Posted November 11, 2021
Impressions playing Clunky Hero
This game is a funny Action Platformer / Side Scroller / Metroidvania with RPG and fighting elements in a fantasy world.
Story:
One plays the Clunky Hero: Rufus - living in the Village (the starting point) to rescue his wife from the Evil One (7. boss).
As Clunky Hero, one can acquire 6 skills, which are necessary to advance ... through 7 very different regions all with
unique appearance, enemies incl. boss fight and special and even secret locations.
While exploring, one encounters new enemies and traps, find regenerating items, maps, quest items, bonus items - several
with a kind of magic, and of cause NPCs and with them 16 quests.
Pros:
+ Beautiful high-res graphics fitting to the story of a parody prince saving his princess from highest risk.
+ Precise controls (controller recommended)
+ Interesting enemies to fight (37 different types) plus 7 boss enemies
+ Diversified levels building a contiguous world to be explored - incl. a suitable shortcut system
+ Seven atmospheric themed regions - perfectly fitting graphics, enemies and boss fight (ordered W to E):
Dark Forest, Foggy Lake, Pretty Forest, Village, Dungeon, Wasteland (Underground), Evil One's Castle
+ Six Skills: Double Jump, Dive, Range Shot, Dash, Blasting Attack, and Cling, to make good progress and
to support replayability of levels
+ Appropriate for passionate casual gamers
Cons:
- Not (yet) redefinable controls (controller fixed with 0.92 for Logitech Gamepad F310 under GNU/Linux)
- While difficulty is OK for me - I would appreciate an easy mode - and for advanced gamers
even a hard mode.
- Maybe some more hints (e.g. from NPCs) to give a direction to proceed would be nice.
- Currently only one save slot - which is said to be 3 when released - which is ok.
- Some minor bugs / shortcomings to get ironed out during early access.
[See Known Issues with further info and solutions!]
Conclusion:
The game is already in quite polished state - in much more than 50 hours gameplay no showstopping bug emerged.
With some further polishing it could really become a five star game for what it is.
I can recommend it for anybody liking platformers if graphics and this sense of humor matches your taste.
Technical background:
Clunky Hero is based on Unity (pure 64 bit) available for GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS and
using 1.22 GB on disk.
This review is about GOG release from the very beginning of the in development game of Chaosmonger Studio:
GOG version 0.91 (51368) and later version 0.92 (52365) for GNU/Linux played on AMD system (Zen2 & RDNA1/Navi10)
with Logitech F310 controller.
Current game statistics:
53 h : 56 min : 18 s, 98% completion, 13 / 14 side quests (of up to 16), 18 / 26 secret rooms, 3 / 4 secret weapons,
6 / 8 bonus items ... and not to forget: winning 7 / 7 boss fights, learning 6 of 6 skills, unlocking 44 of 44 enemy types,
having max 130 HP and 190 MP (of 200 HP and 200 MP possible), unlocking all 3 equipped slots, using 3 of them plus
having 7 of 7 molehills for shortcut, and having all maps of all 7 regions ...
Here I go again on my own! ;)
This post is intended to get updated along the early access phase ... to reflect the current state.
This game is a funny Action Platformer / Side Scroller / Metroidvania with RPG and fighting elements in a fantasy world.
Story:
One plays the Clunky Hero: Rufus - living in the Village (the starting point) to rescue his wife from the Evil One (7. boss).
As Clunky Hero, one can acquire 6 skills, which are necessary to advance ... through 7 very different regions all with
unique appearance, enemies incl. boss fight and special and even secret locations.
While exploring, one encounters new enemies and traps, find regenerating items, maps, quest items, bonus items - several
with a kind of magic, and of cause NPCs and with them 16 quests.
Pros:
+ Beautiful high-res graphics fitting to the story of a parody prince saving his princess from highest risk.
+ Precise controls (controller recommended)
+ Interesting enemies to fight (37 different types) plus 7 boss enemies
+ Diversified levels building a contiguous world to be explored - incl. a suitable shortcut system
+ Seven atmospheric themed regions - perfectly fitting graphics, enemies and boss fight (ordered W to E):
Dark Forest, Foggy Lake, Pretty Forest, Village, Dungeon, Wasteland (Underground), Evil One's Castle
+ Six Skills: Double Jump, Dive, Range Shot, Dash, Blasting Attack, and Cling, to make good progress and
to support replayability of levels
+ Appropriate for passionate casual gamers
Cons:
- Not (yet) redefinable controls (controller fixed with 0.92 for Logitech Gamepad F310 under GNU/Linux)
- While difficulty is OK for me - I would appreciate an easy mode - and for advanced gamers
even a hard mode.
- Maybe some more hints (e.g. from NPCs) to give a direction to proceed would be nice.
- Currently only one save slot - which is said to be 3 when released - which is ok.
- Some minor bugs / shortcomings to get ironed out during early access.
[See Known Issues with further info and solutions!]
Conclusion:
The game is already in quite polished state - in much more than 50 hours gameplay no showstopping bug emerged.
With some further polishing it could really become a five star game for what it is.
I can recommend it for anybody liking platformers if graphics and this sense of humor matches your taste.
Technical background:
Clunky Hero is based on Unity (pure 64 bit) available for GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS and
using 1.22 GB on disk.
This review is about GOG release from the very beginning of the in development game of Chaosmonger Studio:
GOG version 0.91 (51368) and later version 0.92 (52365) for GNU/Linux played on AMD system (Zen2 & RDNA1/Navi10)
with Logitech F310 controller.
Current game statistics:
53 h : 56 min : 18 s, 98% completion, 13 / 14 side quests (of up to 16), 18 / 26 secret rooms, 3 / 4 secret weapons,
6 / 8 bonus items ... and not to forget: winning 7 / 7 boss fights, learning 6 of 6 skills, unlocking 44 of 44 enemy types,
having max 130 HP and 190 MP (of 200 HP and 200 MP possible), unlocking all 3 equipped slots, using 3 of them plus
having 7 of 7 molehills for shortcut, and having all maps of all 7 regions ...
Here I go again on my own! ;)
This post is intended to get updated along the early access phase ... to reflect the current state.
Post edited December 31, 2021 by JMB9
