Honey's Sweet Revenge

A fun, if short, metroidvania with unique controls and interesting items. Full Disclosure: I was one of the play testers for this game, so while I do have some bias towards this game. I will attempt my best to remain objective in this review. I was not paid for this review and these are my own thoughts. So, quick summary: Honey's Sweet Revenge is a short Metroidvania game staring the main character Honey on a journey to rescue her girlfriend from her evil creator in a world based on candy, vegetables, and mushrooms. The controls of the game play a bit similar to some popular plat-former fighters with charge attacks and aerials. As well as dodge rolls and aerial dodging. However, what I think sets Honey's Sweet Revenge apart from other games is the items you collect in this game. These items provide attack methods and movement options for the cost of "sugar" that collect from hitting and killing enemies. These items can then be bound to a certain input in the "select" menu to provide freedom of choice to the player in what they want to play. Some items like the soda and the peanut buttercup were probably my favorites since they provided a lot of vertical and horizontal movement options to me. I usually put the soda on down+b and the peanut butter cup on up+b for my layout. There's also a few collectibles that can be found around the world, that when traded, can provide upgrades to your attack strength and health points. Collision in the game, can be a bit odd at times. And the movement can take some getting used to if you aren't familiar with platform fighters. But there's quite a few open areas to experiment with movement and a tutorial right at the beginning to help with the basics. The game never crashed on me, and I get a consistent 120 fps at 4k res. This game is quite a short one and it took me around 2-3 hours to beat on the steam version. For full completion it took me around 5~ hours to collect every collectible. Overall, I think Honey's Sweet Revenge is a fun, if short, metroidvania with a unique art style, interesting items, and unique controls.

Takes getting use to the controls, a bit buggy, but still a fun short game.