LUNARK

A total FLASHBACK for me. I love the aesthetics. Fantastic work Canari Games!

A great cinematic platformer, akin to old Prince of Persia. Great story and challenging areas. Loved it!

meh...

Super jeu ! Plaisir garanti pour tous les fans de Flashback (Quest for Identity) sur SNES (SuperFamicom) ou sur MegaDrive (Genesis). Seul bémol : Les checkpoints devraient aussi être des points de sauvegarde pour quitter le jeu sans reprendre le niveau en cours depuis le début. Et les chutes mortelles juste à l'entrée d'un écran de jeu sont parfois un peu frustrantes... A part ça, c'est du rétro-bonheur !!!

The game does a lot of things right and some things I didn't care for. The movement and platforming are both really good. Very similar to PoP remake for SNES. Moveset and animations, platforming, the droids with swords, it all is very reminiscent. Rarely is it challenging, but there are a few spots where it is, though sometimes the challenge is the game itself. There were a lot of decisions that make the game frustrating. Enemies continue to move offscreen, which I get, it makes sense But there are a lot of things that happen that require you to avoid them while platforming and changing screens. I got hit so many times hoping I counted correctly on a pathing enemies patrol. However, rarely did I feel the game killed me unfairly while platforming. When I died that way, it was generally my fault. In some levels, there can be quite a bit of backtracking, which is fine, but one level in particular required you to traverse the level multiple times, and I thought this was kind of annoying. I think the patrols were getting tougher each time, which I get makes it different, but it just felt like a chore by the end. The graphics really are awesome. The animations are so smooth. The portraits when in conversation are great, some feel like they could have been turned into pixel art by feeding actual photos into software. Very cool. The music is quite good and fits the theme of the game really well. The story is kinda silly and not fleshed out that much, but I guess the game is more about the vibe and the platforming, which is fine with me. There are lots of mini cutscenes when you interact with certain things in the environment, and they look great, with cool music to accompany it. Overall, I think this game is a pretty cool retro throwback. It's probably not for everyone, but I think anyone that watches the trailers for it and is interested, will probably like it. Asking price is probably fine for some, because the production value is really high, but if I were buying it, I'd probably wait for a sale.

It is good.