Alright, what a ride.
Where to start? It's one of the best games I've ever played, period. The content here is unlimited and platform lovers like me will have a great time for sure, twist after twist, the game will take you throughout this journey, surprising you each time, for the good or for the bad.
To summarize, The Messenger transforms itself every time. It starts 8-bit, then becomes 16-bits, it starts as linear platforming, then becomes Metroidvania.
That last one could be a problem tho, cuz it seems they wanted to do too much in just one game. Changing the game's main dynamic out of nowhere can catch people off guard, that was my case since I dropped the game on the first try a few years ago after that twist, I don't know for sure what happened but seems my interest just went away slowly.
Knowing that maybe I was a little unfair, I tried again and bought it on Steam (first was an EpicGames giveaway), and now I'm glad I did it, although the backtracking, the notes collectathon and the prophecy thing were really underwhelming, there is so much great content waiting for the player on the lastest sections, and I needed to reach the trailer music's stage, AKA my fav track before playing the actual level, turned out it was a banger of a level also.
Regarding the gameplay, it's satisfying, I found myself struggling a bit while using several movement elements quickly in short sections, but maybe it's skill issue(?)
The bosses are a great part of the game and very dynamic overall, the difficulty among then was not the most balanced thing tho, with the Final Boss being a bit easy to me with just 2 attempts, I died a lot more in the Mushroom Queen fight. (That final boss is also a great twist and a nice surprise tho)
The graphics are part of the game's core, besides being extremely beautiful, it is directly attached to the lore, the past-future thing with the art transformation is FIRE, I don't know if there is any other game that did something like this.
The game's lore overall is nice and it works with the rest of the game, but not enough to keep you attached to it, the other elements are far more instigating. I like the humor used here as well, it's different than the usual generic, but it's balanced to the point of not getting you annoyed.
SOUNDTRACK RULES. What was that guy thinking? Bro just casually dropped one of the best symphonies in the entire gaming history. Yeah this is another element that they knocked out of the park, and for me it became the reason I fell in love with the game, this is the second game OST ever that I'm buying, the first one was Undertale. Rainbowdragoneyes needs to come back for a possible sequel.
I'm now enjoying the free DLC which is as good as the main game, I shall soon post a separate review.
Where to start? It's one of the best games I've ever played, period. The content here is unlimited and platform lovers like me will have a great time for sure, twist after twist, the game will take you throughout this journey, surprising you each time, for the good or for the bad.
To summarize, The Messenger transforms itself every time. It starts 8-bit, then becomes 16-bits, it starts as linear platforming, then becomes Metroidvania.
That last one could be a problem tho, cuz it seems they wanted to do too much in just one game. Changing the game's main dynamic out of nowhere can catch people off guard, that was my case since I dropped the game on the first try a few years ago after that twist, I don't know for sure what happened but seems my interest just went away slowly.
Knowing that maybe I was a little unfair, I tried again and bought it on Steam (first was an EpicGames giveaway), and now I'm glad I did it, although the backtracking, the notes collectathon and the prophecy thing were really underwhelming, there is so much great content waiting for the player on the lastest sections, and I needed to reach the trailer music's stage, AKA my fav track before playing the actual level, turned out it was a banger of a level also.
Regarding the gameplay, it's satisfying, I found myself struggling a bit while using several movement elements quickly in short sections, but maybe it's skill issue(?)
The bosses are a great part of the game and very dynamic overall, the difficulty among then was not the most balanced thing tho, with the Final Boss being a bit easy to me with just 2 attempts, I died a lot more in the Mushroom Queen fight. (That final boss is also a great twist and a nice surprise tho)
The graphics are part of the game's core, besides being extremely beautiful, it is directly attached to the lore, the past-future thing with the art transformation is FIRE, I don't know if there is any other game that did something like this.
The game's lore overall is nice and it works with the rest of the game, but not enough to keep you attached to it, the other elements are far more instigating. I like the humor used here as well, it's different than the usual generic, but it's balanced to the point of not getting you annoyed.
SOUNDTRACK RULES. What was that guy thinking? Bro just casually dropped one of the best symphonies in the entire gaming history. Yeah this is another element that they knocked out of the park, and for me it became the reason I fell in love with the game, this is the second game OST ever that I'm buying, the first one was Undertale. Rainbowdragoneyes needs to come back for a possible sequel.
I'm now enjoying the free DLC which is as good as the main game, I shall soon post a separate review.