Axiom Verge

Yep, its Metroid. Interesting power-ups. Sound design is horrendous. Loooooots of backtracking. Enemies are very annoying. Seems like most of them just LUNGE at you at lightspeed and is basically a guarantened hit since you lack defensive moves. Some are too small to shoot, but as soon as you duck to shoot them, they lunge at you and you take a hit. There are enemies that keep jumping at you, without giving pause. Other enemies just seem to spam bullets everywhere, so you have to kill them before a stray bullet hits you. A very annoying type of enemy are the ones you need to corrupt first before being able to damage them. Bosses on the other hands were too easy and predictable. Has a very annoying map system. Unlike Metroid, it doesn't marks places with items and while there is a mark system, it only lets you place two marks per zone. Finding secret rooms is very annoying too. Each save file has 5 rooms in different spots, and if you didn't notice the scanlines effect from getting near them, good luck going back to every other possible entrance trying to find it. Also there are no warp rooms, so all backtracking is done MANUALLY. Has a lot of different weapons, and I can only ask: why? At first you get weapons to reach a few buttons, but then you stop needing them right after. Most have weird bullet patterns that don't help in most situations. Once you get the ice machine gun and the flamethrower, I don't see any reason to use any other weapon. Its not like some enemies are vulnerable to certain weapons like the missiles from Metroid, so why bother? I was baffled that the last weapon you get is an useless boomerang gun.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ метроидвания. секреток на каждом шагу. карта большая и разнообразная. куча врагов роботов, демонов, каких то летающих ракушек и гиганские головешки. а самое крутое это сюжет, ну ПРОСТО ИМБА. конечно без гайда играть это заблудиться и даже если понять куда идти то предметов меньше 50% соберешь

El mejor Metroid no oficial que podrás jugar. Un ejemplo de como hacer de forma excelsa la exploración y los power ups en un metroidvania. Pepinazo.

Так и не привык к управлению что с дека, что с пк. Это полный идиотизм, нарочито неудобно. Что мешало добавить поддержку мыши - загадка.

Good game held back by a few nitpicks that could have made it excellent. The good… the game itself is fun. Nice nostalgic look with a hint if new age tech. Great exploration/rank system to upgrade self and weapons. Bosses can be a challenge but nothing too bad that takes only a few tries. The bad… played on the steam deck and the pesky phase through mechanic later in game was constantly triggered via joystick. And probably the worst aspect of game that really made it a chore the last 1/4 of the game for me was the map and having zero idea where to go next. The amount of time back tracking and wondering what the heck do I do next was a total drag. Very little to no direction. If that one aspect of the game was changed I would give this an A tier rating. But because of it I would lean closer to B.

might of been the worst MV ive ever played. post red trench coat the movement is horrid. finished it forced. not 100% fk that. music is cool. pixel art is cool.

Muito bom jogo pra quem curte retro, 8bits, jogos estilo Metroid, vale a pena.

As far as metroidvanias go, this game is what the doctor ordered. Crisp gameplay, gorgeous sprite work, a thumping soundtrack, tons of secrets, a rich world brimming with mystery and unease, and an absolutely wild plot that has people still discussing it a decade later. I don't think I could ask for more out of this title, other than a continuation. If you have any interest in the genre, this one is worth it.

This is an excellent non-linear action platformer with great presentation and a unique atmosphere about it. Usually with this type of game, like Super Metroid as one of the earliest examples, it will go for a menacing ambience or haunting tones and an oppressive sensation. In this case they do that but also manage to make it pretty groovy, with a soundtrack that somehow manages to be both evocative and funky at the same time. Paired with graphics that are retro, yet still crisply detailed and brilliantly designed, it is to my mind quite "original" for how it looks and sounds. On the game-play front it is very well-designed, with a couple of neat touches that still stand out in a pretty saturated genre by now. There's quite a varied selection of weapons with different uses for them, and some nicely challenging means for exploration and modest environmental puzzles. Overall it's just right when it comes to the difficulty: It's tough but fair, and the design of levels means that, whilst they are quite large, it's not super tedious making your way around. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed it as a slick relatively straight-forward experience that was thoroughly compelling for me. Not everything is perfect though. The story is okay and competent, but nothing more than that. To be fair it doesn't spend a whole lot of time on it, so it's not all that intrusive if it doesn't grab you. Finally: the bosses here look brilliant but don't quite have the same effect when it comes to their attacks. Most are decent enough, though they are fairly sedate compared to more recent titles with multiple attack patterns and bullet-hell-esque design. It also doesn't do the insane platforming set-pieces of games like Ori or Prince Of Persia The Lost Crown, so in that regard it is quite old-skool. There's a very engaging experience to be had here if you want a pure shooter, or like exploring every nook and cranny of a map for hidden items and secrets. It's responsive, tricky to play and has a lot of well developed content. I'd still recommend it even with a large number of this type of game available, but it does come with the caveat that there are more recent games requiring some mad-skills if that's your thing.