Duskfade

This was an amazingly fun game and the first one in quite a while that i got 100% completion on. I definitely recommend buying and playing this if you were a ps2 era gamer or if you just enjoy games that are similar to that. Some of my take-aways: - Cute story - Beautiful scenery - fluid and fast-paced combat - Reasons to explore the world beyond the main storyline - Level design is amazingly done. - Cosmetic rewards not locked behind a DLC or paywall. - about 20h to 100% the game. Some things i wish we had to make navigating the world a bit easier: - Fast travel to the beginning of the levels rather than the middle - Collectibles like broken glass shards being able to be tracked - An On-screen way to track progress of clearing a level Overall, this game to me is a 9/10 and i will never forget the experience i was given with this title :)

Gioco molto interessante che mi ha ricordato Ratchet & Clank. Storia molto interessante

El indie que más he disfrutado. Un gran plataforma. Tienes unas mecánicas que dan un gustazo jugarlo. Además que llevas una llave espada que no es una llave espada si no que es un minutero. Guapísimo. Cien por cien recomendado.

Great for people aged 1-14, however I have bought this game now..

Un juego como los de antes con el esfuerzo y el trabajo de antes, visualmente es una obra de arte. Es un juego para pasar el rato entretenido. Las mecánicas de combate no son muy complejas, los combates de oleadas a veces un poco pesados pero el diseño de historia, jefes y ambientación gana a las cosas no tan buenas. Una lástima no haber tenido voces en español pese a ser desarrollado en la ciudad condal, recomendado a todo el mundo que quiere disfrutar un buen juego de plataformas!

Este juego me ha sorprendido mucho, nunca jugué a un juego tipo plataformas hasta que me decidí por darle a este Duskfade una oportunidad, un juego muy bonito visualmente con un detalle de los escenarios espectacular, historia bastante buena, dificultad que va creciendo hasta darte cuenta de "ojo cómo se pone la cosa" y música genial, pero sobre todo el cómo te van dando objetos y vas sacándoles uso y ves que los entornos están súper bien pensados para utilizarlos en cualquier momento sin crearte la necesidad de "no utilizo esto para nada", un juego súper recomendado sin duda.

I enjoyed my time with it. I would give it a 7/10. The game looks good, but its abit busy with smoke effects, glowy crystals everywhere, *magic*, etc. It does as advertised, its a PS2 game heavily inspired by kingdom hearts, though i cant say I see the ratchet and clank DNA besides maybe the rail grinding. I will say, distinctly its missing aerial combat like KH has. You have a launcher, at some point, yes, but it doesnt launch most enemies high enough and they sink like stones. in KH they feel much lighter, skyrocketing up, and hanging for maybe half a second before they do drop. Anyway, I never did use air combos in duskfade. Combat is serviceable, I see many people complain about it being rudimentary, but each stage does introduce new enemy types, and you do get steadily fed new spells and combos, but yes, fundamentally its *smack smack smack* dodge *smack smack smack*. enemies do work together and synergize though, I'll disagree with the consensus. Its just serviceable, I dont think the combat is bad. Allowing for more spells, and proper air combos would be how id fix it. You can't use spells as much as id like, the MP economy is very stingy. theres plenty of enemy variety, but not variety in player expression. The game looks good, story is okay, banter between zirian and cookoo are humorous enough, all the characters a likeable, and it keeps things moving in a way that makes sense and feels right. I like the alternate costumes. Soundtrack feels basic, nothing really stood out to me, I think I tuned it out at points. Every dungeon has a unique look, but the paths getting there tends to blend together. Completion is a little more trouble than its worth, as theres one pretty big design flaw, I think. an Issue with duskfades exploration is that youre teleported in the middle of the stage, and not the beginning of it. So when you check the map, youre told all the items you didnt find, but where one stage ends and where one begins i cant say I can actually tell. The stages are gigantic, and quite busy visually, far too many nooks. I really did try to 100% at least one area, but as thorough as I tried to be i gotta say....the secrets are definitely well hidden...Could use a treasure radar perhaps. There are bells that I thought did that, but they only show you the way forward. Im cool with duskfade, I liked my time with it. combat could be improved with better player expression, exploration could use some polish, and the soundtrack could do with more personality, but I think the platforming is good and combat is servicable.

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I mean I don't have a lot to say beyojnd the fact that this game is a tremendous value purchase. If you like 3d action platformmers even a little bit this game is really solid. The graphics and environment design is phenomenal with plenty of unique zones. Exploration and map traversal is very satisfying. This is everything I want from a modern game at a price that is you shouldn't pass up.