I'm not too sure about the Plucky Squire. It clearly wants to be a smart, glossy rethink of the classic children's storybook tale (and in some ways it is), but it seems too afraid to let the player make any substantial change to its own rigid story, or even really trust them to explore (or play!) much on their own.

Now, if i view it through the lens that it's made for the younger crowd, and they need simpler toys to play with, i can forgive a little more, but that's a trickier argument to swallow when Wandersong exists, like right there - a game that actually looks at the hero's story from a different angle, both mechanically and narratively

So yeah, the presentation is gorgeous (that desk is a joy to look at, and the book illustrations are lovely), and mechanic ideas are great, but it really doesn't do enough that's inventive - or even expressive - with them