StarCore Legacy

It is like megaman+metroid. I recently obtain this game. It is promising. Atmosphere is fun. Needs some update about controller and in game mechanics tho.

Update: the dev released a patch that addressed many of my issues. Changing to recommend for the time being, assuming the patch delivers, and will do an updated review when I finish! ———————————/ There’s a good game in here, but it’s missing a lot of polish. I think some play testing could’ve really helped it shine. I encountered 4 bugs, 2 of which were game breaking and one that wiped my save. For the latter, the dev jumped in and fixed it very fast, so hats off to that. Besides the bugs, the map really needs work. It doesn’t indicate doors, transition rooms to new areas, and many points of interest despite appearing to mark all important items. There were countless times where I had no idea where to go, and you are dealing with like 20 areas, and there’s zero way to know where to go. The dialogue would give you hints, but there was no way to go back and see what they said again. I spent 2 hours near the end trying to find where to go, and that’s when I had to call it quits. There is a lot of good, the level design is solid, player movement feels good, solid tile sets. When I wasn’t totally lost, I was having a great time. If this game ever gets some polish, it would be an easy recommendation. But the bugs, lack of way finding, and disorienting map make me not able to recommend.