Treasure Adventure Game

This game embodies pure fun of metroidvania-style exploration with a great dose of adventure and puzzles. Definitely worth a try.

First of all I had almost no technical difficulties while playing this game on 32-bitWindows 7, besides the fact that game sometimes crashed while exiting which wasn't that bad. However be aware that many other people complain about game crashing, so you may not be as lucky. First impression of the game is very good. Controls are good and responsive. You're fighting with enemies, not with controls. Puzzles are mostly logical and fun, you're free to explore world in different order, but if you're lost than sticking to suggested order almost always help. Bosses have exactly right difficulty to get you motivated to play more Music is very good - it matches gameplay perfectly. During first 7 treasures game was really good. And then, after rather difficult level when you wonder how much more this game has to offer, and how insanely difficult last level is going to be... you are met with a big disappointment. Way to get last 5 treasures is really boring, and the ending, especially 100% one, is just one big disappointment. Just few additional scenes when you're expecting something like hell level from Cave Story. There are also few places where you probably are going to need a guide, but fortunately there are just few of them. To sum up, this is a good game but it's clear that creators wasted potential of this game. It's neat 2D platformer, but nothing more. If you want free game that is more challenging and rewarding try Cave Story.

As many others have said, this (as of this review) free game is better than a lot of paid games. If you're like me and add games to your library just because they're free but never play them, you should give this one a chance. I was surprised by how quickly it hooked me. And once it did, I dropped everything else I was playing because it was just a lot more fun. I guess this could be considered a Metroidvania, but I think it has more in common with the classic side-scrolling Action RPGs like Faxanadu, Cadash, etc. You do get access to new areas as you collect items, but I'm talking about overall feel here. This is honestly a good thing as it doesn't weigh itself down with trying to force itself to fit that genre. It has its own unique flow. There's so much personality here in the world and characters. There's the essential element of mystery, seeing a blocked off item or area and wondering how you might be able to access it later, and then a feeling of reward when you finally reach them. A common problem with "retro" games like this is unbalanced difficulty. I've played a lot of games like this where the difficulty just spikes and you wonder if the developer was just having a bad day or something. There are some spikes here with some of the boss fights, but it's nothing too crazy, and I didn't get stuck on any one thing for too long. I'm giving it five stars relative to other games of its type. It hits all the right notes, it kept me interested throughout, and most of all it was just fun to play.

Well,,, my adventure with this game was relatively short. Firstly, the game opened under other windows on my desktop. Secondly, it took me some time till I found a key with which I could chose an option from the menu (that's a real facepalm). Thirdly, all those pixelated gfx games are sooo pretentious. Fourthly, a separate setup.exe? Really? In 21st century? Are you nuts? To add insult to injury, some unskippable cutscenees and annoying counter-dynamic physics. Well, no. There are many better games out there to waste my time wit. Luckily this one was free.

After getting the first treasure, I encountered a bug. After I flied over the pirate ship, I couldn't get past the next screen. There's the sound, and my character can take damage, I can see on the compass that I'm moving, but the screen doesn't follow. I tried reloading the previous save, but the same happened. I found the game cute, and the music is relaxing, but I just don't have the motivation to start from scratch as it's taken me a few hours to get to this point and the gameplay is not that rewarding to go through it again.