Lament

Ninja Gaiden-esque. I first found this game on itch.io. I have to admit, I rage quit at some point and had trouble getting back into it but I did really enjoy it up until I rage quit.

There is much that can be said for a game like this and I received this as a gift awhile back from a good friend of ours. I gave it the benefit of the doubt but I have a few reasons why I cannot recommend it. As this was 'inspired' by classic NES games like Castlevania or Ninja Gaiden, what I didn't like was the fact that the character was stiff from the get go. You take a two second thrust that was far too slow as far as input goes and this being a hack and slash, I saw neither one. Another thing I just didn't like was getting cheap shot, hit after hit. At least if I need to take a hit, let me at least take a breather to advance farther to make progress. There's none of that here and that's a red flag to me. I've seen knockback done in other games, but being flung back across a third of the stage incites frustration, Red flag #2. Red flag #3 lies in the character itself..you have no DEFENSIVE or EVASIVE skills at all?! A wall jump is fine but to survive, you need to block, ukemi and if need be, a dash to help you go. Not the case here as you have to FIND them. Now excuse me but, if all you were given was a sword and no training whatsoever..TUTORIAL, NOW. You should NOT be let loose upon the world without training as a video game protagonist. (Look up Hiryu no Ken, they'll stop you for not using the moves properly). Take into account that any platformer of this age have their characters run a certain speed, defend themselves as well as attack. None of this was handled properly and please take what I say to heart when reading this. I wish the game had volume control cause it would've help in the manner of the feedback. I appreciate that we were sent this game as a gift but as a recommendation, no.

[b]The kind of 6,5 out of 10 recommendation.[/b] Lament is a NES-style action platformer that borrows from Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden and Mega Man (with X's wall sliding/jumping). Its gameplay and the design of the 5 levels and bosses (4 selectable from the start) aren't especially great, but everything is still decent and overall I found the game quite entertaining for the short time it lasts. I also enjoyed the catchy music and the rather dark atmosphere. It's a relatively easy playthrough (by NES standards) apart from the knockback that's one of the most horrible ones I encountered in any game. So just don't get hit :D This is doable in this game. A really cool aspect are the persistent power-ups. There're 4 to obtain: a dash, a shot, a chargable slash and a shield. You end up being very over-powered, especially with the shield. Finally, an important advice: Don't take the first door at first! It's the strangest and most difficult level in the game and might lead you to an instant ragequit. For other NES styled action platformers in the same price range you should check out the works of Sinclair Strange and 2ndBoss. [code][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39372135][b]Lists of Niche[/b][/url] is dedicated to finding games on Steam with roots in classic consoles, computers and arcade machines. We categorize them in helpful lists that will hopefully grant some insight into gaming's history, too.[/code]

A fun retro style game. Gives a bit of a challenge but nothing too outlandish. I enjoyed it.

En m'avanturant dans ma liste de jeux Steam, je découvre ce Lament qui, sortie récemment, s'est retrouvé dans ma liste de jeux sans que je me rappel comment ni pourquoi. Du coup, par manque d'évaluations sur ce jeu à l'heure où j'écris ces lignes, il était temps de mettre ma pierre sur l'édifice des évalu de ce jeu. Ce jeu est simple dans son concept et son execution : c'est un action plateformer dans un style nes comme le dit trés bien le développeur sur sa fiche. Le jeu s'inspire de ce qu'a fait la console dans ce domaine : Castlevania, en y faisant quelques ajouts au niveau du gameplay. Au fur et à mesure de votre progression vous récupererez de nouveaux pouvoirs : le dash, un tir à distance etc. Ces pouvoirs vous permettront de venir à bout des quelques niveaux du jeu plus facilement. Et c'est là le problème. Le jeu est facile. Vos premiers run sur chaque level se termineront en un échec cuisant probablement sauf si vous êtes méthodique. Mais le jeu complet (5 niveaux) vous prendra une bonne heure environ à terminer. C'est TRES Court. TROP court. Les boss auraient pu ajouter un semblant de durée de vie de par leur difficulté. Mais c'eest bien tout le contraire. Les boss ne remplissent pas leur rôle et se font déglinguer facilement. Concernant la DA, la musique, rien à dire, j'aime beaucoup le style. + Gameplay cool Ambiance sympa - Trop court Trop cher Boss anecdotiques

Berserk Reader Wolf

This game is unplayable man... The movement to the sides is not ok, it stops for no reason, it's like 3 steps, stop,2 steps, stop, and the detection on the colliders for the things enemies throw at you (when you try to hit them back) works just like running, it works, now it doesnt. Not cool...

悪魔城ドラキュラと忍者龍剣伝にインスパイアされたバスターソード引っさげ狼男が戦うゲーム（英語直訳感） 正直、褒めるべきか迷うゲームである 「NES styled Action」と書いてる通りとてもレトロで懐かしさのある良い感じゲーム が、しかし一ゲームと見たときに物足りなさと中途半端感がものすごい・・・ ・ストーリー 　　・・・はあったのだろうか？最後は唐突すぎて頭の中が？？？で埋まる ・ゲーム性 　左右の移動とジャンプと攻撃だけのシンプル操作、その上でコマンドでダッシュなどのアクションがあったりするゲーム 　上に書いたゲームにインスパイアされたと書いてあるが、感覚的にはロックマンが近い。敵にダメージを与えられた際のノックバックがエグい。まず最初のステージでいきなり洗礼を受けるのでココで「あ、クソだな」と思ったら返金しましょう。最初のステージくらいしか難しいステージがないです。ボスもまあ・・・お察しで。 　後半につれて色々アクションを習得するのだが、これのお陰で完全ヌルゲーに。現に初見一時間でクリア。なのでボリュームもお察し。 　ゲームパッドは使えないのは良いけど、使えないならキーボードの為にもっと細やかな調節してくれ。操作の調節が足りないところがあり、溜め斬りにすぐしようとするし、ダッシュが暴発しまくる為に予期せぬダメージや即死が・・・。 「ファミコンてこんなだったっけ？」と記憶が改変されそうになったが・・・ないない、ないですファミコンの方がちゃんとしてるぞソレ 俺は楽しかったけど・・・５００円払わせて人にオススメする出来じゃないのは確か

This game is literally Ninja Wolf Gaiden and Castlevania Wolf Edition ;3 It's really great!

insta-death = nope