Cons: - Easily the worst map system of any Metroidvania - Difficulty means you will die repeatedly unless you already love games like Meatboy - Punished for each death, unless you're into that sort of thing - You have to buy/level up a lot of features that make a game playable (ex: proximity collection of enemy loot) - You'll likely get stuck or waste time trying to figure out where to go next at some point (unlike other Metroidvanias) - I know I've already said it, but the map is really, really bad. Pros: - Combat feels right - Movement feels right - Power ups are well paced and feel rewarding
The game has fantastic art and great music, so it kills me that the game itself is so disappointing. Combat is about as basic as it gets in a beat 'em up, even with RPG style upgrades and special moves. I was hoping that this would fill the void that Scott Pilgrim vs the World left but this was missing a lot of the polish that game had (and unfortunately is nowhere near Castle Crashers even if the art is much better). + Art is amazing + Music is great + Available on PC - Lose 25% of your hard earned money on each death - There's a lot of waiting around for enemies to stand up every 3 hits - Special moves are awkward and unrewarding - Can be lots of travel to spend money and train - Outdated and irritatingly slow vertical movement speed - Lacks polish (minor but noticeable UI and enemy bugs, clumsy UI, waiting for animations to finish after button presses) This is the type of game where the first boss fight was a lot harder than it should have been because I thought different abilities should be effective (and found out they didn't by losing a lot of money). Then I just waited out the pattern and I won easily. It wasn't rewarding, just tedious. If this is your first beat 'em up and you like the art or if there's a great sale it might be worth picking up but for those who have played other games, you'll be reminded early on and often that this doesn't measure up.
