Kingdom Shell

A pleasure from start to finish. I found the enemy and world design very interesting, and there's a lot of hidden areas/puzzles. I would recommend playing on normal difficulty as you can tank most bosses on easy. Also make sure to add map markers as there aren't any tracker upgrades. One minor complaint is there's not much to spend gold on, but at least it removes the need to grind. It's a bit short at 10 hours for 100% completion, so hopefully they make a DLC or sequel to expand upon the world + lore.

At first I didn't like this game. The animations are stiff and the baddies are tanky. In fact, I stopped playing for a couple weeks until I beat the games "I was enjoying more". However, upon returning and getting a bit further in, I really started to like the game. By the end, I was sad to see it go. Don't play this if you're looking for super tough boss fights as I had very little trouble with any of them and I usually suuuuck at boss fights. However, if you're looking for as chill metroidvania game that focuses more on exploration than combat, then you'll probably leave with positive feelings. Grade: B

古典的なメトロイドヴァニアにプラットフォーマーとソウルライクをいい感じに混ぜ合わせた良作。無口な主人公だけど、語り部をはじめとするNPCとの会話でストーリーや背景はちゃんと理解できるようになっている。 難易度についてはステージ攻略もボス戦も序盤こそ易しめなものの中盤あたりから徐々に難しくなっていく。とはいえスタミナ制限などはなく、プレイヤーキャラのモーションも素早いので敵の動きを覚えればなんとかなる範囲。終盤はプラットフォーマー的な動きが要求される場面が増えるので苦手な人は注意が必要かもしれない。ボス戦でも足場が制限されることが多いのでなおさら。 探索面はマップのピン止め機能と謎のある部屋を示してくれる装備のおかげで自分はネットで情報を調べずに自力で100%コンプリートすることができた。一部言葉による謎解きにわかり難い箇所があるが、分かれば納得感はある答えだとは思う。[spoiler]ただし、うお座の女テメーはダメだ。[/spoiler]

前期还行，后面玩的恶心，游戏时长全靠没存档点的超长即死的跳跳乐撑着

I'm going to recommend the game. It's not bad by any means, but it really doesn't do anything special. There's a lot of good here for what looks like the Devs first game. It's a really good stepping stone game for a dev trying their hand at a Metriodvania. Mechanics are pretty solid, and the story they use is pretty good. World building is neat with some things sprinkled in that ups the story. There's some hit and miss mechanics in fighting. Some bad guys hurt when you touch them, some don't, and some hurt only sometimes when you touch them? It's kind of hard to follow who does touch damage and who doesn't. It's not a killer by any mean, but it feels sloppy. The real big issue is the ending. I don't know why but a lot of Indy Devs just down know how to end games, and this is a perfect example of that. When you get to the end section of the game, the game completely changes into a different game. The whole game has been a decent Meroidvania with some platforming thrown in, maybe once or twice its precision based(and that's only on areas you don't need to get to to beat it). But hen the whole end section is precision timed platforming mixed with sections where you have to hit an object to either move forward or up. All of that added with having to time it just right so you avoid obstacles that will kill you in two hits. It was just so violently different it ended up just ruining the game for me. I'd still recommend it. The Music and art were really cool and combat felt pretty good once you get into it.

This is the most 7/10 game I've ever played. It is solid by most metrics. I love 100% metroidvanias, and this game provided a lot to search for. The pixel art is nice and the soundtrack is atmospheric. But where the game really falls flat is the combat. Not a single boss fight or regular enemy was engaging. Some of them took multiple tries to learn their move set, but I never needed to actually change up my strategy to succeed. Don't buy this game for the combat. But if you don't mind button mashing, the game has a lot to offer everywhere else. Especially when on sale.

An amusing metroidvania. Difficulty can spike at times, and sometimes you may need to walk away for a bit, but it pulls you back! Had to get a map to find the last 2 rooms I was missing for 100% map completion

Kingdom Shell is a metroidvania about demon problems. Beat it and 100%ed achievements in 12.5 hours using a game controller. Difficulty is medium-hard. You'll probably die a few times. This is a pretty good, straight-of-the-road metroidvania. Traversing each area can be a puzzle, you wander the map looking for places to go, and you find upgrades/items that give you an Ahah! moment. Other reviews complain about the controls, but I never really had a problem. The monster battles were fair. The boss battles, while some can be hard, were also fair. I was intrigued by the world and different npcs, but where the game kinda lulls is in the story, itself - which felt like it was written by a highschooler. Lots of mysterious characters and intrigue, but very little to connect it all. By the time I beat it, I felt a bit of 'That's it?'. But if given the opportunity to play again and experience the over-all feel of the game, I probably would. Kingdom Shell's got character and spunk. Another blight on the game is the walking around. Some hallways take forever (looking at the dwarven area, specifically) and the main guy takes it at a light jog everywhere he goes. In hindsight, and mostly due to the loose story alongside having played a ton of metroidvanias, the plot of the game is a little forgettable. While I did beat it fully, I did it long enough ago that I can't remember half of it. I also keep calling Kingdom Shell 'Mortal Bloom'. And MortalBloom isn't even a game. It's a Founders beer. I do remember dwarves, and figures in robes, and a tree. And bunnies. So there's that. But yeah, if you just need something to play and like metroidvanias, you'd have nothing to lose playing this one. Most of it is better than half the metroidvanias out there. There's a lot to do, and figuring out the various puzzle-floors is fun.

还不错，比较常规的类银河代餐，没得玩的话可以玩一下，有官方中文比较不错，steam社区里也有全收集指南。16 7个小时能全成就全收集，整体可以靠自己打出90%的内容，剩下的需要依靠全地图来找东西，不然有些很难发现，有些支线也说的比较隐晦不好找。手感其实还不错但比较单调，二段跳和冲刺也比较后期才能拿到，有些boss比较难打需要技巧，基本上就是先躲再输出，输出窗口还是相对较多的，本来想找修改器，死活全网找不到能用的，但最后还是手打打过了每个boss。

not a bad little metroidvania game. I enjoyed it, good story, could use a few a tweaks but overall not a bad game.