Beghost

wow I'm genuinely crying, I loved this game! it's a very sweet story, and Bee is super adorable. overall I'm incredibly grateful to have run across this game, let alone set aside the time to play it. definite recommend! :)

Short and sweet game that I enjoyed a lot! A lot of the emotional mechanisms of this work comes from a similar place from works like Undertale (which I know this dev hasn't shied away from) with the lovely ways it intertwines gameplay and plot elements. Without getting too into the weeds, I think it's a charming game well worth the cheap pricetag. If you're looking at the game thinking it's something you might like, I'd say you probably already have a good idea on what you're looking for and Beghost will probably fit nicely into that vein of expectation. There's very little worth criticizing in my eye. The writing's good and expressive, and you'll have a nice evening ahead of you!

it alright its a perfectly ok game, nothing groundbreaking but the game is fun/interesting enough to warrant the price of admission along with being remarkably short i really expected the game to be a bit more mechanically in depth given its clearly inspired by old zelda games, and at times it can be painfully scripted even if it isnt necessary for the story the boss encounter is a noticeable difficulty spike, it only took me 2 attempts but when the rest of the game requires you to go out of your way to lose it feels quite jarring, a mechanically fun fight though the story is cute, albeit rather predictable, you'll be able to see what's coming from a mile off and it isn't subtle about it. i do think that using flight of the bumblebee for when bee starts walking again is a thematic high for the game, even if i believe it could have been done under more applicable circumstances. it makes more sense during the game's 2nd playthrough. speaking of, i dont quite understand the game's 2nd playthrough, from a narrative perspective. i'm really not sure how it fits into the theme of the game and it makes it feel like they were some meta narrative aspects left undeveloped. it is also confusing how it is the "reward" for getting the "good" ending of the first playthrough, yet the password is given to you upon getting to the 2nd level and the game isnt subtle about it. this lead to me unlocking it right there and then, way before i should have. i just assumed the game was giving me some secret lore cutscene for paying attention, but i was incredibly confused seeing "part 2" pop up, with it acting as some good timeline alternate scenario. the joke about passwords is cute, but at the expense of this narrative confusion it wasn't worth it overall its a harmless little game, its perfectly fine but could have been done a bit better. decent idea thats ripe for storytelling, but we dont get enough time to really explore it in a convincingly emotional way, but for what its trying to tell and what it does in its incredibly short runtime it suffices 6/10