Mini Review Arzette The Jewel of Faramore PS5 A Charmingly Shoddy CDi Sendup
Jewel love it or hate it.
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore more or less nails what it sets out to do. Inspired directly by a pair of infamously bad Zelda games for the Philips CD-i, this fresh interpretation carries much of the same pseudo-bootleg energy that fans have come to love over time. The poorly animated cutscenes, awful voice acting, static environments, repetitive gameplay — all of it is expertly captured here, and that's both a blessing and a curse.
If you laugh at those notoriously bad cutscenes, the good news is Arzette's adventure is full of them, introducing unusual characters regularly as you traverse the game's various stages. They really do carry a chaotic charm, and are often genuinely funny — though sometimes you can feel the developer's urge to make the game so bad it's good on purpose, which doesn't always sit right. However, the overall look and feel is spot on.
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