Gunmetal Arcadia Zero

When they say classic platformer action, they mean it literally. If this was on a cartridge, I'd blow on it.

It's like the first level of a lame NES action platformer stretched out over 6 levels.

One minute the controls feel great and other times they are terrible and can lead to a cheap death. When you die, the game can send you far back. If you lose all 3 lives, the game can send you really far back.

it's alright. if you know what you're getting into (i didn't), or you mesh with it (i did), it'll be a fun romp. the lives system is pretty unnecessary - there are 1-3 checkpoints per stage and running out of lives takes you to the start of the stage. the platforming is simple with setups but layers on insta-kill spikes the further you go, and so it feels like the system is completely ignored by skilled players and punishes more casual folk for a feature that sounds kinda tacked on, playing fast and loose for the speedrun flows surprisingly well, and the built-in splits are pretty nice

A near-perfect recreation of NES games, however this is not necessarily always a good thing. Pros: + Good spritework and chiptune music + Precise controls + Several secrets and hidden areas Cons: - Several weapons and subweapons are mostly useless - Most items are costly but not really useful or relevant - Lame plot and characters - No point in choosing a faction despite it being part of the plot I understand that this is only a preview of a larger game, but in itself, it's just not that great and doesn't make you interested in main title.

Аудиовизуально и геймплейно очень сильная стилизация под 8битную нинтендо. Графика, музыка, крайне примитивный паттерн врагов, включая боссов. Стоит только добавить кривой платформинг, непонятные хитбоксы, постоянно респавнящихся монстров в неудобных местах, отсутствие контов и сохранений, и мы тут жэ получим игру довольно среднего пошиба года эдак 86-89го, именно в эту категорию и метит оная. Вообще, я бы не удивился, если бы она вышла на реальном 8битном жэлезе. Вот настолько она похожа на настоящую несовскую игру. Касательно геймплея. Знаете, это такая поуровневая ходилка-бродилка под тип какого-нибудь Wonder Boy, Dragon Slayer 4, Bio Senshi Dan, с магазинами и инвентарём, да тысячи их было в то время, реализация тут, конечно, по проще. Пройти можно за 1 вечерок, благодаря хорошему управлению сложность тут не высокая. А ещё тут крайне гибкая настройка фильтров.