Besides the start of the game, there isn’t a whole lot of dialogue or walls of text shoved in your face. There are very few cutscenes where you have no control, you usually learn what is going on as you play. The storytelling rarely gets in the way of playing the game or disrupts its pacing. The narrative being told here isn’t just being told with the dialogue and writing it’s told through its art and gameplay as well. The start of the game has a lot of characters and dialogue being thrown at you all at once, but after the introduction, the story starts to be told at a nice pace. There is much more to this game than just enjoyable gameplay and pretty art, the storytelling is captivating. Overall,while the controls aren’t perfect they are fun and worth the slight learning curve. In my experience, the weight of jumping just took a little practice and they felt like second nature. On the platforming side, there is a bit of floatiness to the controls that can be frustrating. The gameplay gets slowly harder as you go, but not by much so don’t expect much of a challenge. You do get more abilities, but all these do is make things easier than they were before. There is also little strategy required and many if the enemies don’t have fun or memorable fights. However, the combat can be pretty lackluster, letting you get by with blind button mashing fairly often. The game slowly introduces your combat abilities over the course of the first hour of gameplay and you always get plenty of space to learn every new gameplay aspect they introduce. The controls have a subtle balance of being easy to pick up for beginners and offering complex strategy for players who seek it. I’m not particularly skilled with platformers, but Narita Boy never punishes failure.
The controls are responsive, intuitive, and accessible to a variety of players. The gameplay of Narita Boy is top-notch for a multitude of reasons, such as intuitive controls, and a fast pace. There were many moments when I looked away or closed my eyes till the bright flashing stopped. Despite the in-game warning about the light sensitivity, the effects seem excessive and unnecessary. I don’t suffer from any light sensitivity and have never had problems with visuals in the past, but I had my fair share of eye-straining, squinting, and headaches playing this game. Although, I do have one major grievance with the game: its overwhelming lighting effects. The music, sound effects, and sound design always perfectly matched and enhanced the atmosphere of the entire game.
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