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General Gaming / Re: What is your most recent gaming purchase?
« on: November 26, 2013, 11:43:15 AM »
Got Anodyne a few weeks ago.
The obvious comparison is LoZ but the game is pretty light on challenge and progress. Exploring is cool but sometimes I have no idea where I am supposed to go next. Some of the areas feel very, very disconnected to the rest of the game which kind of undoes a lot of the reasons for having a large, mostly interconnected world. The small amount of upgrades means that your character doesn't really improve all that much, ability wise. The enemies get a little tougher but, since your weapon power is the same as it ever was, it's just a matter of being able to spam enough hits on a boss/enemy before your life meter depletes. The music sets a good mood and the 16 bit color palate/fx works well enough with the block-y visuals.
It's not very intense so I don't find myself playing it for long stretches--1/2 hour here or there but it's functional--sort of a relax and unwind game. Not Zelda, but not a bad buy for $2.
The obvious comparison is LoZ but the game is pretty light on challenge and progress. Exploring is cool but sometimes I have no idea where I am supposed to go next. Some of the areas feel very, very disconnected to the rest of the game which kind of undoes a lot of the reasons for having a large, mostly interconnected world. The small amount of upgrades means that your character doesn't really improve all that much, ability wise. The enemies get a little tougher but, since your weapon power is the same as it ever was, it's just a matter of being able to spam enough hits on a boss/enemy before your life meter depletes. The music sets a good mood and the 16 bit color palate/fx works well enough with the block-y visuals.
It's not very intense so I don't find myself playing it for long stretches--1/2 hour here or there but it's functional--sort of a relax and unwind game. Not Zelda, but not a bad buy for $2.