A Juggler’s Tale Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · April 3, 2024

A Juggler’s Tale Review, Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?

A Juggler’s Tale Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
1.84GB download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Can remap controls.
Graphics settings – resolution, v-sync, fullscreen, shadow quality, anti-aliasing, and effects quality.
Action platformer gameplay.
Voiced and slightly animated cutscenes.
Subtitles and text size choices.
Puzzle elements.
The game takes place in a puppet show setting and is a world full of puppets on string and subtle animations.
Spoken words are done in rhyme.
Beautifully created world full of color and gorgeous locations.
You never die, you just get yanked up by your string and placed where you last were safe.
Cool little thing where the game reacts to you going back on yourself.
The story actually has some dark undertones.
At times you have a chance to rescue animals or go off the story as it were.
As the game progresses the gameplay mixes up and you get a lot more memorable and fun set pieces.
Chapter select to replay levels.

A Juggler’s Tale Review Cons:

The puzzles are not always clear and leave it to you.
For some, the talking can get a bit much especially when replaying sections.
No replay value.
Uses a lot of puzzle formulas we have seen before.
Never sure when the game has been saved.
Doesn’t offer a way to turn off the spider in the game which can be triggering to some players.
It’s a slow starter and gives a bad first impression.

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