Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials

Bat wings in deep caves Ancient primordials stir Echoes bite the dark

地下城使我大佬旋转

Batbarian! Picked it up because the premise was silly, and it had a bat. I like bats. Turned out to be a solid metroidvania with a somewhat high level of difficulty, both in combat and in puzzles. It's not an easy game, even though it does have some assist options for people who would struggle. It was good! It was fun. It frustrated me a plenty and I hate wizards a little bit more after this experience. And something I rarely say about games because I tend to not pay attention: Music is excellent. Very enjoyable tunes to listen to trying to beat that stupid boss for the fifteenth time, or trying to figure out a puzzle. Or just getting frustrated and forcing my way, like a barbarian would, through spikes and enemies because the campfire is RIGHT next room I don't got time for this where is that last chest. Rowr MVP. Pip also MVP.

I liked it at first, but the more I played the more the controls felt... bad. It wasn't until I got the the first boss where I realized that any difficulty would be me fighting the game itself and not the enemies. Getting a hold of jumping, attacks slowing you down and the slow stamina Regen really killed it for me.

Gameplay just feels very janky, and after 12 hours, I couldn't bring myself to finish it. + good pixel art + phenomenal music + some good boss fights - awkward controls and level layout - terrible checkpoint placement - skills that use resources for no other reason than annoyance - annoying puzzles - sometimes, the best course of action is to just damage boost through a section - bad dialogue

Lo recomiendo, a pesar de que tiene muchos fallos. Es un metroidvania muy duro, muchas veces por las razones equivocadas. El que apenas puedas ver la pantalla lo hace innecesariamente más complicado de lo que debería. Muchas veces no sabes adonde ir, no porque sea un metroidvania, sino porque sigues el camino obvio y te lleva a una mejora, y el camino que realmente tienes que seguir está muy escondido. Hay tramos en los que te aparecen 2 o incluso 3 jefes seguidos. Hay puzzles en los que tienes que hacer varias cosas a la vez (lanzar un objeto, saltar y moverte a algún lado) y es muy complicado mecánicamente. Por suerte, el juego tiene opciones de asistencia que te permite solventar algunos de estos problemas, es la única razón por la que he podido acabarmelo.