Greak: Memories of Azur

sometimes a lil tough but not in way that its not fun anymore

Greak: Memories of Azur is a modern side view action-platformer game that puts a low of emphasis on it's graphics and the end product looks really well. Graphics are gorgeous both in the cinematic movies and the actual game. Animations are very smooth and detailed. The gameplay is very generic and not that deep or engaging overall. Some people say this is a Metroidvania game, but it doesn't even have basic RPG concepts. It has some backtracking, but yet again you don't discover abilities or items, you cycle through your characters to solve the puzzles. For what it's worth it is an ok action-platformer game. The platformer puzzles seem exactly tailored for your party and stick a bit out-of-place. They are intuitive, but are kind of long and annoying due to the constant backtracking and character switching. There are a few upgrades to the characters but the items are optional and easily missable. The "with a twist" in this game is the fact that you can control up to 3 characters at the same time, one being active and the others can stay put or follow along in a semi-automatic way. Again, to be honest, if you look at other games with similar concepts, like for example Trine, you may understand that controlling multiple is hard and often clunky. In Greak, just basic running and jumping around can be hard to pull off sometimes. Because all characters are active at the same time and each of them have their individual health, doing certain actions may end up killing one of your characters which will send you back to your last save point. The plot is very simple and forgettable. There isn't anything special here. Music is fine and it sometimes blends in with the environment. Sometimes it feels repetitive and annoying. Overall I found the game decent but rather bland. It's just mainstream quality game with frustrating controls and difficulty, but lovely graphics. Another game on my finished games collection that I'll probably forget about quickly.

I love it.

Controling multiple characters is an interesting concept but I feel the game does not exploit it fully until the very last level. It can also be challenging against bosses when you have to monitor the health of all your characters all the time. Thankfully I discovered an option to make the other characters invulnerable. It feels a bit like a cheat but without it I wouldn't have continued to play, which would have been a shame as the art design is gorgeous

I love this game. It was a weird feeling to play this game as it reminds me of ol GBA games in all the right ways. It felt like playing The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap, but as a side scroller. There is so much I love about this game! Hope they release a sequal!