[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."

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Wanted to like this more than I did. I adore that it is doing some things very reminiscent of Act Raiser, but the actual gameplay feels a bit lack luster.

The side scrolling portions are ok but feel a bit boring and the overworld stuff I wish had a bit more complexity to it.

Holding out hope that they'll make a sequel or a similar game and improve upon these things, a lot of cool stuff in here that could really shine if they put more into it I think.

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.

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.