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Umihara Kawase is an action game series where the player controls protagonist Umihara Kawase to reach the end of each level. The game is highlighted by its rubber ring action in which the player uses an elastic rope to progress.

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Kawase is a wandering chef in the magical world of Michelana. This time she ended up in a remote town called “Kingness,” where she starts working for a hamburger restaurant called “Tadaima Tavern.” For the time being, Umihara Kawase seems set on helping out Tadaima Tavern. Why? Because Kingness is the spitting image of a town that always appears in her dreams… There are mysterious things for sure. But since talking about them might make people look at her funny, it seems like she will keep them to herself. World: The Surface The area where Tadaima Tavern is located. All sorts of people live here. If you head to the sky, there are gates protected by guards.

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Steam User 5117STEAMRecommended

良いところと悪いところが半々
ストーリーは面白かった

Mar 23, 2026·23h·Verified

Steam User 6366STEAMNot recommended

That game is really not that great
It's just fine, gameplay isn't offensively bad
The game is quest based, but not the good kind; there's a menu where you select a quest, and then the game will start you at point A and you'll have to go to point B
The game isn't an open world, it's a big level where all the quests take place in, which means that you'll very often go through the same areas, which gets old very fast since the level design is really nothing that insane (As separated individual levels they'd be just fine at best)
Going through the same levels is something you do in the older games, but not for the same reasons
Here it's just because there's a limited amount of points A and B
The hunger system is pointless; it's a glorified timer. The food gives you more time and sometimes buffs, which is nice to have if you're having a hard time with the game
Cotton (from the shmup series of the same name) is playable in this game, I'm not sure how or why but sure why not, I'm part of the 5 people who bought that game and recognize and like Cotton so that was nice to see
That said, the game is still CRAZY expensive for what there is (I think I got it on sale for something like 5€ if I remember correctly), and the thing is, it's the inferior version of the game
That game is also available on Switch, and published by Nicalis, who, on top of adding Curly (from Cave Story) as a playable character, has a real localization
Oh, yeah, what made me decide to give this game a negative review is the localization, its machine translation, and I'm sure the base story is fine, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ it's just so damn stupid here
At some point I just started skipping around, when I tried to get back into it there was stupid stuff happening like that cat girl that for some reason was now called "owner" (or something like that, I finished the game a month ago so I don't remember exactly but yeah I'm 100% certain than that character had a name before for no reason the game forgot about it) and there was stuff going on with Buddha and ♥♥♥♥...?
It sucks, because the intro and the ending make me think that the whole thing, if it wasn't machine translated, could have been fun
But the "just alright" gameplay with that 0 effort localization just makes me want to not recommend this game despite really enjoying the other games I've played from that series
I'm sure it's fine but yeah get it on console if you REALLY want to play it, not here
You can get the first 3 games for like 10€ on sale, get those, those are awesome games

Mar 1, 2026·14h·1·Verified

Steam User 0926STEAMNot recommended

Studio Saizensen, SUCCESS Corp, and Nicalis Inc. You little ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. You made a ♥♥♥♥ of piece with your trash Kawase. It's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bad this trash game. I will become back my money. I hope you will in your next time a cow; on a trash farm, you suckers…

Feb 22, 2026·19h·Verified

Steam User 6041STEAMRecommended

i'm liking this game a lot but wait for it to go on sale. it's usually under $5. the game seems to have a lot of content and is a good starting point for people new to the series. it's easier but still has a lot of challenge. since i'm pretty new to the series this is helping me learn the mechanics while feeling like im progressing instead of being stuck on the first few levels

Oct 14, 2025·8h·Verified

Steam User 5241STEAMNot recommended

10min遊んだ感想です。

チュートリアル中にやめました。
自分にはこれじゃない感が大きく残りました。
ワイヤーアクションでステージをクリアしていくだけでよかった。
食材集めは何か違う、と思いました。
個人的な理由ですが、絵柄がなじめません。
楽しめる人には楽しめるのではないかと思います。

Oct 5, 2025·1·Verified

Steam User 3735STEAMRecommended

過去に初代と旬をプレイしたことがありますが、今作はHP制ということもあってシリーズ初心者向けの印象があります。料理で回復しつつジャンプ力や移動速度を強化したり、ステージ中にセーブポイントがあったり、ちょっと飛行できるコットンというキャラクターを操作できるなど、お助け機能も充実しています。かといってシリーズに慣れたプレイヤーにとって簡単すぎるというわけでもなく、中盤から見かけるようになる当たったら一発でミスになるトゲ地帯は、「旬」の後半ステージを思い起こさせることでしょう。アクション初心者から上級者まで楽しめます！

Jul 2, 2025·13h·1·Verified

Steam User 8444STEAMRecommended

I got this on sale at 92% off. For that price it's definitely worth it.
If you liked the other games from the series and want some more Umihara action, go for it.
It's not the best game in the series but it's not as awful as some people make it sound.

Dec 24, 2024·12h·Verified

Steam User 1620STEAMRecommended

the boykisser cameos in this game as a major recurring character

Dec 10, 2024·3h·1·Verified

Steam User 2699STEAMRecommended

目標任務指引明確，變得簡單易懂不迷路
而會讓你卡關的，就是看你手殘不殘

Oct 7, 2024·1h·Verified

Steam User 0677STEAMNot recommended

我喜欢它的想法，做好了应该挺好玩的。
但实际上就是：

1.并没有“在开放世界中自由探索”，而是点对点跑腿关卡。在说大不大的地图中反复地刷，自由度甚至不如前几作。
2.关卡设计相较以往并不亮眼，说白了挺无趣的，感受不到诚意。
3.莫名其妙的饥饿槽，降得还快。打断初见节奏，完全可以删除，纸片人并不是必须要“饿”才能吃东西的……
4.剧情像小学三年生写的流水账，没觉得治愈，反而傻傻的，让人恼火……

整体有种老东西猜测年轻人潮流，加之疏于打磨自身优势，最后变得四不像的感觉。很难想象这款的受众。

Sep 28, 2024·8h·Verified

Steam User 7224STEAMRecommended

这一作采用开放世界，这一点好评，而且最大的优点是可以吃掉材料补充HP，像前几作真的是太难了，失误一次就得重来实在吃不消呢

Jun 23, 2024·5h·Verified

Steam User 3514STEAMNot recommended

pathetically bad

Jun 3, 2024·16h·2

Steam User 9290STEAMRecommended

Esta para pasar el rato si te gustan los plataformeros de puzzles

May 17, 2024·18h·Verified

Steam User 0811STEAMNot recommended

일단 비추천하는 가장 큰 이유는 스팀판은 스위치판과 PS4판의 열화판임. 그런데도 불구하고 정가가 겁나비쌈.(물론 난 할인때 사봄) 열화판인 이유는 스위치와 PS4판에 있는 컬리 브레이스란 캐릭터와 스토리가 빠져있다. 이유는 모름. 게임자체는 해보면 기존 우미하라 카와세 시리즈랑 딱히 다를건 없지만 맵을 오픈월드 형식으로 만들어서 퀘스트를 클리어 하는 방식으로 게임을 만듬. 근데 맵자체는 그렇게 넓지 않은데 퀘스트는 그에 비해서 많은편이라 장소 돌려막기하는 경향이 있음. 나름 장점도 있는데 무려 제대로된 스토리도 있다. 그런데 성우 목소리도 조금 입혀놨으면 좋았을것같은데 그런게 없더라. 풀프라이스받을생각하면서 보이스하나 없는건 너무 성의가 없지. 먼가 팬게임 동인게임이라고 가볍게 해보면 나름 재미가 있는것 같기도 하고 게임자체로 보면 이딴게 정가가 풀프라이스의 가치는 절때 없음.

May 16, 2024·171h·Verified

Steam User 0973STEAMRecommended

Quick Score: 3/5

Notes: The main thing holding this game back is that the entire main quest/story is a massive slog. It's incredibly tedious. Rather than have traditional platformer levels. All they did was create an open world, and then have 82 different point a to point b quests.

Doesn't sound bad on paper, the issue though is that the world is just not very tightly designed. Vast majority of the gameplay is not threatening and just kind of bland. And you will be constantly retreading the same paths over and over and over across all 82 quests.

The entire food and hunger system also just kind of gets in the way of the gameplay and doesn't really add anything.

The primary saving grace of the game is the challenge levels. These are 23 more traditional platforming stages that are actually very difficult. Unfortunately you are forced to still go through the main story grind to even unlock them all.

If not for these levels existing the game would not be a recommend. Just be warned it will take about 4 hours of fairly tedious gameplay before you finally unlock the ability to play all the challenge levels.

Your experience may differ if this is your first game in the series, but having this as my last game in the series, the entire main quest felt incredibly boring and easy.

May 16, 2024·20h·4·Verified

Steam User 2297STEAMRecommended

First time having a “real” story in an Umihara game is kinda nice, even if it’s not so much a story as it’s just making deliveries. I enjoy the new graphics from the old games, it has a stylized charm to it. The music is as great as ever with new tracks! The world is actually fully connected, as opposed to just levels in the previous games. It’s just such a cozy adventure!

While the idea of crafting and making food is nice, I never used it that much, although I’m experienced in the games of Umihara so for first time players it probably came in handy. Still a cool feature!

The content is plentiful, especially if you enjoy speedrunning! You can also unlock an additional characters, Cotton, so there’s even more variation to play with!

Sadly the quests get repetitive, and you many times do the same paths but from maybe a different starting point. So it does end up being a slog in the end.

The only real negative I have is that “Curly” isn’t available on this version, which is a bummer. Also the resolution is a bit blurry, which no option to set it manually. And the translation is kinda weird at times. But other than that it’s a solid and enjoyable game!

May 1, 2024·16h·Verified

Steam User 7352STEAMRecommended

Just perfected this game and Im gonna say, it's not as bad as people say.
Even as a huge fan of the original trilogy, I liked the approach they had on the series with this title.
The movement mechanics are super solid as expected, the entire map is a lot fun to explore, is full of secrets places to reach, and I loved the fact it has some really hard to get items scattered all over it.
This game also has Cotton as a playable character, and that's always a plus 🍬

The translation could be much better tho.

Mar 1, 2024·19h·4

Steam User 1262STEAMRecommended

This game is polarizing.

The port isn't great, the controls doesn't match with my controller.

The game was machine translated instead of using the console version.

This version doesn't feature the character Curly, but it does feature Cotton instead.

I personally really like the series and this entry, but it's definitely not worth the regular price. I got it on sale, and if you're interested you're better off doing the same too.

Jan 6, 2024·9h·1·Verified

Steam User 8687STEAMNot recommended

I'm not saying this game is BAD, but it's very underwhelming.
First off, it says it's the first Umihara Kawase game with an "open world" and a "story". These are both half-truths.
For the "open world", the game actually has you choosing "quests" from the main menu, and while you can often choose from multiple quests at any given time, each quest is a stage that must be completed, meaning you can't accept multiple quests at once. On top of that, many quests have you going to the exact same location. The game tries to give this a spin by telling you to take a different route, but there's nothing stopping you from taking the same path every single time.
A huge portion of the map is wasted and the game frequently punishes you for going off the intended path. Later in the game you unlock another playable character, the protagonist from the shoot 'em up series Cotton. She can use her broom to float in the air for a while after jumping, making the game more accessible. She has her own quests too, and the first one contains a jump that, if you fail (and you probably will fail considering the huge loach constantly firing acorns at you), the game sends you to another map that you have no way of leaving other than a secret teleporter that you're likely to never find on your own, meaning that failing that jump equals to resetting the quest.
The game also has two secret boss fights accessible through the main overworld area. You're likely to stumble upon one by accident seeing that it's right next to the objective of a few quests and you can see enemies walking into a wall, but if you make the mistake of going into that same wall then you're suddenly fighting a secret boss that dumps you into the same area as the one you go into if you fail the jump mentioned above. Again, no way out of that area aside from the secret teleporter or restarting the quest. The other secret boss is borderline impossible to find on your own (and if you happen to find it early, guess where you end up in after defeating it!).

And then the "story". It starts out very inoffensive, goes on to foreshadow some things and set up others, and at the end it throws a bunch of twists that are all disconnected from each other and then the game just ends without explaining anything or having any of those set ups pay off!
At the end of one of the last quests the game does something permanent to a recurring character, tricking the player into thinking there's something bigger behind all of it, but it goes nowhere. The hidden diaries that you can find scattered across the world tie into something the game frames as an important plot point, but it had zero relevance to anything that happened during the story. The translation is also really bad but that might fall into "so bad it's good" territory (for example, a female character often gets referred to with the wrong pronouns, and sometimes both pronouns are used within the same cutscene).
Also, another important plot point is that Kawase has a map that updates itself every time she visits a new area, yet the player is never able to actually view said map, leading to more moments of frustration in case you actually make the mistake of wanting to explore the world instead of just heading straight to each objective.

The challenges are mostly good, though. "Sky Canine" was one level I genuinely loved. There's some levels from the previous games too, but since this has similar physics to Sayonara Umihara Kawase (although the physics here are better than those in Sayonara) those don't play as well (especially Shun's Field 42, which was already the hardest level in the original release, and it's even harder here). One of the challenge levels is arguably the hardest level in the whole franchise, so fans of the series looking for that will find it here, although I can't justify purchasing this just for that either (and you also have to finish the game to unlock that).
You can also cook items to give you boosts, but I never did this during the main story as I felt no need to. The story stages weren't all that difficult to justify it, but the option is there for those that want to experiment. Because of Kawase having an HP bar now, the backpacks from the previous games are now used to activate checkpoints in levels. Checkpoints can be infinitely reused, but the level's timer does not reset when you respawn.
The timer ticks up instead of down, so there's no time limit. This is probably the reason as to why you can no longer save replays, which had been a staple of the series since the start. One story quest takes over 10 minutes to complete as it's a trip from about the center of the game's world to the absolute highest point.
Bosses are also fun and challenging compared to the other installments. For once, they actually took the crab boss from the original game and made it good, so that deserves credit.
I can also appreciate the effort in trying to bring back as many enemies as possible from the past games, including the scallops from the original (which are universally hated, but they're fine here since you don't die in one hit and they don't respawn when captured). There are still a few enemies missing, like the octopus or that big fish you couldn't capture, but almost everything's here, and the new enemies are cool too.
And special mention to the soundtrack. While I didn't care too much about the underground layers, the overworld and sky area themes are both really good, and the title screen and main menu songs are also very memorable.

Jan 1, 2024·29h·3·Verified

Steam User 4187STEAMNot recommended

PC移植を考えて無さ過ぎ。
操作がデフォだとNS向けとPS向けが混在し、PC標準とも言えるX-inputが全く考慮されていない。
表示もNSなので、NS用コントローラーじゃないと常に脳内変換していないと混乱する。
また、ゲーム進行もこれまでのゴールへ到達以外の要素が邪魔で、一応、クリアしたステージはそれだけ目的のタイムアタックがプレイ出来るが、手間がかかり過ぎるし、今までの様な楽しみ方は出来ない。
更にいくつかの動作が以前より遅くなっており、微妙に色々な感覚が違う。
ショートカットルートなどは健在だが、以前の作品のプレイヤーは期待すると失望の方が大きいだろう。

Dec 26, 2023·3·Verified

Steam User 3308STEAMRecommended

Для тех кто играет на [b]Pro Controller/Dualshock[/b] требуется отключить "систему ввода Steam", в противном случае управление работать не будет.
Так жэ, почему-то по-дефолту не настроен обзор правым стиком, что вообще странно.
А так, игра ультра-нишевая, будем считать, что отзыв нейтральный, да и поиграно мало.

Jul 16, 2023·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 2358STEAMRecommended

Whew, I'm disappointed that I didn't pick this up sooner! A welcome addition to the niche "rubbering-action" game series, Umihara Kawase Fresh isn't afraid to experiment a bit from its roots. I'll first address the negatives people talk about.

The port: So this is a port of the Switch version. I didn't play that version but this has everything except the curly brace crossover missions. Unfortunate, but I think it's a good version in the current state on steam (maybe a rough launch?). It worked fine for me with an Xbox 360 controller right away, though I did rebind a little bit. The game ran well and looked and sounded good. The gameplay itself is everything you could ask for in the series, just some good grappling fun. The physics are similar to sayonara and feel like they were well done too.

Open world: I thought this would be weird at first, having an open world. However, it flows better than I expected, and it's still very much mission based where you go from point A to point B for a series of quests/challenges. The difference here is that you will see the same sections of map multiple times, but you will have to navigate it in different ways due to enemy placements etc. Even the direction you approach a section of the world makes for a unique challenge, as sometimes you will start the quest at a different spot.

Hunger: The cooking system is something different, but not unwelcome. In this game, you have a hunger meter that essentially acts as a timer. You can make recipes to extend this timer as well as getting different buffs to assist such as double jump or less damage. You have health in this entry too, which you can also heal with food. It's a decent way of easing people into the game as food can make it a bit easier.

English Translation: Honestly, this game doesn't even need a translation to be enjoyed. Though, the current English patch works just fine. It may not be the best translation, but it results in some fun moments, and I still laughed at some of the story (the pigs want pork pizza???). Story is secondary in an Umihara game anyways, but overall I'd say the translation is fine.

Now for some extra information:

There are time trial modes where you don't have checkpoints or food, thus are more pure to the old umihara games. You still have a hunger meter though, and if it runs out your health depletes. Luckily, you can't die of hunger here, otherwise some time trials would be impossible. But of course, with 1hp anything you touch will end the run, so be careful~

For those finding it too hard, a secondary character can be unlocked that has a super jump that lets you briefly fly. The time trial and challenge leaderboards are separate as well.

There is a special "challenge mode". Now this is where it gets serious. Some of these maps are up there with the toughest the series has to offer, so if you think the normal levels are too easy...good luck. My only gripe with the challenge mode is that one of the levels may actually be impossible to clear using Umihara afaik. The level is submerged and there's a certain spot where the duration required to be underwater is far beyond the air you have, even going as fast as possible. Update: I beat it, you just have to plan ahead well and be really fast ^^. This challenge mode is a lot of fun, and will test even the more seasoned umihara players.

One last thing, the game obviously has a very hefty price tag not seen often of niche indie games such as this. It's a lot, but often goes on 85% discount, which I can easily recommend it for. I really had a lot of fun with this entry to the series, and I hope this isn't the end for Kawase. It's sad that this game got so overlooked, mostly because of a rough English release and being pricey.

(Sorry if this got a bit rambly, I just wrote what came to mind while on my phone)

Mar 22, 2023·24h·13·Verified

Steam User 3435STEAMRecommended

yeah, it's good but personally i didn't like it as much as the first three games in terms of physics and pacing. nice graphics and music though. its a lot of fun to just gorge on food and tank damage from the bosses too.

Jan 19, 2023·10h·1·Verified

Steam User 0860STEAMNot recommended

Fan of the series.
Not a well made game, a terrible port. Only positive thing I can say is that they didn't ruin the physics, but you're better off playing other games. Horribly overpriced for quality of content, not even worth it on sale.

Sep 21, 2022·1h·5·Verified

Steam User 9782STEAMNot recommended

재미없습니다. 게임이 귀찮고 짜증나고 매우 귀찮습니다.
스타일이 이미 굳게 정립되어 새로운 시도가 쉽지 않은 게임이라는 건 알지만, 기존작들과의 차별점으로 삼은 게 전부 엉터립니다.
하나의 퀘스트 식으로 한 스테이지씩 도전할 수 있는 건 가벼운 마음으로 잠깐씩 즐기기에 좋지만, 그 방식이 매우 잘못되었습니다.

맵, 커다란 맵을 만들어놓고 그 안에서 퀘스트를 받아 맵의 일부분씩을 사용하는데, 덕분에 길 잘못들거나 아래로 떨어지면 그냥 리트라이하는 게 나을 정도로 골과 멀어집니다. 중간중간 체크포인트 만들 수 있는 캠프가 있지만, 캠프도구 소모품 만들어 사용해야 하는데 그것도 굉장히 귀찮습니다.
만복도, 매우 귀찮습니다. 이거 도대체 왜 있는 건지 도무지 이해하질 못하겠습니다. 아래 요리 도입하려고 어거지로 같다붙였다는 생각밖에 안 듭니다.
요리, 재료 모으는 거 어설픈 오픈월드 비슷한 흉내를 내려는 것 같은데, 귀찮기만 합니다. 그리고 각 요리별 버프도 쓸데없이 고성능이라 게임의 재미를 갉아먹습니다. 궁리하고 도전할 필요가 없게 만드네요. 그냥 점프력 올리거나 낚시줄 더 길어지게 하면 어지간한 건 다 닿아버리는데 뭐하러. 요리 재료가 구하기 힘든 것도 아니고. 그리고 뒤로 가니 이 요리버프를 기준으로 맵을 만들어놨던데, 그거 재미없었습니다.
가장 짜증나게 만드는 건, 계속 똑같은 코스를 돌게 만든다는 겁니다. 지난번에 피자 배달한 코스가 이번엔 호출에 응해 만나러 간다고 해서 다른 스테이지가 된다는 건 누구 생각인지 모르겠네요. 맵도 큰 거 하나 계속 돌려쓰고 있어서 같은 코스를 몇 번이고 보게 됩니다. 장난하나 싶었네요.

그리고 난이도 조정을 몬스터들 위치로 잡는 것도 굉장히 실망스러웠습니다. 우미하라카와세의 재미는 여기저기 고무줄 같은 낚시줄을 후크로 걸어 뽀용뽀용 튕기면서 날아다니는 와이어액션이 주가 되는 플랫폼게임일 텐데, 낚시줄 못 거는 지형부터 올라가려는 걸 방해하려는 원거리공격 적들의 저질스런 배치까지, 게임이 왜 갑자기 록맨이 돼있죠? 왜 이렇게 구슬 토하는 장어들이 잔뜩 나오는 겁니까? 위치는 왜 그렇게 의도가 너무도 뻔한 저질이구요?

스토리도 정말 있으나마나한 어디 배달가라밖에 없고, 주변인물들도 주인공을 대하는 태도가 썩 유쾌하지 못합니다.
묘사가 적어 나름 신비스럽던 주인공에게 이상한 케릭터성을 부여해서 인물상도 이상해졌습니다.

가장 최근작인 우미하라카와세라서 깔끔한 그래픽에 기대하고 시작했다가 정말 크게 실망했습니다.

Sep 4, 2022·3h·2·Verified

Steam User 6222STEAMRecommended

Is a port of switch? Yes. Going full screen wont look good but windowed is ok.
Except of these things the game really is nice to get on sale, is fun and funny in story, I'll edit my review later as I play, but for now I recommend this on sale.

Jun 29, 2022·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 6303STEAMNot recommended

良かった点と良くなかった点は割と表裏一体なものが多いです。
新システムがゲーム性と噛み合っていないので余計な要素に思えてしまいます。

<良かった点>
・オープンワールドのようになり、クエストと関係ない所でも自由に行ける
・旧作にはない素材集めやクラフト要素が追加された
・慣れてくるとプレイの自由度が上がり、上達も実感できる
・敵に触れても即死しないので気楽にプレイできる…時もある

<良くなかった点>
・早くリトライしたいのにいちいち「よろしいですか？」のデフォルトが「いいえ」なので操作が煩わしい
・タイムと素材のどちらを優先していいか分からない (クエストにタイムアタックはいらなかったと思いますし、どちらを優先するか葛藤させるならタイムアップを設ける方が良いと思いました)
・定期的に空腹になるので難所の攻略中などに集中が阻害される (満腹度はなくても成り立ったと思います)
・敵に触れたり落下しても即死しないが、リカバリーが面倒なことも多い (特に深い水中に落ちるとギブアップした方がマシで、いっそのこと即死して欲しい)

まずは旧作からプレイして、それらで満足したならこれを買う必要はないと思います。
全部やっても飽き足らない、味変が欲しいという人の中には刺さる人もいるかと思います。

Mar 6, 2022·11h·6·Verified

Steam User 9592STEAMRecommended

海腹川背新作！あと大好きなコットンがガッツリコラボ！
いや～楽しませてもらいました、さよなら海腹川背を昔100時間以上やってたから大丈夫かなと思いましたが、
大丈夫でした。覚えてるもんですね、ご覧のクリア時間です(チャレンジは5つくらいしかクリアしてないけど)
本編は血の涙を流しながらのトライ＆エラーでしたが、最近いろんな所に出てくる最強のコットンちゃんで
最強プレイが出来たので満足。ストーリーは良かったと思う。面白かった。
確かに今まではユーザーの妄想に委ねてる部分はあったが、これはこれで非常にあり。
料理で回復＆バフがかけられるからボス戦でゴリ押し出来ることも多く。
さよならを死にそうになりながら100時間やった自分としては、今回ちょうどいい難易度で最高でした。
あとコットン最強！！！

Sep 5, 2021·11h·5·Verified

Steam User 8897STEAMRecommended

既存の曲もいいけど今作の新曲もいいゾ。

Aug 17, 2021·18h·5·Verified

Steam User 9210STEAMNot recommended

海腹川背Freshがくそゲでしょうよ
Expanding the formula could work; however, this trash is a piss poor way to set about it
Save yourself the time and money; buy the Famicom game ten times instead

Jun 14, 2021·14·Verified

Steam User 9713STEAMNot recommended

A game I already have somewhat mixed feelings on is simply not fresh on PC, pun probably not intended. Forced 1600x900 resolution (and maybe some weird internal res ♥♥♥♥ too since it looks blurry even for that), Switch controller icons, the new English translation being bad, it's missing content from the Switch/PS4 version (Curly Brace and her missions), the controller config menu is broken if you use English, and to top it all off, is way more expensive than the console ports of the game. Play this on Switch/PS4 instead.

Dec 24, 2020·2h·41·Verified

Steam User 5493STEAMNot recommended

作为系列死忠，看到开放世界的海腹川背，自然闻风而来。

然而，开放世界并不开放，只是所有的任务都在同一张地图上而已。
实际上还是得像选关那样，一关一关选任务，然后跟着指示箭头去完成。
探索感不增反降，过去那种找隐藏门开新关卡的味道都没了。
（不过我只玩了开头不确定后面有没有隐藏分支）

除开新内容不谈，也不知道是不是我软硬件配置问题，本作手感有一个改动让我完完全全不能接受：
这代吊着绳子的时候，斜向的方向是失效的，全部会被默认当做横向来输入。
这就意味着，你不能在空中同时按横向和收放线，让荡的力道小了不少；
而在地面上你也不能斜向收线，拉起自己时第一时间横荡了。

我试过手柄和键盘，全都有这个问题（不吊着绳子斜向就是正常的），真不知道到底是BUG还是就是把操作改成了这个样子。
现在就因为这个操作问题，让我一个系列每一代都玩过的老粉寸步难行，实在是窝气得不行。

Dec 23, 2020·3·Verified

Steam User 2902STEAMNot recommended

[b]Dec 24 EDIT[/b]: I've decided to change my review to negative. The English patch was finally delivered and it is machine translated crap, completely unlike other versions of this game. What a slap in the face. I still like this game, but I cannot possibly recommend supporting this release.

original review:

[h1]about the price:[/h1]
It is insane. A port of a year-old super niche indie game should absolutely not cost this much.
Worth 20 bucks if you're a fan of the series, maybe? Hopefully this gets a permanent price cut along with some good discounts, otherwise it's a REALLY tough sell.

[h1]about the port:[/h1]
Obvious Switch port - the on-screen button prompts will not adjust if you use a Playstation or Xbox controller.
720p windowed or fullscreen only, rebindable controls, no issues with performance on my end, much faster loading times than other versions.

[h1]missing content:[/h1]
Curly and her quests (fun fact: they are in the game files, just not accessible)
If the missing content is added, this will be the best version of this game (though the leaderboards are likely way more populated on Switch if you're into time trial competition)

[h1]about the game:[/h1]
This is the most accessible game in the series yet.
If you find any of the main quests too difficult you can resort to using food items which give various boosts (such as longer rope or higher jumps) or playing as Cotton - she can fly on her broom briefly in addition to having Kawase's hook.
In my playthrough I felt that the quest mode didn't have any major roadblocks, like every other Umihara game seems to, even without food boosts or Cotton this is the easiest set of levels in the franchise.
The quests do get pretty repetitive, and some are so short they're over before they start.
The hunger system is really just a disguised timer, so I did not mind that as much as many other players have.
The open world here isn't that interesting... I don't think this is the direction the series should go in (if it will go on at all, considering no one bought this). The tighter level design of the previous games was definitely a much better fit.
The story is a total mess and you will not be missing out if you skip all the cutscenes.

[h1]tl;dr:[/h1]
if you've enjoyed the Umihara games, try this one out if it gets a serious discount (or get it on Switch, much cheaper there). Keep in mind that it is pretty different, though. If you haven't played a Umi game before, you probably shouldn't start with this one - the other ones are both cheaper and better in my opinion. If Steam had a neutral option I would've picked that instead - the game is good, but some aspects of the port and the pricing are unacceptable.

Aug 22, 2020·11h·85·Verified

Steam User 9338STEAMNot recommended

・同じようなクエスト、道を何度も通る事になり退屈
・敵を捕らえようとして食材が引っ掛かることがよくあり邪魔
・空腹や料理のシステムが面倒

旧作が好きだったので購入したが、期待してたほど面白くなかった
ストーリーもなんだか、ない方が良かった

Jul 28, 2020·8h·9·Verified

Steam User 3174STEAMRecommended

ルアーの挙動はさよならと旬の中間くらい。さよならをやりこんだ身としては非常に動かし辛い。
...なんて話はレビューを見る人には何のことやらで。Switch版を購入済みだがファンなのでSteamでも購入。よってプレイ時間は未だ僅か。今のところローディングが早い以外の違いは見当たらず。EXキャラが居るか否かの違いがあるんだっけ？

歴代川背に比べると体力ゲージがあり即死もなく、ゆるーく遊べるラバーリングアクションゲーム。やりこみ要素で川背の世界に足を踏み入れて欲しい。チャレンジモードはエグめの印象、ハマった人には最高のご褒美かと。

Jun 30, 2020·3h·8·Verified

Steam User 8156STEAMRecommended

[b]画面[/b]
说实话，大部分日系游戏的画面都让我无力吐槽，作为一款2020年的游戏，画面居然幼龄到如此地步。你要说它是Q版吧，它的建模还有点3D的意思，你说它不是Q版吧，这游戏的画面也确实是有点Q版的意思。
配上卡通风格的过场剧情可爱的地图，就我个人来说，我这种没有少女心的玩家对此是十分接受不能的。
“这什么玩意？”“给小孩玩的吧？”“日系游戏的画面再次刷新了下限.....”
你要说萌吧，也可以，但是这种简陋的萌，我还真是见到少了。
也是我少见多怪吧。
[b]游戏性[/b]
《海腹川背Fresh!》（Umihara Kawase Fresh!）是一款由Studio Saizensen制作，SUCCESS Corp.发行的物理动作系闯关游戏。本作是系列的最新作。
在这款游戏中玩家可以使用具有超强弹性的鱼钩线，利用地形与自己的惯性，跨越一个又一个的险峻地势，最终到达终点，完成关卡。
游戏的主要玩法是利用一个带着路亚饵并可以变长的钩子来钩住任意东西，然后利用可以随意伸缩的钩子的反作用力爬上高处或者利用摇摆跳跃至对岸。
我作为一个并没有玩过前作的玩家，一开始还以为就是给小孩玩的小游戏呢。
玩了几关之后，我直接就无能狂怒，一个劲的想打自己的脸--谁说这玩意是给小孩玩？
对于手残来说这游戏绝对就是折磨人！
游戏的操作确实比较简单，只有左右走，发钩子，跳几个简单的操作。
但是就这么几个简单的动作，想要熟练的过关却比较困难。
虽然对比前作，本作已经是开放世界，可是为了走剧情，还是要跟着节奏来的。
想要玩好本作其实是比较困难的，在这款游戏中，分出了100种以上的关卡。每个关卡有着不同的地形和怪物。
游戏中对付怪物其实很简单，只要钩中，就可以直接走过去收集掉，这不是什么问题。
问题是如何在复杂的地形上面移动，这才是阻碍玩家到达交任务点的难点。
如何使用这个能伸缩的钩子是游戏的核心玩点，怎么钩，钩在哪，以及勾住之后应该怎样使用其弹性就变成了主要的问题。
游戏确实给了新手教学讲解了最基本的玩法，但是不代表交给你了1+1=2，你就能解出哥德巴赫猜想了。
顺便说一句，这游戏如果真的是喜欢玩的，还是强烈推荐使用手柄，用键盘总会因为操作不当而出现很多意外的失误。
本作还增加了一个可以把敌人或者食材做成料理的新系统，吃料理还能让角色能力提升，有点RPG的意思了。
[b]声音[/b]
本作的BGM非常的轻松好听，我的固有思维就是日系游戏画面可以不好看，音乐一定要好听，这个游戏也没能改变我的固有思维。
至于音效？我都一度把它当成适合小孩玩的游戏，音效自然也就是走幼龄化的，让人觉得既可爱又可恨。
就算音乐不错，你也不能折磨我的手啊......
[b]评分[/b]
7/10
这款游戏对玩家的操作有一定的要求，并且物理性很强。如果是喜欢挑战自己操作的玩家，还是可以尝试一下的。
但如果你是手残党，就完全不建议你入坑了。无能狂怒的我玩了两个小时就想把键盘砸到我的显示器上了。
最后要说的是，这游戏就算是想入坑，也建议等一个好价再说，原价163元，我觉得除了真爱粉，一般玩家是看到不会看吧？
到现在steam评测都只有五篇，默默的说明了一切.......
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Jun 18, 2020·3h·1

Steam User 3874STEAMRecommended

海腹川背シリーズは全部プレイしてきて、まさか新作が出るとは、うれしい限りです。
15時間ほどで、ストーリークリアしたのでレビュー。
※これまでのシリーズプレイ者からは、ストーリー？？と思うかもですが・・

△これまでのシリーズプレイ者としては、かなり簡単に感じるかもしれません。
　何といっても、敵に当たっても即死しない。ごり押しで進むことができます。

〇ですが、アクションの感覚は変わらないまま。そして時折イラつかされるのも変わらないまま。
　ビヨンビヨンと走り回ることができます。
　新要素として「料理」があり、ジャンプ力が上がったり、ルアーが伸びたりします。
　これも新しい要素としてgood。欲を言えば、もう少し効果の種類が多ければよかったかも。

〇絵柄もホンワカとしていて、子供でも楽しめるように作ったんだな～と感心しました。

◎総じて、やはり海腹川背は楽しい。チャレンジモードはこれからプレイしますが、きっと地獄
　を見せてくれることでしょう。アップデートで新ステージにも期待です。

Jun 15, 2020·14h·7·Verified

Steam User 2784STEAMRecommended

Most of my play time is on Switch. As of 6/8/2020, the text of the game is all in Japanese, but that does not prevent play. The port runs quite well.

Umihara Kawase Fresh is an unconventional game in an unconventional series. This franchise is typically about grappling hook platforming using an elastic fishing line and all the quirks of using a springy rubber band to propel yourself into spikes in creative new ways while you invent new creative curse words. The classic games were arcade affairs, single room platforming challenges, 45 minutes to a clear, multiple routes, lots of different, quick, brutal challenges.

Fresh is a different beast. It has a story this time, for starters. Kawase shows up in a town of humanoid animals without her memory and decides to take up a job delivering food to them. The world is a single, massive, open world that is woefully underutilized. You would think a game about skillful traversal could benefit from such a world but Fresh doesn't feel like it knows what to do with it. Each mission is instanced, you start at a location and follow arrows to get the destination. There is no map, no fast travel, barely any landmarks to speak of except when the road bottlenecks into a physics set-piece that annoys you for how many times you have to do it. While there are a few pointless hidden things, there is no reason or reward for doing anything but following the arrows to the goal. In fact, if you are caught by a fey mood and wish to actually explore the open world, you're still punished for it. You still have a mission to do and you can't actually leave the world and bank your loot without finishing the mission. So if you go on an adventure and drop through three full zones and go find the hidden boss and beat him for no reason, you're now four zones away from the goal with no guide arrows or any hint at all how to get back to your destination because they had no plan for you to go out and have that sort of fun. You have to quit out or slog back to the path they intended you to take.

Some of these missions repeat and in a fairly clever twist to try to teach people how to play this ridiculously difficult game, they send you on the same route but the guide arrows propose a more daring, skill intensive, and quicker path. You are of course free to walk the weenie path again if you are bad at the game, like me. Still, you need to at least try to engage with the hook mechanics or you won't have any fun. The plot certainly isn't worth playing for. The story is a truly insulting waste of time and I honestly think you lose nothing by not having it translated.

In an even more futile attempt to justify this unwieldy open world, you have a hunger meter and can collect food along the way. Practically this just means if a mission is running a little long you have to pop into a menu to eat some of your infinite ever-growing collection of food items. Some of these provide little extra buffs, like Platinum game items, unnecessary to beat the game but not unwelcome bonuses. A double jump, a longer grapple line, immunity to knockback, you can make the game a hair easier with these recipes but in the general case you just pause, eat some food, refill the meter, get back to swinging.

Umihara Kawase purists, all 5 of them, typically have been less than impressed with Fresh because of all these changes. A tight arcadey design now has a bunch of bloat, pointless hunger meters, large levels of space to hike through rather than densely packed grappling puzzles, and these gripes are understandable. I enjoyed Fresh for what it was, unpleasant parts and all, but if you truly played Umihara Kawase in the past to some degree of mastery (I saw the steam achievement charts, most of you didn't.), it is hard to make an argument for how these changes gave us a better product.

That having been said, beggars absolutely cannot be choosers. There is only one name in town for the rubber band physics frustration platformer. Nobody else is going to make an Umihara Kawase game and given how long it was since the last one, most of you will probably be in your graves before we even see another one. Fresh is a fine game, as frustrating as any other Umihara game, but it still has at its core a unique, skill-intensive movement system that nobody else comes close to. It is approachable to newbies but also has a few challenge maps to frustrate veterans.

Jun 9, 2020·23·Verified

Steam User 5804STEAMRecommended

不是忠實粉絲也沒玩過其他平台的作品，僅XX年前在家機玩過(紅白機? <暴露年齡了!!>)，
就不多說與他作的評比，目前只玩到25關，就目前的感想是，如果你是手殘黨，不建議你入坑!!
如果你是那種玩到會情緒失控的人也不建議跳...

另一點是我用手把進行遊戲的(非蘑菇頭)，越後面玩到手快碰陪(又不是用十字鍵鍊大絕，一整個莫名...)

以這樣的休閒小品內容，沒優惠不建議入手，除非你是真愛粉~

May 31, 2020·3h·1·Verified

Steam User 1539STEAMRecommended

2019年以降にSwitchやPS4で発売された同タイトルのPC移植版。
新たに追加された要素はないので、既にそちらを所持しているなら購入する必要はあまりない。

今作は従来のステージクリア方式ではなく、いくつかの大きなフィールドが連なった世界でクエストを選択してストーリーを進める形式となっている。

海腹川背シリーズは非常に難しいアクションゲームという印象を持たれている方も多い思われるが、今作はとてもユーザーフレンドリーだと感じる。これまでは敵に当たってしまうと大抵即死していたが、体力制が導入されたので3～5回当たってもミスにはならなくなった。減った体力は料理を食べることで回復できる。料理は2段ジャンプやルアーの飛距離UPなどの追加効果を得られるので攻略の助けにもなる。フィールドの各所にキャンプ（中間地点）を作成できるので、体力が無くなっても最初からスタートになる心配はない。
どうしてもクリアできないクエストあるなら、追加キャラのコットンを使ってみるといい。コットンには海腹川背にあるまじき「飛行」能力を持っている。ルアーをほぼ使わずにクリアなんてことも可能なとんでもない性能なのだ！

以上の親切な設計なので初心者にも安心してオススメできる。もちろんタイムアタックモードや上級者用のチャレンジモードもあるので、いかなる練度のプレイヤーも楽しめる作品となっている。

・他プラットフォームとの差について

長所:ロード時間が圧倒的に短い
1クエストあたりのロード時間がSwitchのDL版では平均7秒かかったが、Steam版ではなんと平均2秒以下！PCスペックで多少変動するが間違いなく早い！！タイムアタックでは何度もリスタートするのでこの差は大きい。

短所:追加キャラのカーリーブレイスが存在していない
Switch版で追加された洞窟物語のキャラクターであるが、今現在のSteam版では使用できない。それに伴いカーリー用クエスト7種もプレイ不可。キャラ性能で言えばコットンよりも性能は落ちるので、いなくて困るキャラではないが……
カーリーが目的で購入したいという人は注意！

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差は上記の程度しかないので気になっている方は安心してほしい。進行の妨げになるようなバグや移植に伴った不具合もなく、動作も安定しているので問題ない。

May 30, 2020·696h·40·Verified

Steam User 5897STEAMRecommended

海腹川背系列的最新作，目前個人主線任務全數通關(75個)，剩COTTON的支線任務尚未完成

這次Fresh的特徵是改為開放世界玩法，捨棄舊有的關卡制，改為任務制玩法。簡單來說可以想成類似MARIO64或是陽光瑪利歐那樣在開放的大型地圖冒險去達成各種任務，而不像以往是一個一個地圖的小關卡。雖然整體捨棄了一些舊作品的優點但也帶來了一些以往所沒有的要素，更有冒險感的地圖、漂亮的背景跟鮮明的風格，甚至還多了大量的劇情演出(雖然到破台都還是有點搞不懂在演什麼)，玩法一如以往是使用鉤鎖進行各種擺盪來通關，不過這次主角變成外送員到處去送東西給別人，再不然就是到處收集食材做料理。

優：
1.還是保留了不錯的難度
2.新畫面個人好評，背景應該是系列作中最用心的
3.關卡份量多，大地圖更有冒險感
4.各個NPC性格不同，對話挺有趣
5.音樂好評
6.額外挑戰關卡豐富(有部份舊作關卡復刻)
7.COTTON的新操作值得鑽研

缺：
1.關卡太大路線不夠明確，可以的話有大地圖會更好
2.火箭跳弱化，不用到兩段速度有點悲劇
3.劇情最後有點玄(?)讓人摸不著頭敘
4.個人認為料理系統除了後半之外有點意義不大
5.居然放棄了歷代都有的GAMEPLAY錄影系統....
6.饑餓度可以的話不要有更好
7.個人不愛採集任務

結論：
坦白說捨棄了舊作簡單明快的挑戰系統有點可惜，但整體玩起來其實不算糟，還挺有新鮮感，看的出還是有一點在拿捏老玩家跟新玩家能接受的比重，如果喜歡單純直接的過關體驗更推前3作，如果喜歡有一點探索要素、劇情互動的動作遊戲那就更推Fresh。總個來說還是沒超越個人心目中排行最高的旬，但是已經是很不錯的佳作了，或許未來TIME ATTACK模式還可以鑽研出其他趣味，不過目前第一輪感想大概就是這樣，後續有新的感想會再追加。

May 29, 2020·21h·13·Verified