Bookbound Brigade

[table][th] Review by [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34633003-Gaming-Masterpieces/] Gaming Masterpieces [/url] - The greatest games of all time on Steam. [/th][/table] Is this game a masterpiece? This one is a winner! A Metroidvania, but one with a special mechanic. You do not play one hero, but a group of characters who move and fight as one. You can switch formation any time (if there is enough space), from a line formation to venture through tunnels, to a column to reach higher places or a wheel to move very fast. Your party consists of heroes from history and literature, from Count Dracula, Robin Hood, King Arthur to Queen Victoria. All of them have lost their memory (but not their individual character). Same for the 50+ NPCs you meet on your travels, who all have something to say, which often leads to grotesque situations. Your first quest is to find a fire-proof armor for Jeanne d'Arc (who has a little fire-phobia since meeting the British...), then you meet Don Quixote who of course fought windmills just for fun... and so on. There is always something to smile at during your breaks of fighting hordes of monsters on your quest through 5 worlds. The frequent dialogues might be considerably less funny if you haven't read the original books (or at least seen a good movie adaption) or if your history knowledge is very limited. And yes, there are texts to read. A bit hard to read when you play on a TV, btw. Explore, fight, backtrack, grow your skills and tackle challenging quests and puzzles, as in any Metroidvania. Fighting is a bit unusual, best jump on an opponent and mash the attack button. This is very funny, especially the sounds your heroes make, but might not be liked by purists. The game starts easy, but gets rather hard later on, especially the boss fights are no cake. While checkpoints are frequent at the start, they seem to become more spread later on. [u][b] Conclusion:[/b][/u] Funny Metroidvania for literary people and with unique play mechanics.

[h1][b]"All-you-can-eat dessert! ヽ(=´▽`=)ﾉ"[/b][/h1] Bookbound Brigade. It's a 2D side-scrolling platform-adventure made by Digital Tales and published by Intragames. And it is a hybrid that mixes various genre games. Platformer, Adventure, Puzzle, Action, Boss Battle, RPG, etc. In this game, you will adventure out with historical or literary heroes to save the literary world. You will team up with 8 heroes. You can experience the 16 skills these heroes have. These skills are related to the background and origin of each hero. And you play the game, directing them as a corps. This corps can transform into 4 special formations. Choosing the right lineup could be more effective when solving specific puzzles and battles. There are 5 themed worlds for you to explore. You will meet more than 50 historical or literary characters in this game. There are some interesting twists related to them. And there are also 40 monsters to threaten you, and fierce boss battles await you. The game is interesting overall, but not deep. The motifs are taken from the classic characters you are familiar with, but most of them just scratch the surface. Except for those things, the game experience itself was not bad. [h1][b]Pros (+) & Cons (-) [/b][/h1] [table] [td][list] [*][+] Mixed Genres [*][+] Interesting Twists [*][+] Classic Characters [*][+] Challenging Battles [/list][/td] [td][list] [*][-] Not Optimized [*][-] Scratch The Surface [*][-] Unbalanced & Bugs [*][-] Somewhat Confusing [/list][/td] [/table] [h1][b]Side Note[/b][/h1] [code][b]Follow Nyanco Channel ヽ(=^･ω･^=)丿[/b] : https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33855818 Maybe some contents you like are only open to our followers exclusively ;)[/code]

[Quote]This is just a short summary. The complete review is posted over at [url=https://saveorquit.com/2020/01/30/review-bookbound-brigade/]Save or Quit[/url][/quote] Bookbound Brigade is a 2D Metroidvania set in the world of history and literature. You control a band of characters from around the world who need to save B.O.B, also known as The Book of Books, which has been stolen from its place. Without it, all the world of literature is at risk. As you venture through the world of literature, you'll run into a large number of different characters, some historical, some made up, and this is where most of the games humor comes from, the dialogue between your party of characters, and the people you run into. While some of the dialogue can be a bit funny, it can also feel a bit stilted, and the game has a tendency of lingering on jokes that don't quite land, and having King Arthur say "LOL" is more likely to make people cringe than laugh. Bookbound Brigade has a distinct and consistent art style, and the character designers have done a good job, because despite being heavily stylized, most characters, even less famous ones, are easy to identify. All the different areas also look quite different, but sadly different rooms within the same area tend to look very similar, which makes it hard to remember where you've been and where important objects that you have to return to might be. Luckily the map marks the rough locations for different objects, but this also takes away a bit from the sense of exploration. Sadly, Bookbound Brigade's biggest issues are related to its gameplay. You control a "blob" of characters, that move as one, and you can change formation in order to get past different obstacles or fight enemies, and while the idea is fun, controls feel unresponsive. If you try to change formation in a place where the new formation would not fit, you get a red outline showing this, but quite often the game won't respond to commands to change formation, despite repeated key presses. This is extra bad in areas where you rapidly need to switch between formations, to avoid hazards. Combat is requires a lot of mashing. So much so that I started experiencing physical pain while playing the game, something that's never happened to me before, not even in notoriously mash heavy games, like Mario Party. So I could not see the final parts of the game. Bosses are the main issue, they're massive damage sponges, and while there are ways to deal damage other than just directly attacking them, like with abilities, you don't deal enough damage this way to kill them, and you still need to do a lot of mashing to get through. So sadly, with the unresponsive controls and the mash-heavy combat, I can't recommend this game.

感谢其乐鉴赏家组提供的游戏。 Bookbound Brigade 是一款非常有特色的Metroidvania游戏，对游戏形式进行了不少创新，但可惜关卡设计存在太多问题，使得实际游戏体验比较糟糕。 先说一下游戏的特色 本作主要采用童话风格，以文学历史作品中的经典角色来作为游戏的人物。 游戏的背景就是讲Book of Books作为文学世界的基础被反派拆散，因此八位主角开始拯救文学世界的旅程。 这是第一个控制小队的Metroidvania类游戏，其中八个人物分别是亚瑟王，德古拉，罗宾汉，桃乐丝 盖尔，孙悟空，维多利亚女王，卡珊德拉和特斯拉。 因此游戏有三方面的角色技能解锁，是比较丰富的： 一是角色本身的解锁，一开始只有前5个角色，后面3个角色要跟随主线任务寻找。 二是比较特色的阵型系统，主角团队可以排列成方阵（基本），纵排，横排和环形四种阵型，都是随游戏解锁的，不同的阵型会改变主角的占位大小，也会影响跳跃高度和速度等，为平台跳跃提供了不同玩法。 同时游戏引入了不同阵型下的特殊攻击方式。比如纵向阵型向上可以把敌人抛物线打出去，还能升级， 三是技能系统，每个主角有主动技能和被动技能，主动技能需要找人学，被动技能则通过获取经验值一类的系统来自行解锁，每个人物有两个技能。 此外，游戏根据不同的角色特点编写了很多和角色相关的对话，如果对原著有一定了解的话会增加不少笑点。 游戏的配乐也比较不错，而且是免费的。 可惜的是游戏的各方面问题太多了，可以说没有一个方面是没缺陷的 首先是游戏的关卡部分，存在大量平庸的设计。给几个开关然后试顺序这样无聊又浪费玩家时间的关卡竟然出现了好几次。 大部分房间的机关都需要等待半天，比如喷火机关，而且有的地方间隙给的很窄，主角移动的时候还会左右晃，使得容错率很低。 喷火的机关以各种方式出现了十几次，而且几乎没有任何变化，长度非常长，感觉纯粹拖时间的做法，让游戏来回跑图非常不便。喷火换闪电效果也是一样的。 而且后面有的地方长度非常长甚至不够时间跑，要用护盾技能，而护盾技能消耗的法力很多，恢复又慢，又造成了长时间等待的问题。 游戏虽然有的地方给了捷径，但没有解决实际问题，经常有来回绕路现象，而且地图看似开放，实际上是线性的，不按设计的路线走还要重复来回过前面说的无聊机关。机关没有渐进难度设计，重复度高还费时间。 游戏的各种宝箱里几乎都是经验值和回血物品，或是任务道具，没有其他收集品，而且要取得还比较麻烦，完全没有收集的意义，再加上一大堆需要回溯的地点而且没有快速旅行系统，真的是非常糟糕。同类的收集为主的游戏都知道越复杂的挑战应该给玩家更好的奖励才会有收集乐趣。 再说任务系统，每个人到图书馆后都会给一个任务，所有任务都是找东西，千篇一律。 因为小队模式，我本来就对战斗期待不高，但这个游戏怪物设计和战斗逻辑还是大大低于我的预期。 首先是游戏战斗机制鼓励的是切换阵型把小怪打上天然后用来对付大怪，所以设计了被扔出去的小怪砸到的小怪直接死，大怪会增加大量伤害，单独看似乎没什么问题。 但游戏给大怪设了两种AI，一种是远程的，来回放风筝跑，主角一接近就跑，而小怪的落点是很难控制的，这就导致如果小怪提前打完了就会变成极其无聊的追逐战。同时大怪还有一种就是近战的，伤害超高，还同时出现，但攻击可以实现无限硬直。 而主角本身是小队，目标非常大，但主角攻击的方式却是按一个键随机一位角色出招，使得自己的攻击位置无法确定。 这两方面的结合使得游戏的战斗变成了拼血和看运气，外加狂按攻击键，毫无战术可言。 此外一些怪物的设计非常奇怪，比如有边躲玩家边放毒气的，主角没有远程手段，只能追着打，等怪物停下放毒气，必然中招，等于还是拼血。 还有一种怪物死后大范围放毒，可惜的是怪物经常同时出现，而且更糟糕的是游戏很多地方采用了竞技场式战斗模式，就是把门关上出好几波怪物，在狭窄空间下根本无法躲避。 再说这个竞技场模式，你打过一次后读档还要再打一次，不断重复糟糕的体验。 而且存档系统也有问题，在一个存档点保存后再次经过是不会保存的，必须到另一个不同的存档点才能保存 此外地图也不显示具体的位置，只显示房间连接关系，地图看着在同一个房间很可能有各种乱七八糟的机关导致过不去，所以地图也没多大用。 总之，游戏虽然核心比较有有新意，但各种各样糟糕设计的组合让游戏体验非常差。 一个糟糕设计其实就能毁掉游戏体验，比如Mummy Demastered的死亡机制和Blasphemous的黑魂模式+各种即死地刺。 而本作则是探索没奖励，怪物靠拼血，线性地图要来回跑，平台跳跃设计很无聊，还有存档问题，可以说每个系统都有缺陷。 5.5/10

Un vídeo vale más que mil palabras......................... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlBvFh_4bcg&list=PLPsIZqp3c64iInkr78vWw-Ezrar3j3skU La sorpresa del mes, en primer lugar comentar que esta INTEGRAMENTE EN CASTELLANO, y lo segundo que estamos ante un metroidvania original y divertido. El libro de los libros ha desaparecido, y sus hojas han sido desperdigadas por el mundo, nuestro deber es recuperarlas. Estamos ante el cuento de los cuentos, manejamos nada mas y nada menos que al Rey Arturo, el Conde Dracula, Robin Hood, Dorici del mago de hoz y Sun Woku, a falta de otros pj principales que se iran uniendo. Durante la aventura nos iremos encontrando, mas pj literarios, que nos pedirán ayuda, nada mas y nada menos, que Juana De Arco, El Quijote y Colon son solo alguno de los pj que vamos encontrando y hay muchismos por descubrir. Todo ello a medida que vamos aprendiendo habilidades que nos permiten continuar y explorar nuevas zonas como buen metroidvania. Una grata sorpresa este Bookbound Brigade Un saludo

The literary references in this game are hysterical! The platforming feels very good the formation changing turns the world into a puzzle platformer for short spurts and I enjoy that. A floating Head's Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4KQWpQvyyM The fighting can be a bit challenging with the Column Cannon and all but just makes it a little more strategic than hack and slash. I'd recommend if you like games like Hollow Knight - without a linear path, find new abilities to access new locations. Boss battles. and tons of funny humor! (extra points for the jokes! - except for the monkey, I don't understand him!)

This game is a sidescroller with a difference. It has the chance to be great with its cool and unique concepts but just falls off short when it comes to gameplay. Sidescrollers are many these days and to make a game worth playing in this saturated market it needs to stand out in many aspects just not one or two. [h1]Pros[/h1] * The art style is fun and simple makes you feel like you are in a kids cartoon which i like for this game perfect fit. *There are plenty of characters that you can meet and join your brigade. * Carrying on from the characters each one that joins your brigade has a certain skill. may it be draculas double jump or robin hoods song. This creates dynamic in walking around the world and in combat. * The World your basically in a story/tale which is fun and i like it. * The soundtrack and sound effects are on point with the music like a classic traditional fairytale soundtrack and on hit sound effects like your in the cartoon so they match. [h1]Cons[/h1] * Now in Sidescrollers combat is a main issue and in this early game it is the best of button bashing for a combo but later on this is effected by the abilities of your characters so keep that in mind. * The hitboxes can be annoying to say the least. When it comes to fire in your stacked formation you cant't be one pixel off or it kills you there is no room for error, and for this casual type of platformer it just does not fit. [h1]Roundup[/h1] Overall this game is not bad and is worth the try fun and engaging dialog from the characters and a nice new addition to the platformer world, It also has the power to grow with added characters and more "Story worlds" But falls short of being memorable as a great platform with it's mediocre combat, and a few head frustrating things would still recommend if you are a fan of platformers. 7.5/10

This is definitely the cutest arwork of all games I've ever played. It looks easy but never easy, I found myself being so made chanllenging again and again which really helped me to grow patience. The difficulty of the game is just so surprising.

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Bookbound Brigade is interesting. Odd cast of characters, good comedic tone, great quality art, and the gameplay itself kinda plays like a growing puzzle of actions that you learn to figure out ways to traverse the landscape or defeat enemies. Honestly pleasantly surprised. Check out the first 30 minutes of Bookbound Brigade here to give yourself an idea if this game is right for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOCngsUq0oc [code][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6764851-MabiVsGames/]For more game reviews and recommendations make sure to follow my Steam Curator page here[/url][/code] Disclaimer: I received this game for free. I was not paid to promote or write a review. All thoughts are solely my own. Thanks!