Battlewrights

Fast platformer that focuses on battles on the same screen with other people, but there’s also a single player time trial mode. Sadly, it only has a few stages so far, and you are awarded a medal depending on how fast you destroy all the targets. You can earn the three standard medals and a dev medal for achieving a time that requires mastery and precision. For the gameplay mechanics, you have a jump, attack, and dodge. Jump works as a wall jump when you have two vertical surfaces close together, and as a high jump when you attack downward during a jump, sending you much higher. Attack is based on how long you hold the button. With a quick tap, your weapon flies only a few steps, but if you keep the button pressed for a few seconds to charge it, it will fly across the screen. There’s only one weapon, so you need to press the attack button again to recall it to your hands. While the weapon hits walls and obstacles when thrown, this does not apply during recall, meaning it will pass through anything and hurt any enemy standing in its path. Since everything is happening on a single screen, the game supports couch multiplayer for up to four players. You pick from four characters, each of whom plays the same way, then choose the game type, either earning points for kills or playing last man standing, and one of four stage environments. It doesn’t have a lasting appeal, but time-trials for single players are a nice addition to spend some more time with the game.

Great local multiplayer! Always fun to play with friends, but also enjoyable solo in time trial mode.

This is a real fun multiplayer game to play along with friends on a weekend with some beers. It really stands out for it nostalgia feel to the good old couch co-op days. The game is simple enough to get a grip fairly quick but the mechanics also offer a degree of complexity that can really make a difference for experienced players. Time trial mode is also great if you are looking to test your skills and wish to practice and improve them or if you just want to show off with your buds and let them know who the real boss is. All in all a really cool game to play with your friends and for the price tag I would not hesitate to buy it if even for the time trails that are a really good challenge.