Posted on: February 24, 2021
WingedKagouti
Владелец игрыИгр: 331 Отзывов: 3
Solid entry in the series
While the Shantae series has always had a solid foundation in the Metroidvania genre, this entry is much closer to the classic formula than the previous two entries. In Shantae and the Seven Sirens you help the titular half-genie make new friends while saving the day after disaster strikes at a half-genie appreciation festival. And while she has seemingly forgotten every dance she learned in Half-Genie Hero, she learns some new transformations that work in a similar fashion. The dances she picks up are used to reveal hidden items, heal herself or deal damage to the entire screen. As per usual Shantae fare, all of her abilities are used in puzzle solving to access new areas and bosses as well as finding all the collectibles. The various secondary spells from previous games are back (purchasable in the three stores), and while only really useful for combat they work well for that. But the hair whip is still the bread and butter of combat. The music is good, but the absence of Kaufman's work is a bit of a letdown in comparison to the previous three. I do have two minior annoyances with the game. The first one being the dance parlor minigame, which takes way too much time and effort, but you need to ace it to 100% the game. A bit more player agency in that would have been very welcome. The other annoyance is the lack of what is known as Coyote Time (the ability to jump of a platform just as you walk of it), more than once did I press the jump button half a second too late. But the game is still fun with those two things. One thing it does a lot better than the previous entries is the final dungeon. Or rather the difficulty of the final dungeon compared to how it scales with the game up to that point. I have always felt that the previous titles had a major difficulty jump between the penultimate dungeon and 100% collectibles and the gauntlet to the end boss. But Seven Sirens offers a more smooth progression in challenge, with challenges that are just a bit tougher.
вам это показалось полезным?
