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Lock’s Quest was one of my favorite DS games. This port butchered it, took the corpse, shredded the pieces and then realigned them to make it vaguely looking like Lock’s Quest.

Yeah, because the game bricked. And I mean bricked, that I could not reset it. It was actually more than hardlocked, even restarting my PC did not help. So I started another save file and this time the game died on me in the tutorial. Yep, this is utter garbage.

Let me tell you a story, young one. In the age of old, sometimes a developer risked something and tried to find something new in their creative vault. And Lock’s Quest was such a result.
A simple active tower defense game that lets the main char fight, but focuses on the tower building and resource management.
The story is a typical hero’s journey, but overall well done, the music was decent, and the sprites were beautiful and charming.
Additionally, Lock’s Quest was pretty challenging for the young chap I was back then.
Am I idolizing it?
Nope, because I still got the DS version and replayed it, and it holds up so well.
The waves are interesting, the mechanics are introduced well, and the balancing is good enough for the most part.

It does not work, the game got more bricks than the average house.
For some reason, the balancing does not work, or the game is bugged in some ways? Lock’s Quest on the DS had some decent balancing, yet the AI in this game is terrible, the speed and damage feels off and the controls were never really intended for PC.
The last one is excusable, everything else is not.
Next, I want to stress that a re-release removed content from this port that the DS version had. How do you make a product which can not compete with a game for a mobile console from the 2000s?
But what did it remove?
A great minigame which gave some much-needed variety, as defending the kingdom does get a little tiring. Sometimes a man wants to defend the kingdom with a big catapult.
And the final reward for beating the game, the hall of heroes in which the developers put their thoughts, eastereggs and dreams in. There is something so profoundly human, and it got scrubbed as it was not deemed essential for this money grab of a remake.

This is one of the worst remakes I have ever played. Play the DS version or another remake for a console that actually works. This garbage is not worth a buck.

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[quote] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/31884377-If-It-Is-Insane/]Check out my curator page for more awesome reviews[/url] [/quote] [h1]TL;DR[/h1] Lock’s Quest was one of my favorite DS games. This port butchered it, took the corpse, shredded the pieces and then realigned them to make it vaguely looking like Lock’s Quest. [h1]Not that many hours?[/h1] Yeah, because the game bricked. And I mean bricked, that I could not reset it. It was actually more than hardlocked, even restarting my PC did not help. So I started another save file and this time the game died on me in the tutorial. Yep, this is utter garbage. [h1]What is Lock’s Quest?[/h1] Let me tell you a story, young one. In the age of old, sometimes a developer risked something and tried to find something new in their creative vault. And Lock’s Quest was such a result. A simple active tower defense game that lets the main char fight, but focuses on the tower building and resource management. The story is a typical hero’s journey, but overall well done, the music was decent, and the sprites were beautiful and charming. Additionally, Lock’s Quest was pretty challenging for the young chap I was back then. Am I idolizing it? Nope, because I still got the DS version and replayed it, and it holds up so well. The waves are interesting, the mechanics are introduced well, and the balancing is good enough for the most part. [h1]What makes this port bad?[/h1] It does not work, the game got more bricks than the average house. For some reason, the balancing does not work, or the game is bugged in some ways? Lock’s Quest on the DS had some decent balancing, yet the AI in this game is terrible, the speed and damage feels off and the controls were never really intended for PC. The last one is excusable, everything else is not. Next, I want to stress that a re-release removed content from this port that the DS version had. How do you make a product which can not compete with a game for a mobile console from the 2000s? But what did it remove? A great minigame which gave some much-needed variety, as defending the kingdom does get a little tiring. Sometimes a man wants to defend the kingdom with a big catapult. And the final reward for beating the game, the hall of heroes in which the developers put their thoughts, eastereggs and dreams in. There is something so profoundly human, and it got scrubbed as it was not deemed essential for this money grab of a remake. [h1]Conclusion[/h1] This is one of the worst remakes I have ever played. Play the DS version or another remake for a console that actually works. This garbage is not worth a buck. [quote=author] As of now, meme curators dominate Steam. So consider following me for reviews that actually cost me some time (and effort) to create. I don't think this will change much, but the majority of my readers are not followers. I am still going to pump my heart into these reviews. https://store.steampowered.com/curator/31884377-If-It-Is-Insane/ [/quote]