O melhor lado da Wanderstop Gameplay
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It’s not so much about slapping a label on yourself as it is about understanding yourself—so we’re no longer left constantly asking, "What the hell is wrong with me?"
"I am hoping very much that you are able to complete everything which is in your power to do so." That’s another one of Boro’s lines. And it hit me after finishing my gameplay just as hard as the first time I heard it.
The only things that remain are Boro, the books, and the images we’ve taken. I hated this, in fact, I think I still hate it. It felt like the game was forcing me to deal with my own control issues, to accept that I couldn’t hold onto everything.
Customers will ask for specific brews, while Boro and Alta (and the Pluffins) can drink just about anything. With each sip of tea, we get to know our characters a little better as they share vignettes of their life outside the shop.
If you've ever worked yourself to the point of exhaustion, blamed yourself for just "not trying hard enough" when you know full well your resources are depleted, or felt like a failure for not being the best in the world at something – you might need to put some time aside for Wanderstop.
Wanderstop never actually names it, so I won’t either. But if you know, you know. If you’re living with it, if you’ve watched someone struggle with it, you’ll recognize it in Elevada before she does.
He’s patient. He listens. He respects Elevada’s feelings without invalidating them, but also without indulging them in a way that lets her spiral deeper. He is, in every way, the calm in the storm that is her mind.
Unfortunately, the quiet life isn’t for her. Elevada used to be a fighter–a world champion at that She longed for action. However, due to certain circumstances, it was an impossible request. She was chained down as a docile shopkeeper, serving tea to her eccentric regulars.
What’s great about Alta as a main character is that you get plenty of opportunities to choose interesting paths of dialogue throughout your time at Wanderstop. At first, your options might be limited to either a mean answer or a snarky answer, but as time goes on, you’ll get to choose between options that reveal a streak of humor under all of Elevada’s steely resolve.
Next, you climb back up, kick a lever, and the water drains into the next pot. Swing that ladder around, and it’s time to throw your tea and other ingredients in. Then all that’s left is to kick the lever to release it and pour it into a mug. The movement is so fun that you start to feel like a pro by the end, even though the tea making itself is otherwise quite simple.
She wants to do what a lot of us Wanderstop Gameplay do – try harder, work smarter, get better, find quick fixes. She wants to workout and practice with her sword because those are the only things she can understand as tangible self-improvement. What Boro asks is a far greater challenge – to merely sit and find peace.
To make the tea, Elevada has to first harvest leaves from the bushes. Once her basket is full, she'll need to wait for the leaves to dry. There's no fast-forward option, just a very slow countdown timer that sets the pace for the rest of the gameplay. Dotted around the clearing are plants that bear coloured seeds which can be harvested or crossbred into hybrids which then bear fruit.
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