Belle Boomerang

cute, challenging platformer

[h1]Fofo, criativo e bumerangue[/h1] São basicamente as palavras que definem esse jogo, Belle bumerangue é um jogo de plataforma 2d retrô onde você toma o controle de Belle, uma menina que, com um bumerangue na mão, é encarregada de salvar o reino de um mago... ou, pelo menos (Spoiler a frente) [spoiler]fazer uma ótima atuação na peça[/spoiler] As referencias são incriveis e funciona perfeitamente como uma homenagem aos jogos clássicos 8-bits, e as inspirações são claras e muito AWESOMES de ver, os controles do jogo são simples: se move e atira bumerangue... Ah e tem outros power-ups também que você adquire matando alguns inimigos, esses power-ups ajudam você a progredir e resolver alguns mini-puzzles que se encontram pelo caminho [h1]Prepare-se para morrer... e MUITO[/h1] Como uma homenagem aos jogos antigos... esse jogo é extremamente HARDCORE, mas claro, isso só dá um sabor a mais à vitoria quando ela chega, os bosses aqui são extremamente satisfatórios de se vencer, principalmente porque cada um deles tem pelo menos de 3 a 6 FASES (se eu não me engano), cada fase do boss é diferente da anterior então eles sempre tem uma surpresinha nova para o jogador... Falando em surpresas, o jogo possui uma surpreendente quantidade de conteúdo, cada fase apresenta uma mecânica nova e criativa, criando mais puzzles daoras... [h1]Yep, vale apena[/h1] Pelo menos eu curti demais, se você não fica frustrado rapido e gosta de jogos como kirby e megaman, esse é um jogo fofo e daora de se conferir :)

[h2]90年代FCゲー感[/h2] ファミコン晩期の技術的に円熟した頃に作られたアクションゲーム……っぽい雰囲気の作品。 ステージクリア型のプラットフォームアクションです。 [h3]良い点[/h3] キャラデザインに統一感があり、自キャラも敵キャラも可愛く仕上がってて良き。 操作性は良好。慣性が酷かったりすることもなく、素直に操作した通り動いてくれる感触です。 ステージ構成などは全体的に丁寧に作られており、あんまり説明とか無いままに様々なギミックの操作を要求されますが、理不尽というほどではなく「あー昔のゲームってこういうのあるねー」という感じで楽しめました。 難易度は現代感覚で言ったらだいぶ高めかと思いますが、初見突破できなくてもリトライを繰り返して手順を確立していけばクリア可能になるという系統の難度でした。これを購入検討するような人はそもそもレトロゲー寄りの感性をお持ちだと思いますので、歯応えとして受け入れられる範囲であろうと思います。ちなみにリトライ自体は現代に寄せているのか手軽です。 開始前の難易度選択が存在していて、簡単な方を選ぶとかなりガッツリ優しくなります。初期体力が増え、中間チェックポイントの間隔が縮み、足場が増え、敵の攻撃が緩くなり、ステージギミックがシンプルに変更というかなりの手入れが為されており、こんな部分も丁寧に作っているなと感心させられました。 [h3]悪い点[/h3] ビジュアルをレトロに寄せる事を重視し過ぎたのか、足場と足場ではない背景が直感的に判断しづらい箇所がいくらかありました。一度踏めば以降間違える事はないんですが、ここはパッと見で明確に分かるような形にした方が良かったかも知れません。 あと上に向かう縦スクロールステージでスクロールアウトした画面下方に落ちると、ちょい下に床があっても即死という仕様（昔の悪魔城なんかで見かけたようなヤツ）は遊んでいて窮屈な感じだったので、ちょっと緩和して頂きたかったかな。 どちらもレトロゲームあるあるとも言えるので、単純に減点と数えていいのかちょっと悩みますが……。 [h3]総評[/h3] 現代のゲームほどの手厚い介護感はなく、おおむね見た目の通りにレトロな作りです。90年代初頭のプレミア中古価格が付いた晩期ファミコンゲーを遊ぶような気持ちで臨めば結構満足できます。まあまあオススメ！

Played through the first three levels. Well, most of the third level. Mechanics just weren't very fun. Boomerang is not satisfying to use and the other mechanics I encountered weren't either. Stage 2 had a bizarre pick-a-door ending that, perhaps I'm dense, but I never understood and eventually just progressed through by dumb luck and repetition. Very, very unenjoyable. Heard that there was a boss in the third stage, so I stuck it out to see how the boss was. Beat the first boss and was very underwhelmed by it. I just stood in place and spammed attack until it was over. But then the level wasn't even over. It then began this excruciating slowly descending autoscroll section that was just completely devoid of enjoyment. It was at this point that I called it quits on the game. If you enjoy this game, good for you. It just very much wasn't for me. Refunded.

A retro 2d platformer that's really punishing. Played 100% on Steam Deck L. (+) Tight controls with simple gameplay that works very well (+) Retro difficulty is quite punishing but didn't feel unfair (+) There are some good secrets to find here (+) Enjoyable boss fights (-) Terrible visuals that are very very confusing and do not present the layout properly, that's my main gripe with the game. You can't really tell if the scenario is a platform, an enemy or if you'll fall to you death. This is the biggest source of frustration of the game. (-) Due to the bad visual indicators, during some fights you are really left wondering what are you supposed to do.

Somehow I only first heard of this at the end of last year. I added it to my Winter Sale haul and 9 hours later for a retro difficulty 100% clear it turns out it's quite a gem. I'll start with mentioning the many aspects of Belle Boomerang that don't fit my tastes in action games. You have a huge hurtbox with one move speed that makes micro adjustments and turning around dangerous. You can't crouch. Your jump has no momentum. Your anemic shot with no built-in autofire has a cooldown and needs to be timed, aimed and spaced correctly (it can be upgraded, but the first two enhancements could really just be your base shot). Autoscrollers are employed sparingly, yet there's many times you must simply wait which add up over respawns. There's also moments you're forced to mash to avoid damage, which again add up over attempts. Finally, there's parts where RNG determines whether it's trivial or difficult and one section comes to mind where it can be certain death if you don't know about it beforehand. When you move past all that, however, you are left with a checkpoint game that scratches the itch of the best of them from GnG to Demon's World to R-Type. Since it's not an arcade game, it packs a surprising amount of variety with each stage focusing on its own powerup and exclusive hazards without resorting to genre shifts. The most "fat" the game has is probably in its first two levels. I actually forgot about the second until I read another review here. By the third stage the game starts to hone in on its identity and by stage four you really get into the vortex of improving your execution and slowly piecing ideas together for the next challenge on each death. It's not as tightly designed as the titles I mentioned with some dry sections you'll repeat a lot due to checkpoint placement. The game looking and sounding so pretty also has the caveat that environmental cues are more subtle than they could be. For example, I thought the black holes were merely decoration and didn't know they could kill you until I went back to Act 8 after beating the game. Still, minor clarity issues are a trifle when it executes its HD Gameboy Color concept so well. The only thing that genuinely needs fixing is the Flight boss retaining an active hitbox in the center of the stage until his first attack. Easy recommendation if the mood for a simple action game strikes you.

This game is just pure fun with unique mechanics for each stage, combined with a cool looking world, a wide variety of enemies all set within the bounds of a classic style platformer. What's not to love? And even though I suck at games I still appreciate the challenge this passionate game offers!

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