I don't understand why this game doesn't have a big cult following like Hyper Light Drifter. It's a mix of Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past gameplay, Star-Wars-esque lore, and a jambalaya of procedural generation, optional permadeath, optional 2-player mode, intuitive button-binding system, nice chiptune soundtrack and pixel art graphics, casual and fun combat and exploration, cool power-ups, equitably challenging dungeons... Hyper Light Drifter and LoZ: LttP are my two favorite games of all time. I love the unlabeled sub-genre they fit into, and it's way under-produced. There are other games out there like Anodyne (which is another fun game, don't get me wrong) that come close but don't quite fit the bill. Songbringer easily blends in with the category for me and I hope to see more of its kind down the road. 10/10 ----------- Addendum: Even as I was combing the 2017 Steam Awards I had in the back of my mind that if there was a category for loving a game no matter what other people ...

TL;DR: Songbringer is a game that I want to like. There are good ideas here, but the inspiration is too obvious and the execution is poor. My biggest gripe with this game is the combat. You have a sword and the ability to teleport over short distances. It is so similar to Hyper Light Drifter that comparisons are inevitable. Where Hyper Light Drifter is tight and controlled, Songbringer feels loose and sloppy. Instead of having interesting and challenging enemy designs, Songbringer makes up for it in sheer numbers of enemies. This results in button mashing working just as well as any attempt at skill. Another questionable element is the demand that the game puts on you to figure things out. There is a surprisingly large number of interesting things hidden beneath the surface, but they are hidden to the extent that you are likely to miss them. I am sorry to say this, but the core game is not good enough to inspire that level of commitment. The strongest element in the game is the alm...

EDIT: If you are too dense in the skull to understand this review maybe you will like this trash game. Only devs who make good games deserve support. Kick rocks idiot TL;DR Replay Hyper Light Drifter, Dark Souls, or even Binding of Issaic [h1]Songbringer is almost a great game,[/h1] but instead its just bad. Since nearly every other review has said what is good about the game I wont say much. In my opinion the games best feature is the procedural generated world. The interactions between Jib and Roq are defiantly worth a laugh or two. The simplistic art style does look nice and the additional lighting effects really adds to the experience. The music is eerie and odd but it fits the game world. There is defiantly a sense of progression, after each dungeon a new upgrade is unlocked. Some of them are unique, some are normal like a blink ability. The game gives the option to play on perma death mode or a normal mode. This is a real nice feature, but I can't even imagine playing on the ...

This game has a vibrant art style, which is what originally drew me in. The game did not dissapoint in that area either, and I'd say its the best feature of the game. The reason for the downvote comes from, what felt to me like, very clunky controls/mechanics. Everything seemed a bit too floaty. In addition to this the enemies had very uninteresting behavior patterns, which led to the game becoming quite dull very quickly. I didn't much care for the dungeons either, though the hub provides a nice sense of exploration and discovery. It just wasn't enough to keep me engaged.

I liked this game, although some game elements are a mixed bag. It reminded me of the NES Zelda game, after a few hours of getting a feel for the game. Lot of action-rpg elements, with pixel art graphics. Combat gameplay is fairly simple, with lots of Conan-style sword swinging. Emphasis is instead on exploration and experimentation. Got to experiment and try things out to progress. The game had a mix of weird-electronica sounds that fit with the theme. While comparable to the Zelda game, this is not going to be a classic. The original Zelda inspires lasting gaming memories, and Songbringer is going to be easily forgotten. Zelda used pixel graphics to the best of that system's abilities, while Songbringer uses pixel graphics to obscure detail - to poor effect sometimes. And while Zelda used secret locations as surprising additions to the vast existing game world, Songbringer forces players to figure out the secret elements early, which often gives a feeling of dead-ends. So in the en...

I do not normally review games, I have always thought there were better people out there with a much better vocabulary than me, who could write up a legit proper review. BUT THIS GAME CHANGED THAT! This Game is one of the best games that I have bought off steam, in a long time. To be honest, it is up there as GOTY worthy, for me anyway. First I will say that that has a lot to do with the soundtrack/audio. If you play this game, do yourself a favor and use headphones. the music and audio ambience is top freaking notch. The Art is beautiful. The game play, while at times can be difficult, is fun and solid. But the best thing that this game does, for me, is capture how i felt when i was a little kid playing games like Zelda or Metroid. It captures that sense of disovery....that feeling you get when you are at the end of your rope and keep running into dead ends...but then...you see something that you overlooked...another passage that leads you to an item that you need which will unlock a...

Gameplay premise is fine. Aesthetic is fine. Gameplay execution is terrible. Controls are squishy when they should be precise. Enemy behavior patterns are poorly telegraphed. Hitboxes are poorly matched to visuals. Knockback is wildly inconsistent. Combat is boring and repetitive. I'm a fan of games of this kind, but they have to be implemented better than this.

So far, so good! The hit boxes are a little strange, but maybe I just need to git gud. Soundrtrack rules, humor is on point, and the pixel art / design looks great! 8/10 will play for a long time.

Clearly a ton of time and energy was placed into making this game look as good as it does. It really does shine in that regard. I also like it's approach to storytelling and the way the whole game is setup to get the player involved in the action within a minute of hitting go is excellent. The combination of those elements makes the experience one that is instantly immersive and engaging....if not for one glaring exception. THE COMBAT SUCKS....sigh...it's the central mechanic of the game and it's a boring slog from the get go. It's ruined the experience for me as it's made the game a complete chore. Truly a shame... 2.5/10

This is a very chill game with no focus on grinding, but more exploring the different dungeons. You are given the ability to seed a word and create a vibrant world. I, like a true scholar, picked "APETIT" as Sean Connery would for his first game! The dungeons in this game envoke a "My mother was right1 I never learn!" with a lot of exploration and puzzles to solve while being suprised by demon headed ghouls or spiders; it's all wonderful. The art style of this game is beautiful and perfect marriage with the dope soundtrack. I really enjoy the protagonist and his sidekick, to my suprise. I was expecting to really dislike the tophat - thinking it would be too goofy, but I LOVE it. The NANOSWORD is so freakin' cool. I find this to be a work of art through and through and look forward to failing at dungeons until I do it right. I wasn't one who was too crazy over Zelda(besides Majora's Mask and only because of the MASKS), but this game appeals to me. It has a great groove to the gamep...