Tchia - Easy Allies Review

Allowing players to inhabit a variety of animals and objects, Tchia presents gorgeous landscapes to explore, crafted with a rich love for the culture and environments of the real-world locations that inspired it.
Written by Daniel Bloodworth
Video Edited by Don Casanova
Reviewed on PC
Available on PC, PS4, and PS5
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[@Edward.Newgate.]

As you may know, TCHIA is a tribute to New Caledonia, its landscapes, fauna, flora, cultures and languages. And was made by only 12 devs, a small team with a small studio ! The VA of the game mixes French and Drehu, a Kanak language spoken (and this is the Wikipedia moment) mainly on the island of Lifou by only 10,000 peoples !

[@Pinkpluffhoddie-m]

Wow this sounds and looks absolutely amazing. Exactly what I need right now And the music in this review is downright goosebump material. It’s BEAUTIFUL

[@JohnRobertMatzComposer]

Ah, jeez - thank you! ❤

[@Pinkpluffhoddie-m]

@@JohnRobertMatzComposer no dramas at all it’s really something to be proud of! Would love the soundtrack hopefully on vinyl!

[@JohnRobertMatzComposer]

@@Pinkpluffhoddie-m The OST is out on all platforms now!

[@Dumb_Woof]

Woah 8/10 from Bloodworth is some high praise! Glad to see its charming while also being fun to play.

[@yallofthemates6688]

Love the user name

[@Exxcalibur186]

Wow, so Wind Waker look and animal inhabiting, BotW exploration, TLoU II guitar, Red Dead treasure maps... and then to really get me they throw in analog cameras and film processing. This game is like everything I love!

[@theLikou1]

Also Mario Odyssey with the possessing skills.

[@jdbruiser]

It's wonderful that Tchia combines so many elements together-but I think these reminders serve to highlight the superiority of those games rather than Tchia own accomplishments.

[@InnerRise]

It was the leaving me stranded on a google map and shaking photos in photo mode to see them develop that was a no for me. Boomers will live for this. Sue me. 👐🏿

[@patricjohansson1481]

Same here. I’ll go and buy this now ☺️🎮

[@Ayoul]

​@@jdbruiserTo me it always feels like a cop out to compare it to so many different games instead of just describing things more clearly. After all, every game borrows from others. It's even worse in this case when the game doesn't look at all like Wind Waker and might share an element of TLoU2 and Red Dead, but feel nothing like them so why even bring them up?

[@Boohahascaredyou]

I'm really happy you guys are still making reviews! 😭 Never stop never stopping 🙏

[@beng6149]

Why would they stop

[@vegashawk4066]

Brandon Jones stopped.

[@satansshadow2163]

@@vegashawk4066 wait this isn't him?

[@BOTCHED]

This game looks delightful. Thanks for the review Blood.

[@twocityfoodies8476]

Started playing this morning and it has been such a pleasurable experience so far. I've been excited for this game since the original trailer music had that Studio Ghibli feel to it. I'm so glad Sony put this on PS+ subscription so millions have access to try this game. Loving the music, art style, and interesting interactions with items/mini games.

[@mentlegen6326]

The bird not listening to any command and only pooping is a perfect depiction of most doves

[@flouserschird]

This game is really charming and well made. I love being introduced to a culture in such a neat way. Such a unique concept.

[@SuperTeabag]

Even the review feels like it's been injected with heart warming awesomeness. Really great work bud but also how great does this game look. Buying now!

[@WunnSEN]

You could tell this was a passion project from the team behind it, the game is absolutely gorgeous alot of the time and the cutscenes are amazing

[@LeoDavidGarcia]

This game has been a pleasant surprise. Its so fun exploring the world as different animals. Its such a well made game

[@sebastianhall4913]

Great review! I do enjoy Blood's style of writing, both informative but also fun!

[@GroundPunch2]

woweee this looks G R E A T excellent review Boodworth, top to bottom i really *get* the loop - can’t wait to play (the kids are gonna riot over this, days of cozy couch play ahead!)

[@EasyAllies]

With the kids, just keep in mind what I mentioned with the story. Some bits do get more violent than you'd expect, but I had to go with the tamest visual example to avoid spoilers. -Bloodworth

[@joemango8198]

There’s a family mode in the options menu to tone the violent parts down a tad.

[@GroundPunch2]

@@EasyAllies nah i get it! my lad is 11 and into analogue horror the absolute weirdo, so that grimm fairytale style bent will be fine I reckon, but good to know!

[@4kvids191]

@@joemango8198 I wish more games would do this! That's awesome.

[@EasyAllies]

Ah true, I forgot about that. I haven't seen it but I'm guessing there are a couple of small things to edit that could tone it down, but some of that stuff is just the story beats themselves. I think 11 should be all good though. -Bloodworth

[@sagemodeq544]

Love a Bloodworth Review!

[@kurtisbanks7655]

It's beautiful I love the music I hope they make more games like this

[@ChefRobWithTheDualSense]

Loving this game so far. The exploration and getting around is addictive.

[@solidwisdom8749]

This game is just so relaxing to play especially right after a playthrough lf a deep action game its good to play a relaxing game like this after

[@sidsigsiro]

Great review, this game looks really fun!

[@313gwar]

Just downloaded it. Can’t wait to play it tonight. Thanks blood 👍

[@lycheeman2008]

I really like the idea of the map not showing where you are.

[@Vicioussama]

I haven't heard of this game until this video, I am now super interested. It seems fun. I wanna try it

[@dewaalvandercolff251]

It actually looks really fun

[@ggjones2517]

This game looks absolutely amazing. I knew nothing of it until now. Looking forward to spending hours just free roaming in it 😆👍🏽💯

[@obchamp]

I may have missed it in the review, but the game only runs at 30fps on PS5 just FYI for people bothered by that. Might be worth waiting for a 60fps patch

[@whitewolf1054]

My word

[@Ruskles06]

Sounds weirdly relaxing, except for the whole kidnapped dad thing!

[@elijoker]

This is what I was hoping Kena Bridge of Spirits would be like. This on the other hand was exactly what Ive been looking for

[@unicorntomboy9736]

What do you mean. Kena Bridge of Spirits was fantastic. One of my favorite PS5 games so far, on par with Hogwarts Legacy in my opinion

[@rodrigofernandesfrighetto77]

Beautiful, looks like Wind Waker meets Moana

[@RedN3ctar]

Cool score, great review.

[@Jaynna09]

Lovely review 💛

[@DeliciouslyNice]

Jolly and cozy game? Say no more!

[@tuliobednarczukpecinemisko5606]

Looks relaxing!

[@jroaduri]

Alright I’m sold, I’m getting it

[@louisebrown103]

Great review blood

[@LevelSkip]

Feel like this game needs a few QOL fixes to be really great, excited to try this game later on.

[@theoakty9242]

Can't wait to play this and chill

[@gameskyjumper1721]

From Twitter, the dev says the game support 1080 @60 fps now on PS5.

[@Ben_osrs]

Please do Trails to Azure now!

[@surprise87]

Looks cool. Tch Tch Tchia

[@ubersoldat91]

8:25 lol that sounds like a bonus feature instead of a bug

[@SerpC]

Good review

[@bruhbun]

Definitely going to play this game. But I will say I agree about the map not having a point on the map noting where you are and the whole picture thing. It reminds me of Tunic, I really enjoyed the game for the most part, I thought it was pretty clever But the whole obtuse puzzle stuff just seemed pretty ridiculous sometimes. Like this is a video game, how about keep it fun and intriguing and not annoyingly frustrating or unnecessary difficult.

[@rauldinho]

8:30 that's good to know 🤣

[@kraenk12]

Shame for the bad performance on PS5. Unforgivable for me so I’ll wait for a patch.

[@wallacerigby4393]

Such a small team made a huge AAA game. I am just stunned at the quality.

[@hoathim2573]

This look really cool n relaxing

[@kraenk12]

Btw…didn’t Jason want to stop working for EA? Change of mind?

[@wizzenberry]

Nice free on ps pass will download today

[@whitewolf1054]

30fps on ps4 and ps5 👎🏻

[@Mbuya1]

​@@whitewolf1054 streams great

[@TheVype]

Take this mechanics and just make a viaana game. Would be great adaptation. But with more funny story. Cant wait to Play it just bought it. Thanks for review

[@Ridnarhtim]

Are there a lot of "animals dying for comedy" moments like the crab at the start and the headless chicken? For some reason, that's really not the vibe I expected. I'll still play it, even though I don't really like that stuff, but my gf is a vegetarian and animal lover, and this is probably a deal breaker for her.

[@SGVB22]

Love this game so far its so cute and the graphics are awesome!!

[@lgolem09l]

That bubble things was juuuuuust over the line for me of what counts as a gameplay spoiler.

[@EasyAllies]

It was in the preview section that they let us show months ago, so I wouldn't consider it a spoiler. -Bloodworth

[@lgolem09l]

@@EasyAllies yeah, no sweat, just trying to give some feedback about what some of your viewers might want to see or not want to see. Great review nonetheless, thanks.

[@civenful]

Are we going to get a Wo Long review? Surely p.s. great review blood.

[@EasyAllies]

No plans for a Wo Long review, sorry. We've done a couple streams and it could pop up on a future Frame Trap. -Bloodworth

[@civenful]

@@EasyAllies OK, I threw this question out in the aether knowing you would be kind & dilligent enought to reply. Doesn't happen on many sites. Cheers blood.

[@DarshUK1]

Honestly this game looks like something I’d love. I just wish the characters and animations were a a bit less clunky. It doesn’t seem to match the rest of the game which looks very beautiful. Can you imagine if these developers made the world and gameplay elements while Ember Lab (Kena: Bridge of Spirits) did the characters, animations and cutscenes 😮

[@theLikou1]

It's an indie game, dude.

[@DarshUK1]

@@theLikou1 ah yeah I wasn't trying to be too critical, it still looks very good. Hopefully the game does well :)

[@orel1996]

I wish I could play this game as Link

[@benicus18]

Amazing game, but I can't get some of the underwater shipwreck valuables, 2 pearls and 1 chest! No matter how far Down I swim

[@EasyAllies]

There's a song to greatly extend how long you can stay underwater. Plus you'll want to extend your soul meter and use dolphins / crabs, etc. That's definitely the deepest spot to get to, but not impossible. -Bloodworth

[@JohnRobertMatzComposer]

Also, remember that *some things don't actually need to breathe* (Rocks can be your friends, here.) ;)

[@SkipsCollects]

Can I control geckos?

[@mars2094]

This game is less than 4 GB download???

[@lgolem09l]

Barely any textures

[@EasyAllies]

It's 12 GB on PC. I'd be surprised if they got it that low on PS, but haven't seen that version. -Bloodworth

[@beastmonsterthing3]

Breath of the odyssey, huh...

[@pumpkinduke28]

Is it 60 fps on ps5

[@whitewolf1054]

No 30fps 🤮🤢🤮 Its a shame from the developers 👎🏻

[@kraenk12]

@@whitewolf1054 not true…it’s unlocked 40-50 fps. Even worse.

[@whitewolf1054]

@@kraenk12 no 30 locked !!!

[@beng6149]

Looking like a Wii game

[@OTDECK]

Playing the intro song bored me to tears 🤦‍♂️ I was thinking my god when is this going to end square square square square square tchiiiiaaaaaa square square square

[@shigutso]

Seems to be Epic Games exclusive for one year... oh well :(

[@perfidious333]

Game looks lovely. EZA color scheme is still hideous.

[@obchamp]

🤣

[@Chadceeka]

They just added a pathetic 60 FPS patch only 1080P LMAO. Sheer incompetence especially for an "indie" company with significant financial backing by Sony.

[@KIFKING]

Was looking forward to this game then I realized it's in French

[@KIFKING]

@@DarkStryder360 no

[@beats_by_ethan]

so?

[@EasyAllies]

Some French, some Drehu. -Bloodworth

[@KIFKING]

@@beats_by_ethan I don't like it

[@Edward.Newgate.]

@@KIFKING TCHIA is a tribute to New Caledonia, its landscapes, fauna, flora, cultures and languages.S o it mixes French and Drehu, a Kanak language

[@yipperdeyip]

Yeah alright fine! I'll pick it up lol, even though I've got a huge backlog and need to study

[@Chadceeka]

The 30 FPS stutter is unbearable. Sheer ineptitude from a developer that was backed by Sony. This game could run 120 FPS easily