Unepic

I have to say my hopes were not very high when I got the game (I went on name hunch alone). Fortunately, it proves not to be a disapointment, being an entertaining platformer that makes fun of the genre.

Man what an awesome game ! My wife and i both play it. Great control / gameplay, great music, many many items., character development. A steal for $5.00 on sale.

The gameplay was right up my alley. Metroidvania with a little bit of story and a good selection of skills, environments and enemies. The humor is a bit infantile even for me, but it isn't too bad. The default controls kind of suck and you can't change them in game, that's kind of annoying. There are some translation issues. Otherwise it is a very promising game. I hope he goes on to make more stuff in the future.

Looks great, gameplay is fantastic, humour is passable. The only thing detracting from it, that I think is worth mentioning, is the fact that the grammar, due to poor translations (?), gives it a slightly cheapo feel.

Turns out mixing RPG-mechanics with a platformer becomes quite fiddly as time goes by. Changing weaposn and using certain spells as the situation changes just feels increasingly awkward. The boss fights tend to be all over the place as far as difficulty is concerned rather than following a steady curve. That said, the overall gameplay still works relatively well. What brings the game really down though is the telltale marks of its hobbyist project origins. The many out of place and overplayed "nerd" references and the general grating sophomoric humor and unlikable protagonist just work against me having fun with the game.