Isbarah

[b]What a unique game, Isbarah is certainly a fantastic piece of work.[/b] * A very important aspect of Isbarah is the difficulty. It's tough. Tough that there are achievements that mock you for dying multiple times in a row to the same boss. The difficulty is a lot like Dark Souls where you may need to face a boss multiple times to learn its move sets before beating it, so you will die a lot. But it's a very enjoyable difficulty, you will want to keep trying until you win! * The core mechanics in this game are really neat. You have the ability to slow time which will allow you to dodge projectiles more easy, you can dash to maneuver around the stages and you can create platforms or walls to stand on and or block most projectiles with. You will need manage your resources for each of these tools well to be able to beat a stage. * The games graphic style is really nice to look at. Between each stage the story is told in a comic strip style, and the backgrounds to all of the stages are...

Well I guess after over fifty hours of this game, I'm qualified to write a review. [Spoiler for french readers : Ca tue, les contrôles sont au poil, la durée de vie dantesque et les combats plus épiques les uns que les autres, en bref : mangez-en !] It's a very original mix between two genres which can seem very weird but in the end it works very well. The gameplay may need a few hours to be fully able to play with all the abilities to control perfectly your character. The game is very progressive in the beginning to let you accustom yourself to the dash/slow-time/barrier making but to truly use them all and switching at the right time between each to get the best of the different cooldowns you'll need a bit more time ! It's a easy to play/hard to master gameplay and it'll allow you to keep improving yourself and elaborate new techniques even after lots of hours. That's the gameplay but how is the game ? Boss fight, boss fight, boss fight ! 18 bosses, 3 difficulties and even 3 ch...

On a list of things I didn't know I wanted, Isbarah would no doubt be at the top. I love bullet hell games that require you to focus and memorize patterns, and this takes that idea and completely reimagines it. Everything about the game feels polished, and all of the visuals look crisp, clean, and sharp. In the spirit of bullet hell games it keeps you constantly in the action, with only brief periods of downtime between fights for a comicbook-styled storyline. As far as the flow of the game, it feels very much like Touhou. Most of your game time is spent in a fight, and in the event of a game over it only takes a few seconds to be right back into it. The game has really tight and responsive controls. I've yet to have an issue with them, or a single instance of the controls being the cause of a death. On top of the normal dodging mechanics you'd expect from a game like this you are also given three abilities. The ability dash, which quickly sends you in a a straight line for a short di...

Listen to me. Stop it. Shut up. Listen. This is far from my favourite game on Steam. It's far from my most played game on Steam. I will say this instead. This is my most admired game on Steam. Currently I own 781 games. I'm not often in the mood to play it, now that I've finished it on hard. However, I keep it installed on every machine I have Steam on. "But you've played a paltry 20 hours only!" - That's mostly true. I think I played maybe 5-6 more hours that weren't logged one time. That's not the point though. This game doesn't need "progression" systems, with artificially tacked on hooks to trick you into playing indefinitely. You have everything you need to play at the absolute highest level from the beginning. I don't need to drop 80 hours to treasure this... and I find myself returning to it for an hour or so every few months. I know that this is a weird choice. It's idiosyncratic. If you would like, though, let's try to explore what makes Isbarah so special. - Bullet Hell ...

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At first I was like; wut, Tutorial, easy. Then it was the actual bossfight; easy. I decided to go straight for 7th hell (hardest difficulty), game seemed easy enough. But when the 2nd bossfight started I was like wut... Then his enrage made me go WUUUUUUT Eventually, killed the bastard, turned out quite easy! Third boss however: WHAT!? Easy game Would recommend 11/10. On a more serious note: + Music. The music in this game is just awesome. Simply awesome. While the game itself is already at a high pace, the music will make the game even more intense. Jumping around, dashing, while amazing guitar solos play in the background, what could be better!? + Mechanics and controlls. I was confused at first... mouse and keyboards for a platformer!? But it all makes sense. The dashing click and drag mechanic is something I have basically never seen in a 'platformer'. It's just amazing how well it works. Together with the time slowing mechanics, the dash possibly allows some EPIC plays! Apart...

The joy of succesfully dodging an army's worth of bullets combined with the pleasure of fluent platforming controls.

I could google "super mario flash games" and get a better game for free.

I wish this game was more widely known. I'm currently having an absolute blast playing through this and I love the challenge it provides. The mechanics are precise and feel amazing to play. Usually I don't really care much about artstyle, but this one seems to hit a sweet spot where it definitely deserves to be mentioned for being absolutely gorgeous

The lack of controller support in a platformer of all things combined with boss rush-only formatting ("each level is a duel boss fight" didn't give me that impression when I initially bought this) hurts [i]Isbarah[/i] immensely; it's mechanically sound, sure, and the art is by all means gorgeous, but there really isn't enough here for me with two glaring issues at the forefront. Let me use my Xbox gamepad, however, and I'd give it another shot.