorful-tale-switch-ps4-ps5-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/09\/chicory-a-colorful-tale-switch-ps4-ps5-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Switch, PS4, PS5, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In the land of Picnic, which is full of talking anthropomorphic animals, there is one special individual who wields a paintbrush.\u00a0 This \u2018Wielder\u2019 is in charge of all the colors in the land, and the brush has been passed down from generations.\u00a0 The new wielder is a rabbit named Chicory.\u00a0 But you don\u2019t play as her.\u00a0 You play as her janitor, a little dog named after whatever you put as your favorite food.\u00a0 So in my game you played as Pizza.\u00a0 One day while cleaning, all the color disappears from the world so you go check on Chicory.\u00a0 She\u2019s locked herself in her room, but the brush is outside.\u00a0 So you take the brush and become the new wielder, but all of a sudden, black corrupted plants fill the land and you must use your new brush powers to stop them and find out what\u2019s happened to Chicory.\u00a0 Chicory: A Colorful Tale is a top down viewed adventure game that combines elements from classic Zelda games with paint and drawing puzzles like Okami.\u00a0 And since every screen is black and white at first, you can color in every single area like a coloring book if you like!\u00a0 The game is available on Switch, PlayStation consoles, and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

There are two ways to control the game on the Switch.\u00a0 Docked to the TV you control your character with the L stick and point the remote at the screen to paint.\u00a0 In handheld mode you can use the touch screen to paint.\u00a0 Both ways work fine, but I found it easier to play in handheld mode.\u00a0 You can also use the R stick and shoulder buttons to paint in both modes.\u00a0 You\u2019ll travel around the land similar to a 2D Zelda game as you visit towns, explore countrysides, and solve puzzles in cave mazes.\u00a0 At the end of each chapter you\u2019ll usually fight a boss, which is just eyes or an animal head that you have to paint all over while avoiding attacks.\u00a0 But there are no other enemies in the game.\u00a0 After defeating a boss you\u2019ll earn a new power for your brush that gives you a new skill.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be able to swim through paint (like Splatoon) to go under obstacles or up walls, jump, and more.<\/p>\n

Not only will you use paint to solve puzzles and bypass obstacles, you can use it to color the land if you like.\u00a0 In fact, the paint tools in this game are more robust than some dedicated paint programs I\u2019ve reviewed!\u00a0 You can change colors and brush sizes, and many of the sidequests in this game have you earning different brush strokes, patterns, colors, and more!\u00a0 Speaking of sidequests, there are a ton more where you search for hidden outfits to dress up your character, furniture to decorate your house, and lost kids to find.<\/p>\n

The game has a few minor problems, but most didn\u2019t phase me.\u00a0 Goals and objectives can be a bit unclear sometimes, but luckily there is a hint system in place.\u00a0 Scattered about the land are phone booths where you can call your parents to get hints (another reason why this game reminds me of Zelda titles like Link\u2019s Awakening).\u00a0 You can choose vague or detailed clues, and while I hated to have to use the hint system so often, it never steered me wrong.\u00a0 Some may complain about the lack of challenge since there are no enemies in the game and bosses can\u2019t even \u2018kill\u2019 you.\u00a0 But I don\u2019t think that\u2019s what the game is about.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a chill puzzler action title.\u00a0 Sometimes the puzzles can be a bit tedious, but I still saw the game all the way through.\u00a0 Even though it only took 8 hours to beat, I only completed it with about 62 percent, so there is plenty of replay value for those who want to discover everything.\u00a0 Overall this is really one of the better indie titles I\u2019ve played in a long time, with fun gameplay and a good story about friendship.<\/p>\n

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Chicory: A Colorful Tale is rated E for Everyone with ESRB descriptors of Cartoon Mischief and Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You don\u2019t really fight anything in the game except bosses, and they\u2019re just crudely drawn eyes and animal heads that you paint on to damage them.\u00a0 If you get hit by the bosses\u2019 paint enough times, you\u2019ll just sit down but get back up again.\u00a0 Reading skill is a must for the text, and younger gamers may need help with some of the tougher puzzles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the land of Picnic, which is full of talking anthropomorphic animals, there is one special individual who wields a paintbrush.\u00a0 This \u2018Wielder\u2019 is in charge of all the colors in the land, and the brush has been passed down from generations.\u00a0 The new wielder is a rabbit named Chicory.\u00a0 But you don\u2019t play as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22014"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22016,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22014\/revisions\/22016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}