Orebody: Binder's Tale

I picked up Orebody: Binder's Tale during the recent Dinos vs. Robots Fest, and once I got used to how it handles, which didn't take long, I had a great time with the game. Orebody: Binder's Tale appears at first glance to be a Mega Man-style platformer, though it's less forgiving than its apparent inspiration, and this isn't quite offset by the infinite continues - it would have been nice to have an extra hit-point ([spoiler]particularly in those narrow spike-filled areas where you need to make careful use of double-jumps and air-dashes[/spoiler]), and I don't think that this would have compromised the overall challenge too much. Nonetheless, it's certainly not impossible once you get the hang of it. The main game offers Novice and Advanced difficulties (the latter of which starts you out with all of your abilities from the beginning of the game) and a boss-rush mode, and you also get a bonus Sokoban-style puzzle-game set in the same universe, titled Orebody: Sand Ripples. Sokoban i...

Orebody: Binder's Tale is an interesting but sometimes difficult game where you play as Binder, a robot whose purpose to destroy the one responsible for killing his human companion but he has to go through obstacles, hostile enemies and dangerous bosses that can kill you if you're not careful. At the same time, Binder is about to face an unexpected twist that he couldn't imagine in his entire existence. Overall, the plot is good, the graphics are good and the music suits the game very well. Overall Rating: 8/10