Everblade

In a world full of Metroidvania-ish platformers, there's no reason to play one with so many self inflicted wounds. It's possible that the game gets better at some point, but it's hard to imagine. I've played for a little more than an hour but feel like I've accomplished almost nothing. It's a terrible first impression. The game doesn't teach you any important controls or interactions with the environment. You're going to learn everything by trial and error, but failing often won't give you a hint of what to do. What's the item you just picked up? Who knows!? Want to find power-ups? Attack every wall! The game punishes you for basic interactions. Exploding red blocks or skulls that come to life do little other than force you to perform basic travel through block walls more slowly. The red blocks in particular a terrible fun stopper. Their existence is counter-intuitive in a game that practically demands you try to destroy every wall. The red blocks explode and damage you very easily...

Leaving a review cause it's deserted in here—game is VERY good, it knows what it's doing and has a KILLER soundtrack. The world is very unique, it's like a metroivania without a map but it's not confusing for that matter. You have an intuitive melee attack as well as 3 magical swords rotating around you that you can throw and constantly replenish. Great game with a great concept pick it up

Fun exploration-based action/adventure/platformer.

Sloppy controls is a big turnoff for me. Worse, in 2022, this is a video game that seemingly doesn't let you rebind your controls. If it does, some mystical keypresses are required to get there because it's certainly not your usual arrow key or WASD suspects. Super Metroid, a **1994** video game, let you change your controls. Massive oversight in the current year afaic.

The final boss form is punishingly difficult. It is shame that the game had to end on a frustrating note after much enjoyment in getting to the final part. As such I find this game terrible

Wow. Terrible controls - attack with ctrl (!). Cannot rebind them (!!). And my biggest pet peeve - an absurdly tiny range of your weapon. (!!!) Such an easy skip on this one with the holy trifecta of bad design.

So far so good! It's quite challenging but even on hard mode the first boss can definitely be beat without taking damage. It seems to reward skill and practice. I'll come back and update my review after more hours. As for the price, I think it's fair. There are endless hours put into making a game like this.

The game combines some of the best elements from many classic games and still makes it fresh. Great platforming and lots of puzzles. Combat is straightforward and easy to get good at but the varied enemies keep it interesting. Each boss fight is unique., unlike many other games in the genre. Pretty challenging, but not extreme.

Great game.

Everblade is a fantastic hidden gem of a game. While it certainly has some rough spots, there is more than enough polish elsewhere to make up for its shortcomings. The main factor Everblade has going for it is variety. The game is divided between a hub area and 9 levels which generally unlock in sets of 2 or 3 (plus a final level). The level themes are diverse and range anywhere from underwater ruins to a church and graveyard crawling with undead. Beyond the aesthetics, each level has a unique feel as they all focus on different mechanics. You'll be dodging plenty of boulder and riding along on the wind in the mountains, jumping between falling tree branches and swimming around thorns and poison in the swamp, and mostly solving puzzles while trying not to drown in those underwater ruins I mentioned. Several of the levels are even broken into two distinct segments, such as the desert level which first has you platforming across the desert while periodically dipping into water to avo...