What’s also great is that every time you perish (which will happen, possibly a lot) you’ll be able to spend gems you collect in each run that you can then use to upgrade your characters or enable special abilities with. Managing your party of three heroes, each possessing their own style of attack, stats, and special abilities, you’ll explore some pretty large areas consisting of a variety of rooms connected in various ways. That said, when a developer manages to nail the “feel” of those games of the past without falling into all of the pitfalls true games from that era tend to have, it can be something pretty special. Sure, I have fond memories of the 8-bit and 16-bit eras but I’d be a fool to claim that many of those titles couldn’t be improved upon when viewed through a modern lens and with current hardware.
Sure, I have fond memories of the 8-bit and 16-bit eras I tend to have a love/hate relationship with retro throwback games of various kinds. I tend to have a love/hate relationship with retro throwback games of various kinds. I would suggest it to anyone who likes the genre. Otherwise, I thought the game had good exploration and challenge, although some of the backtracking and redos got a bit uninteresting in the second half- some of the paths I constantly had to retread harshed my mellow just a bit. So, to get a "simpler" game with these issues was a slight bummer. I know the Switch isn't a powerhouse, but I play it much more for Indie throwback titles like this than current gen games. Still, there were often glitches that are like something you would encounter if it had actually been an 8-bit game, such as flicker and slowdown, or sticking in place while your platform moves on, and at times I wondered if this was a design choice (I sincerely hope not). To be sure, I tend to be easy to please: I just want to have fun exploring a world with some variety, fight things, and find interesting stuff.
To be sure, I tend to be easy to please: I just want I play a lot of this type of game in recent years, and this one was pretty fun overall. I play a lot of this type of game in recent years, and this one was pretty fun overall.