Interesting that with the Treasure Trove the base game was renamed Shovel of Hope. Between 2013 - 2014 I remember virtually every big next gen AAA game people were excited for launching broken, unfinished, or with some other drama or controversy surrounding it. Then comes this modest little indie platformer, no launch issues, no missing content, no drama or cynicism of any kind, just a good, playable, true to form video game. I didn’t play it until much later, but I can imagine “hope” is the exact word that came to mind for most playing it at the time. Despite it’s retro aesthetic, the game plays sharper than most other modern platformers. A game so loaded with creativity and fun loving personality, every time I pick it up, I have to play it all the way through to the end. The dlcs as well are all fantastic, even though I prefer the simplicity of the base game.

Reviewed on Nov 24, 2022


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1 year ago

Shovel Of Hope is pretty damn good but Spectre and King might edge it out for me. Absolutely can't wait for Mina The Hollower though
@MagMrMad I found out Mina the Hollower was a thing only days after it’s kickstarter closed, otherwise I absolutely would’ve contributed something.