MOTORSLICE

Motoslice es un juego de plataformas que combina muy bien el parkour con los combates en una transición muy fina que hace que el primer golpe que realices del combate sea el ultimo y en muchas ocasiones el primer paso a superar la siguiente plataforma, esto con movimientos muy precisos y mecánicas bien implementas y ejecutadas tanto para el combate como para las plataformas a superar. Pero punto más fuerte del juego es sin duda los jefes, que recuerdan, en cierta manera, a Shadow of the Colossus, ya que superar estos retos implica escalar las gigantescas maquinas que representan las boss fight a través de todas las mecánicas de parkour y plataformas que propone el juego en una fantástica demostración de diseño y buen gusto. Tal vez le falta algo de ritmo en algunas ocasiones, la música es olvidable y las charletas sobran pero en general es un juego muy recomendable

For reference, I got this in a discounted bundle with Haste. Prior to this review i played for just shy of 2 hours on steam deck and i have not completed the game. I beat the first boss and got halfway through the second chapter before deciding it wasnt engaging enough to justify pushing through. Motorslice is the answer to the niche question: "What if Nier: Automata was made for the PS2?" That sounds like it could be a pretty fun game, sure. But when you play Motorslice you will not be reminded of the classic PS2 games of yesteryear having been overcome with nostalgia, thinking: "Wow, the simple low-poly geometry of the levels and enemies is super aesthetic!" or "The vibes are immaculate!" You're more likely going to be thinking: "Wtf, why is the character doing that. I didn't press that button...", "Damn these controls suck.", and "No, i don't want to smell her feet...?" Like Nier Automata, you're playing through an episodic action-adventure story about a goonerbait anime girl in a dusty post-apocalyptic (maybe?) ruins of a prior civilization (i think?) fighting rogue robots in melee combat with your own little AI companion, eventually defeating monstrous robotic bosses in massive combat arenas. Unlike Nier Automata, the story doesn't really go anywhere, the combat doesn't have much depth, and there's simply not enough substance or interesting gameplay to keep you engaged. The developer has posted that the game is a "slice of life action-adventure with immaculate vibes." About 1/3 of that is accurate. I wouldn't really classify the passing 3 lines of dialogue every 15 minutes slice-of-life, even less so when there's only one actual dialogue choice and it's whether or not to be a freak. The vibes are like, alright, i guess. Definitely not immaculate. And even if the vibes were immaculate as previously stated, vibes alone can't carry subpar or frustrating gameplay. And that leaves action-adventure, which is true. If you want a simple, classic, PS2 era platformer and are willing to put up with occasionally funky controls, you may really like this game. It's not a failing of a game, but has some persistent pain points that really bring down the experience. If future patches are able to somehow iron out the movement wackiness and make the responsiveness better, I'd like to try pushing through and finishing the game. With the current awkwardness with the controls, I feel it pushes the game from "mid" territory into frustrating.