Dewdrop Dynasty

is a bee-utiful game

Do i want to like the game? yes very much but there are too many enemies in someparts and its mostly in gizmos and pipeworld and you can miss a lot of parts of the game and its really my first time playing a metroidveina so i didnt have a good time but if you played more games like this than go for it and buy it

Solid little metroidvania. It has a good amount of flaws and frustrations, but for the pricetag I paid for it (9€) I felt it was a solid value. Shmoovement and platforming was decent to good which is a main draw for me. Some required movement tricks felt a little more frustrating than satisfying as you have to be very mindful of the directionality of your inputs (for some skills you need to press down to go up, for others its reversed), but overall it was manageable difficulty wise. Menu integration was frustrating, the layout of the map didnt feel very streamlined to me, combat is fine. You get some movement abilities that completely negate others which doesnt feel like great game design for me. The soundtrack and aesthetics have a good amount of charm. Some bugs shortly after launch that mostly sorted themselves out with more play. Main campaign with like 70% completion took me like 7 hours of playtime as a somewhat competent platformer. Overall a strong 6/10 for me, recommended for metroidvania fans.

Played entirely on Steam Deck/Steam Machine with no issues apart from missing arrow symbols when reading signs. Dewdrop Dynasty is a cute metroidvania, with clean pixel art, and a great soundtrack. Poe, the main character, is snappy and responsive, and the "gun pogo" is a fun way to approach platforming. That being said, it's a shame this main selling point is quickly overshadowed by the upgrades you find along the way ([spoiler]dash, flamethrower, and sometimes wall jump [/spoiler]). Exploration is a mixed bag: I enjoyed the map layout and its intricacies, but more often than not I met dead ends or places that could definitely house a secret or a reward. Speaking of the map, at the time of writing this review, rooms are fully revealed as soon as you enter them, and there's a limited amount of markers you can place (why?), which lead me to abandon the firefly hunt because I found some but couldn't remember where. There is a fast travel system but it's not that convenient because you teleport only from specific places to a hub area, and back. The dev is working on updates so hopefully these issues can be ironed out. Combat is simple but enjoyable. It fits the more minimalistic style of the game. There were only a few boss encounters that I didn't particularly like [spoiler] the giant stone t-rex head can be damaged only after a specific attack and can be cheesed by standing in a corner, the UFO has way too much hp, and the twin wolves arena opens after you killed one of them so you can run past the other[/spoiler]. Overall I liked the game and can recommend it because the issues can be easily fixed with a patch or two

Fun game. Good vibes. Great shootin'.

> seja o poe > tome uma queda > perca as suas asinhas > ganhe um 38 > "vá, cometa crimes"

Highly mixed bag. Had potential. Littered with bugs, questionable design decisions, and just general jank. I'd give it 5.5/10. Will write full review shiortly.