Re: Together Retro April 2021 - Little Big Adventure
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:42 pm
Another update from me - I also dove into my second game for the month - Stranded Kids for Game Boy Colour. This game is probably slightly better known by it's US name of Survival Kids (and despite me normally preferring the PAL name for stuff, the US name is definitely the better one in this case).
I've played this before, but only a very short amount. The game has 8 endings and I'd previously gotten the first possible ending (where you get picked up by helicopter) which based o what I've played tonight means I probably didn't get more than 2 hours into the game.
Anyhow, this time I'm going for a more complete experience, so I started over. I remember having some difficulty understanding how to set up some of the basics the first time, but this time around it was a bit easier - partly due to prior knowledge (I know to set a fire below beehives and throw dry leaves on it to get honey for example from reading about it last time), and partly due to some things being more spelled out then I remember (the game outright tells you things you need for the torch or the raft for example).
Anyhow, I got up to the helicopter ending, got that one again and moved on. After that my character made a raft, and I got an ending where I died of hunger and dehydration at sea, so that was nice. 2 endings down, 6 to go!
I got the 3rd ending (with some guidance) by creating a spare save file and going 100 days without leaving the island. This one had me staying on the island for the rest of my life with my monkey pal, but it was presented as a good ending, so thats nice. That was ending 7, meaning I have 1,2 and 7 now. 3 down, 5 to go!
Anyhow, after that I left on the raft again, this time properly equipped with food and water supplies. I was caught in a storm and washed up on the north side of the island where I couldn't previously access. Most of my stuff is gone so I'm having to find equipment again on the north side of the island to do things I could do before. I did find a boat though, which is probably going to be my next focus for escaping the island - it's locked up with 7 locks which needs different gems put in to release it though, so I guess we have a quest ahead of us.
I'm really enjoying my time with this game again, and I'm glad I came back to it for a more in-depth experience.
I've played this before, but only a very short amount. The game has 8 endings and I'd previously gotten the first possible ending (where you get picked up by helicopter) which based o what I've played tonight means I probably didn't get more than 2 hours into the game.
Anyhow, this time I'm going for a more complete experience, so I started over. I remember having some difficulty understanding how to set up some of the basics the first time, but this time around it was a bit easier - partly due to prior knowledge (I know to set a fire below beehives and throw dry leaves on it to get honey for example from reading about it last time), and partly due to some things being more spelled out then I remember (the game outright tells you things you need for the torch or the raft for example).
Anyhow, I got up to the helicopter ending, got that one again and moved on. After that my character made a raft, and I got an ending where I died of hunger and dehydration at sea, so that was nice. 2 endings down, 6 to go!
I got the 3rd ending (with some guidance) by creating a spare save file and going 100 days without leaving the island. This one had me staying on the island for the rest of my life with my monkey pal, but it was presented as a good ending, so thats nice. That was ending 7, meaning I have 1,2 and 7 now. 3 down, 5 to go!
Anyhow, after that I left on the raft again, this time properly equipped with food and water supplies. I was caught in a storm and washed up on the north side of the island where I couldn't previously access. Most of my stuff is gone so I'm having to find equipment again on the north side of the island to do things I could do before. I did find a boat though, which is probably going to be my next focus for escaping the island - it's locked up with 7 locks which needs different gems put in to release it though, so I guess we have a quest ahead of us.
I'm really enjoying my time with this game again, and I'm glad I came back to it for a more in-depth experience.