Kudzu is a throwback to adventure games on the Game Boy, and can be played on an actual Game Boy. It does not do a whole lot original within the genre, and in some places is a little dated, but as a homage to the '90s it succeeds.
Kudzu2024
Kudzu
2024 Mega Cat Studios67Worthwhile
Playtime
ShortIt typically takes about 6 hours to finish the game.
Playable on
Available on
- $4.99
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- April 5, 2024
- Developer
- Mega Cat Studios
- Publisher
- Mega Cat Studios
- Themes
Overview
Zoen, a master gardener and your mentor, has wandered into the fast-growing kudzu field and mysteriously disappeared. It is up to you and your arsenal of gardening tools - such as a rake, hoe, and machete - to hack your way through the overgrowth and bring Zoen back.
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Reception
Press65
Worthwhile- OpenCritic65from 4 reviews
Link’s Awakening, it is not, but Kudzu still stands out as a fun memorable romp I think fans of that game will still enjoy anyway, especially if you like the puzzles or exploratory aspects and want something more simple to kill an afternoon with, and don’t mind a little bit of jank here and there. All in all, a fun nostalgic throwback!
A great title with Game Boy roots
Kudzu is a fun outing inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening but it's not perfect. While the adventuring and puzzle solving are well done, the combat can be a bit clunky between the weird knockback when you get hit, the hitboxes themselves being a bit inconsistent when sprites overlap, and the enemies resetting to their spawn points when...
Kudzu is a good adventure, and we're sure we would have loved it back in the day. We can even imagine kids at primary school asserting that, in some ways, Kudzu is better than Link's Awakening. This is in part because young kids are often deliberately contrarian, but also because Kudzu's character and game world are genuinely noteworthy. This comes...