One of the worst Metroidvania games I've ever played.

[ikillomega]

This ugly, choppy, inconsistent game is one of the most joyless experiences I've had all year. This is worse than Sim City, worse than Diablo III, this is an absolute piece of garbage. I played this at a friend's place and am glad I didn't invest any money in this trash, and I would have too, because, as Super Metroid is my favorite game of all time, one would think this is in my element. DO NOT BE FOOLED!!!! THIS IS NOT A METROIDVANIA GAME! It is linear as hell, blocking backtracking with bosses and unpassable one-way passages to force you forward. You have no control over your progress in this game. It is a one-way ticket to a world of sloppy controls hideous graphics, terrible design and bad gameplay decisions like the dreadful spell casting controls. Avoid this piece of crap like the plague.

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

Lol, you're so full of sh*t I can't even laugh because I pity you with sadness.

The game is a fairly open world uninstanced (no "levels", just a seamless world) scrolling game ala-Metroid that does require backtracking (i.e. - some doors can't be opened until you get their key later in the game, some of which lead to new required areas and others that hide secrets), and has hidden passages that require certain magics to open or pass through very similar to Megaman X. There are quite a few optional situations that you may or may not miss that will affect the late-game (i.e. - one optional "situation" disappears after a certain amount of playtime if you don't take care of it, which causes you to lose access to a town later, for example). You can permanently lose crew member(s) if you don't find them on time, and some are hidden quite well (Crew do a number of things, from leveling up your finishers to crafting weapons and helping you in battle). Most dungeons have 2 or more paths to the same area, both of which may hide 1 or 2 side paths or more that contain items or some other secret. The bosses you defeat give you their "power" similarly to Megaman X, though these things don't affect other bosses in terms of weakness I believe, but they give you special abilities such as double jump, attack boost, leech damage, healing, other buffs and so forth and their controls are very well implemented. Etc. etc.

Then there's the RPG elements, such as fetch quests, skill trees, optional situations as mentioned before, some decision making that affects later situations, good dialogue, etc.

Music is very very well done.

Combat is very smooth and freaking awesome once you get used to it and get your controls figured out. The only gripe I have is the way the Skill Cancel is handled, because jumping in general is a bit annoying (especially wall dashing vs grabbing ledges), and the fact that I can't turn around without sliding that direction a little which makes platforming unnecessarily difficult in some situations (like the Fire Temple) - almost like your guy has shoes made of ice or something.

The game is basically Megaman X meets Metroid meets Castlevania. One of the best scrollers I've ever played, and I grew up in the NES era and ate SNES alive (my favorite system still).

It is VERY clear you played this game for maybe 20 minutes, sucked at the combat because you didn't learn it, raged and came to the forums spitting completely false facts and other nonsense.

Here's a game more suited for you:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/45100/

No thank you necessary. I just like to help.

[Achelon]

And we're supposed to care about your, entirely wrong, opinion on what account?

[attackmuffin]

according to steam this person has never played this game, so my question is did you actauly play this game and if you did how long ago?

[SomeUnregPunk]

Początkowo opublikowane przez heavy metal jebus:

according to steam this person has never played this game, so my question is did you actauly play this game and if you did how long ago?

this game is on desura.

and the ocntrols are fine. It just takes some time to get used to that's all. It's nice challengeing game that requires you to actually learn the controls and not just button mash.

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

It says in his OP he played it at a friend's, and that he didn't "invest any money in this trash". Read, guys.

AKA, quick casual sit down, which means no merits to judge.

[February]

Guys, I've a question. I've downloaded the demo of this game and... I don't know what to think.

There was no option to adjust resolution, it lookd pretty torn up even in fullscreen mode and, what bothered me the most, the control could not be remapped and they worked OUTSIDE of the game... I couldn't even alt+tab or ctrl+esc to force close the process, my keyboard went nuts...

How does it look in the full versions?

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

Turn the GFX to High, and the scale to x2, and change WINDOWED to FULL SCREEN.

Done.

[Broso]

I have played this for abour 1 or 2 hours now and I have to say that it looks quite solid at least. There seems to be plenty of platforming which I like. The controls seem a biiit clunky so at times an intended input doesn't seem to be registered properly. But I have played AAA titles that didn't fare better in that regard.

Oh right and the bosses aren't wimpy pushovers that you can just hack'n'slash your way through. You actually have to dodge and think how to best deal with them and exploit their weaknesses. And that's even the case on normal

We gotta cut the devs of this game some slack as well as this is their first real title I think. And for what it is I think it is pretty good.

And you can remap controls.

[Razz]

it's actually a good idea to go back and kill that boss, its not impossible and it goes away if you progress the story too much ( or 2 real hours pass it goes away i also heard) and you miss out on stat boosts

[attackmuffin]

i still dont believe he played this game, and all he did was watching some one play it for a few minutes. he compares it to sim city and diablo 3. the game is far from perfect but comparing it to a pay to win arpg and a city builder makes no sense. also the system for casting magic is something that has been used for for at least 15 years and i havent heard any one complain about them before. also you do have control over progress becuase you can stop going forward and back track once you unlock a new skill or get a key. i will give him the controls kind of, they are a bit sloppy which makes some platforming hard. also they dont block back tracking with boss's, they add new boss's to fight for rewards. jsut becuase you cant kill something doesnt mean others cant.

[Motoki]

Początkowo opublikowane przez heavy metal jebus:

according to steam this person has never played this game, so my question is did you actauly play this game and if you did how long ago?

He says he "played it at a friend's house" which sounds like a euphemism for her pirated it to me.

At any rate, I own and play a lot of games and I can in good faith say this is not anywhere even close to the worst in fact it's one of my favorites and I really enjoyed it, in spite of the fact that I kind of suck at it.

And while it can be a bit linear, particularly early on, it does open of somewhat at points and you don't necessarily always have to just go to one particular place next. Even when you do, I don't mind it, I enjoyed the atmosphere of the game very much.

Speaking of which I like it art, a lot. I know it's a subjective thing but stating the art is terrible etc, well no it's not. Not to me and plenty of others. If it's not his thing that fine.

I'll be the first one to admit there's a of lot of crap on Steam (and I own a bunch of it. waaat waat waaat waaaaaaah) but in no way, no how would I put this game in that category. It is hard, particularly the bosses, but if I can get through it then pretty much anyone can if they take a little time and effort. If you try to button mash your way through the bosses though, it's not gonna happen. Not even on the easiest setting.

[Dewbop]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Chillin':

Lol, you're so full of sh*t I can't even laugh because I pity you with sadness.

The game is a fairly open world uninstanced (no "levels", just a seamless world) scrolling game ala-Metroid that does require backtracking (i.e. - some doors can't be opened until you get their key later in the game, some of which lead to new required areas and others that hide secrets), and has hidden passages that require certain magics to open or pass through very similar to Megaman X. There are quite a few optional situations that you may or may not miss that will affect the late-game (i.e. - one optional "situation" disappears after a certain amount of playtime if you don't take care of it, which causes you to lose access to a town later, for example). You can permanently lose crew member(s) if you don't find them on time, and some are hidden quite well (Crew do a number of things, from leveling up your finishers to crafting weapons and helping you in battle). Most dungeons have 2 or more paths to the same area, both of which may hide 1 or 2 side paths or more that contain items or some other secret. The bosses you defeat give you their "power" similarly to Megaman X, though these things don't affect other bosses in terms of weakness I believe, but they give you special abilities such as double jump, attack boost, leech damage, healing, other buffs and so forth and their controls are very well implemented. Etc. etc.

Then there's the RPG elements, such as fetch quests, skill trees, optional situations as mentioned before, some decision making that affects later situations, good dialogue, etc.

Music is very very well done.

Combat is very smooth and freaking awesome once you get used to it and get your controls figured out. The only gripe I have is the way the Skill Cancel is handled, because jumping in general is a bit annoying (especially wall dashing vs grabbing ledges), and the fact that I can't turn around without sliding that direction a little which makes platforming unnecessarily difficult in some situations (like the Fire Temple) - almost like your guy has shoes made of ice or something.

The game is basically Megaman X meets Metroid meets Castlevania. One of the best scrollers I've ever played, and I grew up in the NES era and ate SNES alive (my favorite system still).

It is VERY clear you played this game for maybe 20 minutes, sucked at the combat because you didn't learn it, raged and came to the forums spitting completely false facts and other nonsense.

Here's a game more suited for you:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/45100/

No thank you necessary. I just like to help.

OMFG I clicked on that link of the recommending game. I laughed so hard. Thank you!

[February]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Chillin':

Turn the GFX to High, and the scale to x2, and change WINDOWED to FULL SCREEN.

Done.

There are no such options available, that's the point. It's like this demo is half of a very bad alpha version and there is no other way to check the game out, I'm afraid.

Check yourself, it's so buggy... http://www.gamershell.com/download_101769.shtml

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

Then I guess maybe it's an earlier build of the game that didn't yet have the options, and they didn't update the demo (I suspect anyway). I didn't know that.

To answer your question then, the options exist in the full game and the game looks pretty good. I have a 1600x900 monitor and they're about as crisp as I would have expected from a 2D scroller.

[Mikeronomicon]

I got this today, and I'm in love. The art is beautiful, the music is great, nice and challenging, and the OP is completely full of ♥♥♥♥.