Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials

It's a pretty good game gameplay-wise, except for the fact that Pip's abilities are limited in use. If you're a completionist and keep getting every pouch upgrade, you'll still be annoyed because the most useful ability has 7 uses at the endgame. If you're not, you'll be MISERABLE in combat because if you miss a throw, that's it, usually the enemies who drop the bash ability are the ones that can *only* be killed using them. An advice though: do not make focus your main stat. There are no respecs and it is basically useless since there is more than enough gold to be obtained from exploring/backtracking and puzzles usually have trees that give you one ability use (only if you have 0 left). Since there are chests that give stats, I'd actually put 0 points in it from level-ups if I ever played again.

A very enjoyable Metroidvania despite some tense moments, particularly towards the end of the game and the (optional) challenge brought by a secret area. I really liked the characters I encountered and the multiple-choice dialogue options, which allow you to remain serious or play the big brute with a welcome touch of humour, something I already enjoyed when I tried the demo. A big downside is the French translation and the inclusive writing style, which makes the whole thing unreadable. It's an abomination that has no place in French writing. Given that you can control a woman or a man, I don't see why the writing isn't directly adapted to the choice made at the beginning of the game. --------------------------------- Metroidvania très sympa malgré des passages tendus, notamment vers la fin du jeu ou le challenge (optionnel) apporté par une zone secrète. J'ai beaucoup apprécié les personnages rencontrés et les dialogues à choix multiples qui permet de rester sérieux ou de jouer un gros bourrin avec une pointe d'humour bienvenue qui m'avait déjà plu en essayant la démo. Gros point noir pour la trad' française et l'écriture inclusive qui rend le tout illisible. C'est une abomination qui n'a rien à faire dans l'écriture française Sachant qu'on peut diriger une femme ou un homme, je ne vois pas pourquoi l'écriture n'est pas directement adaptée à ce choix effectué au début du jeu.

簡單說,設計得很爛,這不是困難與否的問題,也不是考驗玩家手殘與否的問題,是設計,就是設計的問題,沒得辯駁. 首先是行動,人物行動不怎麼精準,要不就太快要不就太慢,跳起來空中可微調位置能力很差,而且跑跳之外沒有任何行動特技,於此同時還非常要求極限,要跳到最高點才能上去的平台,要在崖邊最後一刻跳才能達到的距離,這種狀況在整張地圖都是普遍存在的狀況,甚至還有許多跳高點就會撞天花板的設計,整個就是糟心而已. 接著是切換,換投擲物或者換光環,竟然都設計輪換的而非精準的熱鍵對應,無論解謎或者戰鬥都需要短時間切換所需的能力,誰跟你在那前一個是啥後一個是啥的挑,搞這種智障設計是腦子有問題吧,就想想看自己手指要是現在伸出食指,接著要換伸出小指需要先伸出中指再換無名指然後才能把小指伸出來,這狀況是不是很蠢? 最後是戰鬥,只有跑只有跳沒有任何額外的移動能力,攻擊只有超短距普攻或蓄力攻擊,然後配上前面兩點需要極限跳躍才能閃過,或需要頻繁切換光環,整個就是要殘障去表演特技雜耍一般,還有一點我特別討厭的任何怪物碰到就算傷害,是專業碰瓷還是嬌生慣養. 原本遊戲地圖不錯,解謎也有內容,但場景編排與行動設計整個噁心人,完全破壞遊戲的樂趣,根本懶得打完就刪除了.

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Batbarian is a fantastic action platformer... that is made unplayable by it's control scheme. You have to move with one stick, throw with the other, charge attacks, and platform all at the same time. Normally that is a lot to juggle, but there is no way bind these all in any sensible way to do that many things at once. The controls make boss fights with simple patterns all but impossible. The binding options do not give you full access to all of the game or menu commands. Normally I would just switch to mouse and keyboard, but you cant set up the mouse to aim! It just will not let you set it up that way. You are forced to aim with precision by tapping keyboard buttons?!?!? While moving, and jumping, and charging attacks?!?!?!?!? I really enjoyed the demo of Batbarian, and purchased the full version. Unfortunately I did not get to the sections where the controls fell apart until AFTER the 2 hour return window closed for me... I really wish I could recommend Batbarian, the game is charming and fun in ways that make me very angry with the devs and the controls for ruing.

I really enjoyed a majority of the game but cannot recommend due to some parts/bosses in the second half that the average person will need to turn on assists for. I don't think having these assists available is a good excuse for not having these portions of the game balanced correctly (I spent multiple hours on two specific bosses and tried to avoid turning them on). Movement and some controls can feel clunky but I think the rest of the game makes up for it. If you will not hesitate to turn the assists on after a few tries, I'd absolutely recommend for platforming fans.

ABSOLUTE BANGER