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Daggerhood

by | May 3, 2019 | Indie, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox

Daggerhood from Ratalaika Games S.L.

A Pixel art, side-scrolling, platformer. During the level you will be collecting treasures and fairies before they disappear, killing enemies and trying to complete the level under the levels par time. The faster you complete the level the higher chance you have to earn a 3 star rating.
You traverse the levels by jumping, double jumping, wall jumping, and by throwing a magic dagger to teleport to the location the dagger was thrown. During the later stages temporary power ups are required to complete the levels; from a hammer to break blocks to a feather that gives you a floating ability for a few seconds, shields to keep you from taking damage, and gravity reversing magic bean.
The game has little to no story outside of the intro cinematic.
The audio is simple and fits the art style but has issues where is cuts outs at times.
Daggerhood is fun to play and becomes challenging during the later stages due to adding more difficult traps, more enemies, and narrower areas to platform and maneuver between.
Each of the 5 worlds has a unique boss challenge. Replaying the levels trying to get all 5 treasures, the fairy, and earn 3 stars can become addicting.

Metagal

by | Apr 10, 2019 | Indie, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox

Metagal from Retro Revolution

16-bit sidescrolling platformer with a Megaman feel. You make your way thru the levels as a female cyborg traversing platforms, hitting a sporadic check point or 2, defeating enemies, and end up in a boss battle. Once you defeat the boss you gain their powers/weapons and use them against the other enemies and bosses.
The controls and mechanics are simple and they work as intended, the soundtrack fits nicely and adds to the enjoyment of the game. The story/campaign is a little short but has level time and letter rank which adds replayability to the levels as you can compete with yourself to beat your best score. The levels have their own unique environments and are nicely designed.

Odium To The Core

by | Dec 31, 2018 | Indie, Xbox

A side scroller music based game with a single button controls, crazy soundtrack and a simple yet great art style. The game play is fun and frustrating at the same time and hitting a checkpoint never felt so good as well as needed.

FinalStar

by | Dec 26, 2018 | Indie, Xbox

A side scrolling shoot-em-up, with a hint of RPG in ship upgrades and skills. You can replay levels for earn other rewards as well as the option to re-roll the level rewards for something more useful. The controls are good, the combat is hard but gets better the more powerful your ship becomes and the soundtrack has a retro feel to it.