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Bloomtown: A Different Story is a narrative JRPG mixing turn-based combat, monster taming and social RPG set in a seemingly pleasant 1960s Americana world. Join Emily and her group of friends to save their cozy town from the demonic creatures that live in the hearts of its residents!
Bloomtown: A Different Story is a rpg, adventure and pixel graphics game
developed by Lazy Bear Games and Different Sense Games
and published by Twin Sails Interactive.
Released on September 24th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain and Korean.
It has received 995 reviews of which 857 were positive and 138 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 7.37€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Dual Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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I enjoyed my time with this game, because the pixel art is beautiful, the soundtrack is well thought out, and the vibes are good. However, the technical aspects are.... not great. They stretch the game in weird ways to incorporate persona systems that don't need to be there. The demon system is a little infuriating, doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and in the first few hours i only had one demon captured after trying for ages. The battle and power progression system is poorly thought out and feels random. The social aspect is fun, and should be extended, because the characters are good, so only having a few missions for each character feels a little flat. I liked the smaller missions with unique characters, but again they could be expanded, even a few more lines of dialogue at random points would make the maps feel less empty. The dialogue is a little off sometimes, doesn't feel natural, and there's never a real resolution for the main plot's 'whys' and 'hows'. They take some swings to make things more mysterious but they don't come together in a satisfying way. I'll emphasize that every environment is gorgeous, details included in every single map are really good and lend a LOT to making this a playable game. There were a few bugs - overall not a big deal to me. I wouldn't play it again! I can see this studio doing some excellent work if they take feedback from this game, narrow their scope when needed, and keep up the polish on the finished work.
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⭐️ 7/10 ⭐️ Overall I'm recommending this game echoing the plethora of complaints about the writing. The game is just too visually gorgeous and sonically great to call it bad, though. Some more care for the writing would've made it an immediate recommend. If you're a fan of the Persona/SMT games, you'll find something in this to enjoy. Pros ✧ The pixel art is so well done I was super impressed by the sheer AMOUNT of detail in every scene, it definitely hits the mark in creating fresh take on a very dense market for pixel games. ✧ The original soundtrack! I was shocked to hear not just one song for battles WITH lyrics, it's creative decisions like this that make me thrilled to play a game like this. They were also catchy! ✧ The enemy designs and the amount of them, I was happy to not see many of the same ones over and over as well as introduced to new ones as the game progressed. ✧ The lack of hand holding! I personally find this to be a pro, I enjoyed figuring out certain mechanics or places to visit without being explicitly told. Cons ✧ I won't beat a dead horse: the writing is just not good. Nothing the younger characters say feels... right or something kids their age would be saying? It's hard to explain until you play for an hour or two and realize the dialogue just doesn't feel natural. ✧ I think this game desperately needs a quality of life update for things like gardening and monster combining. Having to plant seeds and water everything one by one got incredibly tiring and I abandoned the mechanic after awhile. The demon companion leveling also felt like an after thought. ✧ Unlike Persona sleeping doesn't really have a consequence which puts less pressure on the player but it felt weird to not have a downside to ending a day. ✧ I may have missed the quest for it but: why was there a bike teasing me for faster travel outside the house?! Let Emily ride it 😭
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Perfect comnination of cozy and action. It reminds me of a mix between Stranger Things, Stardew Valley and Persona. Play it.
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This is a SUPER well-made, solid game. Someone basically sat down, said "I want more games like Persona 5", and then put in the effort into actually doing that, which is VERY commendable. That's a lot of effort and hard work into making what you said you wanted more of, instead of simply complaining that there just isn't anything else. Everything is incredibly smooth. Animations are well-done and smooth, the music is exactly what you'd expect out of a game that's basically Persona 5, and the graphics are beautiful. If you're put off by pixel art, I seriously, SERIOUSLY recommend you get over it, because you're locking yourself out of some SERIOUSLY good games. If you've got a hankering for more Persona games with that style of storytelling, then this is exactly what you're looking for. I'm only about 3 hours in, but I feel like this is enough to kind of give folks exactly what they're looking for. I can already tell the game's going to open up with tons of things to do inbetween solving Bloomtown mysteries and disappearances. I think it'll be a good time. Heads up, for those who care, because I don't judge: You make a contract with a demon called Lucifer in the beginning. It's meant to parallel the contracts you make in Persona, but it is with Lucifer. I don't know how that'll play out yet, but that's a thing.
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There's so much to love about Bloomtown. Essentially, it plays like a Persona game (and the premise itself is very akin to Persona 4), but the world it inhabits is more like Earthbound. The setup is that of Gravity Falls, where two siblings are forced to spend the summer with their curmudgeonly elderly relative in a small town where weird, dangerous things are happening. And finally, there are thematic elements that line up with Stephen King's IT, where horrific things are happening to the children but all the adults choose to turn a blind eye, since acknowledging the darkness in the town would be admitting that the darkness comes from them. All of these things are influences that Bloomtown wears proudly on its sleeve, but the game never feels like a knockoff or a ripoff of any of them. It's able to stand on its own as a game, and I honestly probably enjoyed it more than I did Persona 4.
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Bloomtown: A Different Story is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.
Bloomtown: A Different Story is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.
Bloomtown: A Different Story received 857 positive votes out of a total of 995 achieving a rating of 8.16.
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Bloomtown: A Different Story was developed by Lazy Bear Games and Different Sense Games and published by Twin Sails Interactive.
Bloomtown: A Different Story is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Bloomtown: A Different Story is not playable on MacOS.
Bloomtown: A Different Story is not playable on Linux.
Bloomtown: A Different Story is a single-player game.
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Bloomtown: A Different Story does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Bloomtown: A Different Story does not support Steam Remote Play.
Bloomtown: A Different Story is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Lazy Bear Games,
Different Sense Games
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Twin Sails Interactive
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24 Sep 2024
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