Devs1993
2023
A fantastic boomer shooter. Really, really fun.
The graphics are nothing special, but the color scheme and the design of the levels are really great.
The OST is full of synthwave bangers
The weapons are your standard Boomer shooter weapons. But you have your chainsaw leg, the principal attraction of the game.
The story is really good. SAMM is a great companion. And the voice actors knock it out of the park.
Really good game overall
Also, the main character has the coolest name ever: Johnny Turbo
The graphics are nothing special, but the color scheme and the design of the levels are really great.
The OST is full of synthwave bangers
The weapons are your standard Boomer shooter weapons. But you have your chainsaw leg, the principal attraction of the game.
The story is really good. SAMM is a great companion. And the voice actors knock it out of the park.
Really good game overall
Also, the main character has the coolest name ever: Johnny Turbo
2021
(played in Ryujinx)
I love metroid and I love metroidvanias. The feeling of knowing that when you unlock a new power or ability, a new chunk of the map is going to be revealed to you is a powerful one.
Sadly, this game twist that in a bad way.
The game map is divided by zones, and every zone is accessible via teleporters. The thing is that the teleporters are color coded, not universal. That makes the "fast travel" aspect of the teleporters almost non-existent.
Also, when you acquire a new power, the game usually guides you to a new teleporter, locks you in the zone that you go via the teleporter until you use the new acquired power to reveal a new path, usually to a new teleporter.
And until you have all your powers, all the zones are almost locked via the teleporter system, meaning that the backtracking that usually all metroidvanias have to acquire upgrades to your powers and stuff are locked until the endgame when in some other metroidvanias you can explore a lot of one zone and not being locked and forced to explore forward
It's a really weird development decision that I really didn't like
The story is really great, moves the metroid plot forward and also reveals new stuff about Samus past.
The gameplay is really fun and polished, that's to be expected from a metroid game.
Samus is a badass
I love metroid and I love metroidvanias. The feeling of knowing that when you unlock a new power or ability, a new chunk of the map is going to be revealed to you is a powerful one.
Sadly, this game twist that in a bad way.
The game map is divided by zones, and every zone is accessible via teleporters. The thing is that the teleporters are color coded, not universal. That makes the "fast travel" aspect of the teleporters almost non-existent.
Also, when you acquire a new power, the game usually guides you to a new teleporter, locks you in the zone that you go via the teleporter until you use the new acquired power to reveal a new path, usually to a new teleporter.
And until you have all your powers, all the zones are almost locked via the teleporter system, meaning that the backtracking that usually all metroidvanias have to acquire upgrades to your powers and stuff are locked until the endgame when in some other metroidvanias you can explore a lot of one zone and not being locked and forced to explore forward
It's a really weird development decision that I really didn't like
The story is really great, moves the metroid plot forward and also reveals new stuff about Samus past.
The gameplay is really fun and polished, that's to be expected from a metroid game.
Samus is a badass
2022
Really good game, love the setting and the voice acting. But I have some problems with the combat system, it's just not for me. Maybe its a skill issue.
2023
Spiritual successor of the jet set radio saga.
It was a really, really fun game, the graphics had that lovely dreamcast jank, the controls were really polished.
But for me two of the main things that really surprised me were the story (yes, the story) being like deep for a game that i expected to be just do cool tricks and graffiti the walls.
And the other strong point was the music. IT. WAS. SO. GOOD. with 4 songs composed by hideki nagamura (the composer of the jet set radio saga).
I know it sounds like I only have praises for this game but if it weren't for a bug that made me lost like a hour of gameplay (still not fixed by the time I'm writing this) ill give 5 stars instead of four.
It was a really, really fun game, the graphics had that lovely dreamcast jank, the controls were really polished.
But for me two of the main things that really surprised me were the story (yes, the story) being like deep for a game that i expected to be just do cool tricks and graffiti the walls.
And the other strong point was the music. IT. WAS. SO. GOOD. with 4 songs composed by hideki nagamura (the composer of the jet set radio saga).
I know it sounds like I only have praises for this game but if it weren't for a bug that made me lost like a hour of gameplay (still not fixed by the time I'm writing this) ill give 5 stars instead of four.
2023
What to say about this game? Is like if junji ito and the call of cthulhu ttrpg had a baby.
The art alone (the best junji itoesque adaptation is this game honestly) is enough to die for at the hands of whatever eldritch being curses your run.
The atmosphere is sublime. My only gripe right now is that the game is somewhat criptic. But once you know the event that is happening you can guess the outcome and buff/debuff you're gonna get if you pass the skillcheck
The art alone (the best junji itoesque adaptation is this game honestly) is enough to die for at the hands of whatever eldritch being curses your run.
The atmosphere is sublime. My only gripe right now is that the game is somewhat criptic. But once you know the event that is happening you can guess the outcome and buff/debuff you're gonna get if you pass the skillcheck
2022
Nice little roguelite game. The graphics are charming and the gameplay is really fun.
The music is the star of the game
The music is the star of the game