That all plays out in lo-fi pixellated graphics. Your character may or may not have recently died, an idea that is blurred by a shifting timeline and the lead character's not-so-clear grip on reality, and your brief-yet-touching journey revolves around making sense of an existential dilemma. It also simplifies the classic point-and-click paradigm by removing a mouse cursor and the genre's typical variety of "verbs." Instead, your character walks around in slow, side-scrolling fashion while talking to people, examining nearby objects, and using a menu to combine things you've previously picked up. This moody adventure game skips the crank and works like a classic Game Boy game. If the game was set up like minigolf, with more easily tracked putting trajectories, I might feel different, but EGDX's mix of gravity, clutter, and unclear swinging power frequently leave me frustrated. I typically burn through no less than four strokes to dig out of a crowded spot between a desk and a nearby chair, with only a one or two pixel gap to possibly get my ball the heck out and back into a normal shooting path-only to again get stuck in another tricky hole. I'm not sure that a crank-to-swing option would ease my issues with the game's crowded side-scrolling courses. How far does "full" power go? And what's the point of setting the ball's English if it's impossible to tell what it will or will not bounce off of on its way to your hopeful next path? Too many immovable objects get in the way of the shooting paths, and the classic "tap to set power, tap again to set aim" meter doesn't correspond with on-screen content. This seems cute on paper, but in practice, there's no getting around the game's lack of paths to competency. Players smack a golf ball around a multi-story office environment, and they must aim through floorboards and between desks, chairs, cabinets, and other detritus to get the ball from one elevator to the next.
There's no "crank to swing" system in place, and core gameplay is frustrating.
Further Reading Sublime simplicity: The transcendent beauty of Desert GolfingWhen I think of "side-scrolling golf," I think of Desert Golfing, which remains one of my favorite indie touchscreen gems thanks to its satisfying swipe-to-swing mechanic. I had hopes that Playdate's Executive Golf DX might deliver similar fun.
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