Elsie

Requested this game and got it October 2024. Played through to the first Guardian, then put the game down for almost a year. Finally playing it again and absolutely having a blast with it. This is a solid callout to the Mega Man series with the roguelike twist added in. It has all the points for a good action platformer of the type: lots of dexterity checks, precision and lots of bullets flying. The voice acting is great and Elsie has a bit of sass to her that fits the role she plays in the game. The other characters I've run into so far have personality (and of course Dr Gray being voiced by Terry Farrell is a cool bonus). The upgrades vary widely and in typical roguelike fashion they randomize how you play levels each time. Some are extremely powerful if you can survive with them (one particular item made me so powerful i was breezing through levels like I was on easy mode). But make no mistake, Elsie isn't easy. There is plenty of challenge. Are there still quirks and things that could use a tweak after a year? Of course. There is a weird lack of responsiveness in doing the dive-stomp at times. I've tried it on five different controllers and sometimes the dive just doesn't work. Also there are weird moments when you have to break enemies with a certain mechanic and it is almost impossible to pull off due to positioning (I nearly had a point where i had to restart the game because I couldn't break a red-shielded enemy). The bosses are challenging as well and I love it. Their attack patterns can be figured out after a death or two. There's even dialogue when you die and come back where the Guardians taunt you for failing the first time. Bonus points for the cheek of it. Sound and music is quite good as well. Overall I give it high marks, Elsie definitely pays homage to Mega Man while being it's own flavor of awesome. At $19.99 USD it is a fair deal, especially if you look at the achievements and realize you have more game than just controlling Elsie herself. Pick it up, play it, enjoy it. Worth your time and money. also check out my VOD for my first run since picking up the game again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qIajlHx1QM

Kind of feels like a side scrolling Hades. Snappy and a lot of fun.

As someone who has no experience in this type of games, it's very fun and challenging. I think that no matter how you feel about the game afterwards, a good time is guaranteed. Of course, the game is much better with a controller than with a keyboard, since the experience feels like is clearly not designed for the latter.

同じ名前って事でフレンドからゲーム化してるって言われて知った作品ですがとても面白いです 個人的には難易度が高く感じますがこういったアクションに慣れてる人は良いのかもしれない？

I've enjoyed this game on both Switch and PC. This fun fast paced game is easy to pick up. I love how each run feels genuinely unique, and I love how overpowered you feel when you complete a run. Very Satisfying!

I dont have that much playtime yet, so i will update this later when i played more, but ive wanted to give my first impressions of this game The last time i played jump n run platformer games was when the Ori games came out, so obviously im not the best at them, however in less than 3 hrs of playtime i managed to get the hang of the controls pretty well, to the point i do not struggle too much with them anymore. This game is extremely challenging, i never played roguelike games before except for the souls like games so i wasnt aware how challenging these levels are, but im determined to clear them all with patience and time. I like that the levels change everytime you die, i tend to be someone i get bored by repetitive patterns so this keeps me on my toes and away from getting frustrated I love the pixel art! the colors and details are amazing and the character sprites and voice acting were amazing from what ive seen so far a big compliment to the devs for creating a challenging game that requires skill but wont make you frustrated and rage quit if you fail. like i died so many times already and have not gotten frustrated once, i am actually enjoying myself even if i make no progress, managing that is hard for game devs , so i gotta give my respect for that the only thing i have to critisize is the tutorial, its not always very clear what it wants from you. therre was this part where it wanted me to reflect incomingg dmg with the shield and only showed me the button config of putting your dodge shield up but not the combination for the reflect shield aka rb + lb , it took me a couple tries of random button smashingg to figure it out. the tutorial needs a bit of overworking imo, other than that i really enjoy this game and will continue playing

Elsie is a super-addictive rogue-like that I enjoyed my time with. Doesn't stack up with some of the other big dogs in the genre but has great potential. My full review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP9lIQDp9BU&t=64s

Enjoyable game; the music and art are very good.

Game feels premature. The game is fun and the art is cute. But the game goes black whenever I attempt a 3rd run. I had to delete the save game thinking it was a corrupted save, and then it happened again. There's other weird quirks like new items being dropped near the NPCs, you can't press "use" to pick it up because you're close to the NPC so it begins a talk. It feels like the game hasn't been tested at all.

It's a megaman roguelike, and it's beautiful! The unlocks are kinda rough around the edges, and I didn't enjoy the stamina system, but if you love the Megaman X series, it's definitely worth giving it a try!