Overbowed

You’ll have a good idea what to expect of Overbowed if you’re familiar with the metroidvania genre. What this game does slightly differently is the use of charms and the 8-bit graphics changing colours depending on the biome you’re in. The last one is very appealing personally. The charms are special abilities that are obtained after defeating bosses. What makes them different is their function changing when they’re used alone or combined with other charms. It’s wild how you can get different results based on a small change. The game is very good about level design, satisfying exploration, collectibles and becoming stronger. Those are what kept me playing and sometimes playing longer than I had in mind with each session. However, the game’s flaws are not the kind you can dismiss. They affected my enjoyment significantly, to the point that I became unsure whether the whole journey was worth it. The game’s biggest issues are the excessive backtracking, often getting stuck, a lot is not explained to you and the highly unbalanced bosses. With the last one, you can solve it by selecting an option to make you invisible to bosses in the settings menu. I turned that on after the 4th or 5th boss fight and never looked back. Metroidvania and backtracking go hand in hand but Overbowed took it on a whole different level. It pretty much has no fast travel for the majority of the game, by the end you’ll only have 2 portals connected to their specific portals for a game with 10 biomes. Not only is it too late but it’s also a bunch of nothing. Couple this with how easy it is to get stuck/lost and you’ll be running in circles often. I had to use a video walkthrough a lot just to look up where I was supposed to go next or which charm combination I needed to advance further. I can’t say the game is outright horrible. The price of less than €9 is also normally a fine price to ask. But the game has big issues and it’s clear the developer tried to fix them to the best of his/her abilities with the patches the game received. They definitely made the game better and I applaud the effort. But the competition with this genre is fierce, consider Overbowed if you’ve went through other better options first or you’re the kind who likes figuring everything out yourself. Even though I wish I liked Overbowed more, I do see some brilliant qualities that make me hopeful the developer’s next game will become something truly special.

Качественная метроидвания, в меру сложная, визуально в стиле ранних консолей. Понравилась механика комбинирования умений, саундтрек - огонь, обязательно добавлю себе, большинство боссов в игре приятно удивили. Из минусов я бы выделил не самое отзывчивое управление на планете, пара мест в стиле кудабылятьидти, но в целом, не критично. Рекомендую любителям метроидваний.

infravalodarisimo

小品银河城，改了截图后成就无法解锁，不给传送很烦

really great game!! good music, nice simple graphics, and has a bit of a challenge to it! 10/10

生动有趣，第一个boss贪财，技能就是吸你的金币，然后用金币砸你。 最喜欢地下墓穴那个boss战，还做成了罗马斗兽场的模式，有好多小骷髅围观，太可爱了。 最有用的技能就是荆棘，这个游戏没有二段跳，跳不上去的地方用荆棘铺路，类似Minecraft。除了铺路之外它还能和火/闪电组合成爆炸，将大幅度提升打怪和探图体验。

The lack of fast travel killed my interest in finishing this title, there's only so many times I can drag myself from one end of the map to another only to discover YET AGAIN that I don't have the necessary skill/item/whatever to advance. There's a lot to like here, especially in terms of the music and art direction. None of that matters when the game itself isn't any fun to play, though.

Honestly, I was expecting a simple retro platformer and would have been very happy with that, but in reality, this "project" goes far beyond that. It has a magnificent soundtrack, captivating locations + boss fights, and extremely engaging gameplay mechanics. It would probably be absolutely amazing if this game had an additional, toggleable option for fast travel between save rooms. But overall, even without these "modern delights", this game exceeds all possible expectations. So, I highly recommend it to all retro gaming enthusiasts.