The StoryTale Reviews

If you're an achievement hound, a parent looking for a safe game for your kids to watch you play, or both, this game fits the bill. The narrator carries a storybook tone that grabbed my kids (2 and 4) every time they heard it, and they watched as I played and cheered the princess on. The platforming was simple enough that I never really felt challenged, but the puzzles were enough that it wasn't just mind numbing play either. Just as I was beginning to tire of it, the final achievement came. The only annoyance was the loading; this is a relatively simple 2D game and I played on Xbox One X, so I don't know how big the assets could be, but the loads seemed a bit long. Otherwise, a fun time.

Currently on sale for £2.09 and worth every penny.
I needed to pad my gamerscore to hit 500,000G, as I'd set myself the task of getting 100,000G in a year to hit the milestone.
I saw this on sale, saw it had easy achievements, it was only 2 quid, so was a no-brainer.
Turns out that it's an enjoyable platform game that reminded me of Celeste, just not as difficult.
The controls are precise, the learning curve is spot on, the narrator switches between rhyming and prose, which is annoying.
There is an achievement for completing 20 levels. The quick way to do this is turn off tutorial in the settings.
I wish I knew this before playing through 19 levels 🤦🏼‍♂️
If you want a game that's not taxing, quite short and an easy completion, you could do a lot worse than this title.

NOTE:
I didn't know the gamerscore had been increased to 5000G on this game, so that was a bonus.