I’m starting to realise that chapter 4 of Poppy Playtime SUCKS. It might be better with bug fixes, but nothing can fix the game’s clear lack of play testing, terrible telegraphing and underutilisation of characters. I will continue posting videos on the chapter, including a Poppy playtime movie with all 4 chapters.
I was filming that actually until Yarnaby actually appeared in his boss fight, he wasn’t there in my first play through and when he was there during filming, I didn’t know what to do and eventually he started spawn camping me.
It’s a real shame, I was really hyped up for this chapter. If you want my full steam review, here it is:
Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 is not a very good game.
It is a noticeable downgrade in quality since the third chapter, and I'd argue it's possibly even the worst of the chapters. First of all, the characters designs are severely lacking, Doey looks straight out of the terrible "Garten of Banban" series, if not, a little higher quality and Yarnaby looks almost exactly like a character from Roblox's "Rainbow Friends"
It is extremely buggy & laggy, on my first playthrough, Yarnaby didn't spawn. On my second playthrough he did, and he was extremely annoying to deal with. He spawncamped me and ultimately ruined a Youtube video I was creating at the time. Falling into the void will not kill you, you will fall indefinitely, things are badly telegraphed and the puzzles are just bad overall, they have to give you hints in the UI to help you solve them, and even still it's vague. Compare this to Half-Life 2, there is no UI telling you what to do and where to go, but the game telegraphs it in a way such that your immersion is never broken and you find the puzzle much more satisfying to solve.
This game was clearly not playtested, and the fact that they're charging $29 AUD is outrageous, robbery in broad daylight. The story is kinda all over the place. I severely hope they can at least make this game better through updates, and I hope the 5th Chapter is better.
Chilli
I’m starting to realise that chapter 4 of Poppy Playtime SUCKS. It might be better with bug fixes, but nothing can fix the game’s clear lack of play testing, terrible telegraphing and underutilisation of characters. I will continue posting videos on the chapter, including a Poppy playtime movie with all 4 chapters.
I was filming that actually until Yarnaby actually appeared in his boss fight, he wasn’t there in my first play through and when he was there during filming, I didn’t know what to do and eventually he started spawn camping me.
It’s a real shame, I was really hyped up for this chapter. If you want my full steam review, here it is:
Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 is not a very good game.
It is a noticeable downgrade in quality since the third chapter, and I'd argue it's possibly even the worst of the chapters. First of all, the characters designs are severely lacking, Doey looks straight out of the terrible "Garten of Banban" series, if not, a little higher quality and Yarnaby looks almost exactly like a character from Roblox's "Rainbow Friends"
It is extremely buggy & laggy, on my first playthrough, Yarnaby didn't spawn. On my second playthrough he did, and he was extremely annoying to deal with. He spawncamped me and ultimately ruined a Youtube video I was creating at the time. Falling into the void will not kill you, you will fall indefinitely, things are badly telegraphed and the puzzles are just bad overall, they have to give you hints in the UI to help you solve them, and even still it's vague. Compare this to Half-Life 2, there is no UI telling you what to do and where to go, but the game telegraphs it in a way such that your immersion is never broken and you find the puzzle much more satisfying to solve.
This game was clearly not playtested, and the fact that they're charging $29 AUD is outrageous, robbery in broad daylight. The story is kinda all over the place. I severely hope they can at least make this game better through updates, and I hope the 5th Chapter is better.
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