HandsomeDead Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I got this a while back and I see no-one else got it so I'll put something here about it. I was always going to get this because frankly it feels kinda tailor made for me. It looks like another pixelated "Metroidvania" but that would actually be fairly inaccurate. While the action looks like it takes inspiration from those kinds of games its actually closer to the Wonder Boy games - or more specifically Monster World IV. This feels like if SEGA published a game to compete against Metroid in the 16bit era and it was made by Treasure. It's that good. So you jump and shoot around (some really nice, tight, satisfying controls), solving some surprisingly clever puzzles and fighting really cool bosses. Whats interesting about the bosses is they nearly always bring a new mechanic with them that you have to learn to use over the fight. Sometimes you even take control of another character entirely that you've not used at this point. It really brings a new panic to the fights, but you have enough life to learn and make a few mistakes without dying and having to start over. It's got a real JRPG scale story as well. You often have party members, there is loads of lore and your antagonists get some JRPG level characterisation as well. It really has more than you'd expect for an action game. I wouldn't say its that good, but I admire the thought. It gives the game a certain personality at least. Like Axiom Verge, it's entirely made by one guy so a certain personality is gonna come out I guess. Early 2018 has been kinda insane for these kinds of games but don't forget this one as well. It's the real deal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Yeah I love the look of this. Apparently it’s very story heavy which is cool. Hopefully it’s better than Owlboy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 I'm still gonna get Owlboy but I do have my hopes in check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Six years later, I’m finally giving this a go. I’ve just played the first 30 minutes. So far my main takeaway is…it’s very colorful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I have a love-hate relationship with this one. Visually it's superb and it does play rather well, plus I rather enjoyed its more sombre moments which it does pull off rather convincingly despite the cute look. But the further I got the more it threw stuff at me I found annoying, which is something that can happen with these one-man-shows and the resulting lack of testing. It's a double-edged sword certainly. I still have it in the back of my mind as something I'd really like to finish at some point, but it's been so long I'd probably need to start over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 About 2 hours into this, it’s a zippy game. It does nothing new under the sun but it’s very “pleasant”, for want of a better word. It’s colorful, the music evokes 90s game music. Based on my completion percentage, I guess the game is around 10-15 hours long, which suggests that it won’t outstay its welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Well, however long it is, I won’t be persevering to see it. This game got annoying fast. Put about 5-6 hours into so I got my money’s worth I guess. It’s just not much fun to play. It’s not lacking an idea or two but at the same time it hasn’t done enough to make me want to keep going. I stopped at a place called Ferrier Shockwood, about 31% completion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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