Darxanadon

A simple little metroidvania made in Pixel Maker MV. Not a bad game. Very bland story but the game play and bosses are simple and straight forward. Pros - Good retro style music and graphics. Has a mixture of Faxandau (NES), Castlevania, and Zelda II wrapped into one package. Controls are a tad stiff but very responsive (no eaten inputs). Cons - Little to no story 1 town and characters give limited info (given the short nature of the game I can understand that) No map given it's a metroidvania but it's not a big game. However, once you complete all the objectives, it is unclear where to go and even the one and only towns folk don't inform you. I had look up a video walkthrough. You have to return to the beginning of the game once all major bosses are defeated. This COULD have been designed better. There are no cutscenes or events that reveal you must return to the start of the game to face the final boss. Overall again, not a bad game but I hope the dev looks into these fixes.

Darxanadon was gifted to me for a Christmas event. I don't know what I was expecting, but I was pleasantly surprised. What a great little game! 97.6% recommend!

quite a fun game highly reccomend, alot of the jank and bugs were fixed with updates, easily worth the 50 cents, id give it a solid 8/10, you get powerful very fast and there is alot of variety

Nice short game. It's clearly inspired by Zelda 2 but condensed in a 2 or 3 hour long game. A bit janky, but it's alright.

за 40руб то грех жаловаться. считай за проезд заплатил

Muito bom o jogo pra quem gosta de jogos retro, falta um pouco de polimento na gameplay mais mesmo assim e muito divertido recomendo!

enjoyed it so much i went back and played faxanadu because of it. once again my life has been enriched by scumhead game's

This neat little game somehow made its way into my library and I've only just now gotten around to playing (and beating it). I've spent a lot of time playing through the 8-bit classics of the 3rd Generation, and this would be at home amongst titles like Faxanadu, or Lord of the Sword, its tempting to say it's a bit of Zelda or a bit of Castlevania, but its nowhere near as polished as those games. There was some initial frustration with getting the controller mapped (I have a PlayStation controller, and I'm playing on Linux so you're mileage may vary), still using Steam's controller/key-binding tool this was quickly alleviated. The game has some flaws but I reckon these are pretty small and easy to ignore; ladders are a bit shoddy but it's almost in the spirit of the games its apeing from and really they aren't a deal-breaker (though I wish you could jump off of the top of them). You also can't scroll the screen to the previous one without leaving the first tile - again not a deal-breaker, but could result in an unfair death here or there. The game gives you no map, and no real direction it just says "Go." I like that, if the enemies were taking too much health from me, I should probably go the other way etc, but here's the great thing: I didn't have to. There were a handful of areas I explored too early (or I felt I did anyway) and was pleased to find that I had beaten a boss or area with the wrong gear which is always satisfying. The game was fairly engrossing too, there's nothing that gets in your way of exploring, and it offers a great feeling of progress throughout. Each area of the game is unique in atmosphere and colour, and (usually) enemies, and I found myself particularly wowed by the snow/mountain area as I really wasn't expecting it at all. The soundtrack for the game was pretty slick and helped each area standout on its own. Overall this was a lot of fun, if you're in the mood for an 8-bit adventure that doesn't overstay its welcome check out Darxanadon. I beat it in 2 hours (almost exactly) and it cost $1.50 AUD, which means that even if you're one of those $1 = 1 hour people (I am not) this is worth your time and money.