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This is a kind of promotional RPG for World Ceramic Exposition (Republic of Korea, 2001). You play as a bowl-headed ceramic guy (Toya), whose goal is to become a ceramist expert and fulfill a Great Quest. In the game you should gather/buy various items including materials for pottery, natural chemicals and food. By making and selling vases and pots you improve your skills and collect money. There are also some turn-based combats involved, but it seems that you can just ignore them by refusing to fight. At the beginning, we are explained the basic mechanics like making ceramics and mining in a mine, after which we are free to go wherever we want. In fact, the gameplay is a very conditional potter's simulator: before making an urn or any other ceramic product, you first need to collect the material for making the clay itself (including giving it a particular color), after which you can start creating the shape and I will burn. The result of our work is put away for storage, after which it can be sold or used to open new, previously inaccessible places. However, the game is not completely peaceful: as soon as we leave a peaceful area, we find ourselves on the territory where you can also find resources for making clay, but at the same time skirmishes with enemies occur, arising randomly. The battles take place step by step with a third-person view, and the means of attack are the most common, without magic. The loss, however, is not so terrible - in this case, there is a return to home and even the collected materials remain. There is a role-playing system, but the most basic one - through victories in battles, the health reserve and impact power increase. In general, the picture is as follows: collecting resources, looking for new recipes for making more complex ceramics, from time to time fighting with creatures (nothing special - wolves, tigers and similar animals). The graphics in the perspective view of the top are done in a pre-rendered style at a good level and generally create a fabulous atmosphere, and the clay styling and cute sounding music emphasize this even more. |
