Best designed game I have played in a very very long time. I bought it on Steam a month ago and was shocked at just how massive it turned out to be. We're talking 40+ hours. The game almost looks AAA and it was developed by mostly one guy with a few others. This is a great first person, kid-friendly metroidvania, with a touch of Portal but a really unqiue experience with so much heart and depth. I can't recommend it enough.
My fault. Went in thinking this was a Metroidvania. I mean it's been tagged online at sotres that this is a Metroidvania. Well, maybe a very very light Metroidvania. There are barely any secret areas. The upgrades take far too long to acquire to keep interesting game progression. And oh god the dialogue... The story is okay but man there is SO MUCH TEXT. Like an unbelievable amount of boring exposion. Every character constanlty says thei thoughts out loud and you have to sit there and mash the button until you can progress. I'm all for an engaging story, but I bought this game expecting some exploration and powering up. There is very little exploration and SO MUCH TALKING. Iconoclasts started off really cool with a unique religious-authority story, but manit's so hard to keep going when you constantly have to read chatter and you just want to play. This is a potentially great game, but a lesson how NOT to do story for all developers. Either make your text have voice over so it could be engaging or cut the chatter dramatically. I don't even feel like finishing it but I had to write my frutration with a game that started off well and just becomes such a monotonous drag.
