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I like this game, but honestly, it needs more time to cook. I like flying and making deliveries, that core gameplay is great. But the other stuff needs work, and I feel like the game will be a better value once it's out of Early Access and the additional side content is there.
Biggest pro: Flying the broom is fun. The mechanics on keeping deliveries safe and dry are well handled. It delivers on the promise of playing a game version of Kiki's Delivery Service.
Also I do like the story. It is cute and cozy like you'd expect. I like a lot of the townspeople.
Biggest con: The world feels flat outside of the main story. The island is small and you quickly see everything there is to see. NPCs only talk to you if you're delivering a package. If you run into one after finishing the game, they just stand there and a speech bubble that may or may not be relevant pops up. There's no feeling that they see you. Major NPCs just vanish after their part of the story is over without a feeling that they left the town or just aren't there at the moment.
Also, there's a lot of quality of life features missing. It would be great if I could put pins on the map. The music cuts in and out, and I had a major story moment after a cutscene unfold in dead silence. There are map boards in the world and they don't seem to do anything. Tutorials pop up and vanish. I had to watch an LP to find something out when the relevant tutorial happened half an hour before I needed the information.
While I like the story and the central gameplay, more than anything, this feels like an Assassin's Creed 1 where the thing that makes it special is there but needs either a more polished 1.0 release or a sequel that actually delivers a game that lives up to its promise. If ALL you want to do is deliver packages for a few hours, by all means play it. I'm giving it a thumbs up because it does deliver (haha) on that. But if you want something more from it, a deeper experience or a livelier, more reactive world, this one will leave you disappointed.