Revisiting Proteus and a retrospective on 2018

Opinion by Harvard L.

Yesterday, in my Smash Bros. burnout, I decided to revisit Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles on the Switch because I thought it would be one that could relax me. Unfortunately, stepping back into Yonder after a break was confusing at first – I dropped into the picturesque game world with twelve quests on my compass and I couldn’t remember which ones I was able to do, and which ones I had become stuck on and left for later. I couldn’t remember what it meant to cut down trees (would they grow back?) or how to fish (did I need bait?) or how the game’s economy system worked. While I thought Yonder was, and still is, a great game, it’s one which requires player commitment, and it’s hard to revisit once you’ve put it aside for too long. I spent the time being more confused than relaxed, but I instinctively remembered another game that I could immediately pick up and get sucked into: and that game is Proteus.

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