Nobody Saves the World

Cute little Metroidvania game that's addictive and funny. However, the game varies WILDLY from "Try until you succeed because there's no possible way for you to know what the correct thing to do is" and "You can sit there and hold one button and win." with the occasional "This is literally impossible right now, come back later." thrown in to make sure you just Google the answer to every puzzle. Or you think, "I can tank this boss, he doesn't do much damage." and then he spawns in 20 minions and you die instantly. The progression is kinda fun, but ultimately meaningless, since the enemies scale with you. So many of the mechanics serve no purpose other than "The game needs mechanics." You can change forms, but the combat is so shallow that it just becomes cosmetic. Not bad, but I won't be purchasing the DLC, nor will I be super excited by whatever this developer puts out next.

In Nobody saves the World, you play as Nobody, a little character that lost its memory. He is pretty defenseless by nature, but thankfully, he finds a magic wand that allows him to change his form into 17 others (technically 18, with the free DLC). The whole gameplay revolves about you playing the most appropriate form at the best moment. The gameplay is highly addictive, as each form has its XP bar, shared with another global XP bar, pushing you to always crave for that next level to unlock new abilities, forms or stats. Each form has its gameplay, stats, abilities and passive but some of the latters can be shared to other forms, letting you build some crazy synergy. In practice, you will explore castles, that can be unlocked by beating dungeons, each of them with modifiers and for each you will have to choose a correct build. The bestiary is diverse enough to be enjoyable. The sidequests are original and diverse, they are not FedEx as you could expect. In general, the game is very enjoyable and quite funny, really letting you play as you want, but still forcing you to vary your gameplay a little. It has a great atmosphere, vibe and artistic direction. You could finish the game in 20 hours, and 40h for the 100%, which requires DLC. 4 hours for the NG+ when speeding as hell. Regarding difficulty it is really balanced. I found myself to be in trouble when having even one little level under the required one for the dungeons. Generally, the game is not too hard or not too easy, though you may die a lot at the beginning. Regarding the negative aspects, there is only one I could find: the game is not a revolution. There is no particular things that makes it extremely different from another. If you have played other games, you will not find something new. Overall, it is a solid distracting 7/10 game. It is great in what he wants to do, but is not a revolution either.