

This fantastic addition let me explore or collect items at my own pace. Plus, every ability is on a short cooldown, so there is no real punishment for using them whenever you want. By completing stone stacking challenges, Tchia gains more and more patterns that let you manipulate the world to your whims. Think Ocarina of Time, but instead of an ocarina, you have a magical ukulele. By just playing four notes, Tchia can change the time of day, spawn a specific type of animal, be able to breathe underwater for a much linger longer time, and so much more. What adds to this feeling is Tchia’s ukulele-playing skills. And when you line up, jumping from a bird to a gasoline can take out a camp of Maevora’s goons, you feel like this island is yours. It’s easy to start galloping around the islands as a deer. Their controls are simple, but that works in their favor.

But it is so much fun to fly around the islands as a bird, swim the seas as a dolphin, and even just be a crab snipping at things. Yet, unlike Super Mario Odyssey, there is a limit that recharges over time when not in use. Tchia is able to jump into any animal or inanimate object and control it. Spirit jumping is, I feel, a more fun version of the similar ability that was seen in Super Mario Odyssey and inspired by New Caledonian folklore of shape-shifting. It’s not just these challenges or collectibles that make exploring the islands fun it’s how you can explore them. Or even a treasure map that will take you all across the islands to find special cosmetic collectibles. Or challenges like a race course for a Tchia-possessed animal. Like finding an odd woven collectible or a secret door that will help you later on. About finding what is on your way to those waypoints. You know where your goals are through pins or quest objective markers, but it’s really about the sense of exploration. Both of which don’t tell you where exactly you are in the world. It’s hard to have a sense at first of where you even are and how far you are from your destination. The sailing is fun, but it’s hard to understand how fast you’re moving and navigating the world.
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Slowly she builds friends and allies, gains blessings to put a stop to Maevora’s rule, and sets free more than she initially set out for.Īt first, I thought Tchia was slow. While on her journey, she not only learns more about herself and her family but how other islanders find their own happiness under Maevora’s rule and how this evil gold is destroying nature for its own benefit. So Tchia sets sail to confront Maevora and save her father. The ability to spirit jump into inanimate objects and animals. Tchia quickly learns while trying to save her father that she has a special latent gift.

They live a peaceful, isolated life until one day, henchmen of Maevora appear, kidnapping her father.

Tchia lives with her father on a small island off the coast of Ija Nöj and Madra Nöj, all ruled by the malevolent god, Maevora. In Tchia, you play as a little girl named Tchia. How does it play as a game? For a quick TLDR, Tchia is a can’t-miss that is brimming with charm in every facet of gameplay. A collection of island territories of France located in the Pacific, with its legends, music, cultures, and landscapes, are all that inspired the fictional islands and adventure in this coming-of-age adventure game. Tchia, by Awaceb and Kepler Interactive, did just that with the developers’ homeland of New Caledonia. However, few find a balance of showing off that culture, a taste of that culture’s home, and why it’s special to the creators who brought it to life. There are many games that try to base and celebrate a culture or land.
