However, in the more story-oriented parts of the game, it manages to convey (or at least successfully imply) a lot of emotion with very limited pixelation. The bosses, in particular, can look embarrassingly crude when seen up close. It’s hard to criticize a game for doing exactly what it set out to do, but I will note that emulating the graphics of a 25-year-old game does put some limits on what you can do. It also helps that the music is charming, upbeat, and never goes stale. If you’re the nostalgic type, that goes a long way. Specifically, it looks a LOT like the original Legend of Zelda. Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is designed in the style of the 8-bit games of the NES era. At its best, it’s laugh-out-loud funny, which is something special in a video game. At its weakest, the jokes are little more than meme references, like the piece of macaroni that spouts the Navy SEAL copypasta. The humor with which the game handles these encounters runs quite a range - from gentle to harsh, from witty to silly. These vegetables are very human in their hopes and loves and frustrations. There’s not much to the actual plot, but there’s a lot of story to be had in the encounters along the way. Along the way, you’ll steal, murder, conspire, and tear up many, many documents. Tearing up your tax bill is the inciting incident that forces you to work for Mayor Onion, a corrupt and self-serving Allium who sends you on a series of bizarre quests relating to the town of Veggieville. The eponymous tax evasion is only the first of your crimes. Play a Corrupt Vegetable Struggling to Survive in a Colorful 8-Bit World He Never Made
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