Smelter

Smelter

released on Apr 21, 2021

Smelter

released on Apr 21, 2021

Smelter is a real time strategy-action platformer hybrid inspired by classic games of the 16-bit era. Players play as Eve, who teams up with the mysterious armor, Smelter, in her search for Adam. Expand Smelter’s fortifications throughout the various domains of the Rumbly Lands watched over by the Guardians and Watchers. Defend against onslaughts of enemies, discover lost ruins, meet new and eccentric characters and grow stronger before diving into pulse pounding, 2D side-scrolling action platformer levels. - Combines the methodical planning of real time strategy games with the energy of action platformers. - Bespoke handcrafted pixel art - Three different Elemental skill sets, each with their own unique movement, attack and defense skills you’ll need to fight monsters, traverse levels, and solve puzzles. - Three unique Domains with their own memorable stories, stages, side characters, enemies and bosses


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Controles horribles.
Historia mal contada. Lo intente re-jugar 3 veces pero me fue imposible.

This game just strikes me as...uncarismatic. I knew I didn't really like the game's vibe even before I tried it, but the allure of an ActRaiser clone was too strong. Turns out it's not as strong while actually playing this game, with its ugly brown and Xbox green aesthetic, its heavily re-used sprite work (like this statue? here it is 15 times on one screen!) and I feel like the whole vibe of the game is just kind of ugly in how you play Eve (as in Adam & Eve), who wears a thong and an illogical underboob bra that doesn't have any fabric in the one place where a bra must have fabric, and who becomes enslaved by some evil armor. Throw some boring and simplistic platform combat and a single-button strategy mode on top of all this unattractiveness and you have Smelter. I guess it's not terribly made, but it all feels so tasteless. Even the name Smelter is just kind of wack. I'm not going to score this since this game is so very much not for me that I can't even rate it as a game, I'm just making a personal note that I am most definitely out and will not be returning.

[European Portuguese - Xbox Series S - Dated 12/05/2021]

"Smelter podia tomar como vantagem o facto de ser algo diferente no meio de tanta oferta indie e ficar por aí. Por si só seria algo aliciante e novo, mas Smelter é também um bom videojogo. Não obstante a escrita infantilizada e o modo estratégico possuir um tutorial pobre, em todas as outras áreas Smelter cumpre com o que é esperado dele. Talvez esta execução exemplar traga mais ideias à imaginação de tantos outros criadores no meio, mas por agora seria criminoso não recomendar a aventura de Eva e seu “anjo da guarda” Smelter."

See more @ https://squared-potato.pt/smelter-analise/

SMELTER propone un titolo a scorrimento laterale Action e Shooter per certi versi che ricorda moltissimo i Mega Man X. La cosa stupenda che il titolo propone è la possibiltà di intercambiare 3 diversi Moveset rapidamente. Purtroppo la parte strategica del titolo fallisce completamente in quello che vuole offrire risultando blanda e poco profonda. Le boss fight sono tirate inutilmente per la lunga , il movimento poco soddisfacente , la curva di difficoltà repentina in certi punti dove non dovrebbe esserlo e , ciliegina sulla torta , una scrittura che cerca di essere simpatica senza esserlo. Mi spiace davvero perchè ci ho visto del vero potenziale qui.

Ojalá me hubiera gustado más, pero es que intenta muchas cosas y no acierta casi nunca.

Wanted a fun platformer--was asked to do weird top down RPG bullshit? No thanks.