An absurd and absolutely charming Zelda CD-I tribute. Thankfully the developer, Seedy Eye, did not go 1:1 on the recreation. The controls and level design are good this time. This type of action platformer with metroidvania elements is very rare these days. A reason for this could be that its a drag to replay levels several times when you acquire new weapons, abilities or need some type of item. The pacing is awful when you need to go thrice or even more times through levels. It is excessive padding. Even it those CD-I games had this structure, it is no excuse and a blemish on a good game.

Fortunately the action can be fun, level design is varied, characters are the good kind of weird and the Secret of Mana inspired OST is a banger. Most impressive are the cutscenes. All the charm and weirdness from the russian made animations on the CD-I Zelda has been recreated to a surprising degree. The game is worth a play through for them alone.

Reviewed on Feb 24, 2024


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