Things turn up a notch once you transform into a masked hero known as The Fool, surfing on a tarot card down a heart-shaped tunnel as the BPM rises, as wild a trip as Jeff Minter’s Polybius just without any shooting. It’s simple stuff, but how mesmerising these actions are, especially when you collect a bonus white heart that causes your character to perform a trick effortlessly while the camera constantly shifts, changing up your perspective on this sugar pop rush of a rollercoaster. Naturally, you use the control stick to follow the correct lane to collect the hearts, adding to your score. It’s not a rhythm tapping game as such, things begin as a young woman in her bedroom slips into a dream, suddenly falling down with a skateboard in tow, and so suddenly you’re off hurtling down a neon path to a synthy remix of Debussy’s Claire de Lune, as hearts rush past.

It’s instantly easy to pick up and be pulled into its bright expressive visuals as you let its music wash over you.

Previews // 2nd Sep 2019 - 4 years ago // By Alan Wen Sayonara Wild Hearts gamescom PreviewĪ trip through an interactive pop music video filled with skateboarding, motorcycle chases and balletic street fights with masked but spiffingly dressed gang members, Sayonara Wild Hearts has it all.

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