Fenix Rage

Fenix Rage brings back the fun of classic hardcore platformer action. It's mainly inspired by Super Meat Boy and most levels really have the same difficulty as you had in Super Meat Boy. If you are an old-skool gamer like me you will have lots of fun with this challenging game. Instead of raging I'm mostly smiling. Why? Because hardcore platformers almost aren't produced (anymore). Super Meat Boy has been a while back now, and after completing that it was really time for some new hardcore platformer to make me frustrated and give me a real challenge. The game has over 200 levels, each as frustrating as any and each level can be played in 3 different modes: normal, challenge and godmode. I am yet to figure out what godmode is, as I haven't unlocked that yet. Normal let's you play through the levels, well.. "normally", while challenge gives you even more of a challenge by limiting the dashes and jumps you can make per level. Besides that there's also one cookie in every level to collect...

This is more a mixed review than a negative one. I purchased Fenix Rage because the experience seemed similar to Super Meat Boy, but two factors have depleted my motivation to continue. (I'm currently in the middle of World 5.) There is a distinct lack of enemy variety. Predominantly, all you'll see are enemies that move back and forth in a straight line, or that jump in place, which is nearly the same thing. It isn't until you've completed around 80 levels that you'll see enemies with different movement patterns, and by that point I had already grown tired of the level design. Even many of those later levels apparently focus on the straight-line enemies. Similarly, maneuvering Fenix often involves no more than button-mashing to take a straight line through openings in between the aforementioned enemies. In most cases, you'll either mash the jump button to ascend, or the dash button to move sideways. There are no precise wall kicks or nuanced, curved jumps, and Fenix's vertical spee...

Fenix Rage is clearly influenced by Super Meat Boy. Different from SMB is the ability to dash, providing the gamer a reward of finishing a level more quickly at the risk of not having as much control over Fenix. The gameplay is flawless. It is truly the gamer's fault for dying -- which you will, a lot -- and not the game getting in the way of itself. The only negative thing I can say about this game is that my hand became tired while playing the first boss level as I was frantically trying to dash and jump my way through the level. At the time of this review I have played through the entire first world obtaining all the cookies in those first 20 levels. I would consider this a must play if you enjoy the highly difficult yet satisfying platforming games.

I played Fenix Rage for a few hours last night and had a great time. The response to the controls felt really good, and I could command great control of the character. The game starts out leading you to believe "okay, this isn't going to be THAT hard...." ..... but after only a few levels in, you realize what you are in for. Flying chaos involving jumping, dashing, fire, and ice. I keep seeing reviews comparing this to Super Meat Boy, which I have also played. I liked SMB as well, but this game does have an altogether different feel to it, which I like. I have a few hours in and have barely scratched the surface and look forward to playing more! Oh, and one more thing. The music is pretty ridiculously awesome as well.

I have played all kind of games through my life, hard games, impossible games, boring games, easy games, fun games. Fenix Rage is A GREAT GAME, The music makes you go back to when you play your first game, the art style is very fluid, colorful, I love colorful games, no more grey scale games please! And to top it all, the gameplay is simple yet at the same the time the risk/reward balance is almost perfect. If you liked super meat boy or just want to challenge your fingers to a good game. BUY THIS GAME :D

This is one of the most fun games I've played in a long time and by far the toughest. I just finished the game and I put in about 9 hours into it. If you did not like Super Meat Boy you probably will not enjoy this game though. Fenix Rage has simple controls, great handling, lots of collectables that actually make you want to pick them up, and is just a blast to play. If you are looking for a challenge I definitely recommend this game. I want to make this clear. This is not a Super Meat Boy clone. It is it's own game and has it's own individual feel. It is well worth the price tag and once again I can't recommend this game enough.

Amazing game if you enjoy platformers! I wasnt even that fond of Super Meatboy, but I found this game very attractive and challenging. The main character looks really cool, too. Reminds me of some of the older SNES character designs. Definitely worth the $$$. You will find yourself playing 'just one more level' far after you've wanted to stop.

Fenix Rage is a cool game. I like the style and the super fast respawning aspect. However, the game was too hard for me. I have died too many times in the early stages that i felt should not be this hard. I'm recommending this game based on me doubting my skills and thinking that other players probably prefer harder games than I do. TLDR; cool and hard indie platformer game.

If Super Meat Boy was a really average game and there was nothing memorable or challenging you would have Fenix Rage. This game is a decent game but when compared to the source material that inspired its creation, Fenix Rage becomes something not even worth playing.

Fenix Rage is an excellent purchase for fans of hardcore platformers. If you like Super Meat Boy, IWBTG, Electronic Super Joy, or VVVVVV then you will no doubt enjoy this game. The challenge-level is equivalent to SMB, however Fenix Rage presents enough new tricks and challenges to make this a unique game. As Fenix, you have an infinite number of air-jumps and air-dashes at your disposal for manuevering past enemies and traps. The goal of all 200 levels is to simply reach the blue-block at the end. Clever level design from beginning to end ensures that even seasoned platformer fans can expect a satisfyingly twitchy 9+ hours of gameplay to 100% the game.