Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

Overall, this game is a lot of fun. It works well on Linux, with controller support out of the box. the hand-drawn artwork is great, and the game even lets you switch between the original looks and music and the remade visuals and sound. As a game, there are a LOT of cheap shots that can't really be avoided, especially with the bosses. The character is too slow and his jump is too small to give him any real maneuverability to dodge ANYTHING, and there are many instances where you get juggled by the baddies. This is reminiscent of games back in the day that did such a thing, but one would think that remaking a game would remove such an unfair part of the mechanics!

The game looks amazing. The music and graphics are great and the option to instantaneosly change one or both of them to retro style at any moment is welcome for retro style fans and those curious to give it a try. The gameplay and story feels old. It can be understood from a very loyal remake, specially the story. However the gameplay is hard to enjoy while a game like "Monster boy and the Cursed Kingdom" exists which has a great gameplay. It is a game that I really wanted to enjoy, but I couldn't or at least It is not for me.

I made a huge mistake, listening to the stellar reviews and buying this game. I used to love "Wonderboy in Monsterland" on the Amiga when I was a teenager and still play it occasionally on an emulator and I think it's a lot more fun than this game. I expected a modernized version that I can play on my Mac. I personally do not like the cartoon style graphics, the controls are super clunky and the game is zero fun for me. I uninstalled it after playing it for 20 minutes. About a year later, I tried it again and same thing, played for 20 minutes and felt like I never wanted to play this again so I uninstalled it again. I just don't get what people love about it so much. I think it's just tedious and boring. The music is pretty good though.

The framerate stutters unlike any game I have ever played on this PC, and it frankly makes the game unplayable. I have a GTX 970 and have not run into any game ever that my PC has not been able to handle, so it is quite a surprise that this 2D side-scroller is the one that broke the computer's back. I was very excited to play this game after I saw it on a recent episode of Game Sack. Unfortunately, I can't get past the first few screens without turning the game off out of frustration. If I had the foresight to get this on Steam, I would be refunding it right now. Hard pass.

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