Off The Radar

‘to a T’ is still a game that gets by just OK enough on its charm. I sat down to make this episode thinking I’d end up more positive, but as each day passed over the last week I really struggled to convey how I felt while still recommending the game. After all, if I wasn’t going to recommend it then why do this at all when the point is to recommend games? Where I settled on was that a fair bit of the issue was merely in managing my own expectations. This was actually one of the games I was most anticipating this year. The first two ‘Katamari Damacy’ games under Keita Takahashi speak for themselves as gaming classics, and ‘Noby Noby Boy’ and ‘WATTAM” both are so bizarre that I can’t help but be fascinated by them. There’s just nothing else out there like them. I knew to expect something a bit more “traditional” here but even with that in mind I just feel it doesn’t go as far as I’d hoped.

Show notes:
Read the text version of this here: https://mykonosfan.beehiiv.com/p/to-a-t-review-charmed-and-whelmed-off-the-radar

Available on: Steam, Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC (what this was played on), PlayStation 5
Price: $19.99 USD, Demo available
Release date: May 28th, 2025
Developer, publisher: uvula, Annapurna Interactive
Prior works: Crankin’s Time Travel Adventure

Links mentioned: Playdate

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‘Off The Radar’ is available on Beehiivin text and audio form, on your podcast service of choice, and will be delivered early to my Patreon supporters when no embargoes are in the way. Speaking of, a special thanks to Adrian, Buckles Chucklo, Harry Baker, Hiro, James Boss, GoldStorm07, Svendelica, Jeet, TheCrazyEven, Patrick Thompson, and Cooking Mama for their support.

Music attribution:
Intro music, 'Jungle Waves' from DIMMYSAD
https://pixabay.com/music/drum-n-bass-jungle-waves-drumampbass-electronic-inspiring-promo-345013/
Outro music composed by AllHailBuckets
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2dWDmPnBqbOuoGGF5oclcv