Finally, an Apple Arcade game that is legitimately good. I've been playing a bunch of these recently to get my money's worth out of the $5 subscription I've been paying for lord knows how long, and Bleak Sword is one of the few that I'd actually classify as good. Its controls still suffer from being a touchscreen based game (I felt like inputs were sometimes missed or misinterpreted), but they're about as good as you can get on mobile for an action based game. It's well-structured to be a mobile game, packing levels that last only a couple of minutes making pick up and play gameplay extremely easy. I would've liked to see a little bit more variety in item pickups and perhaps a few more levels, but otherwise this game is one of a handful that makes those $5/mo bills worth it.

Reviewed on May 11, 2023


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