PowerSlave Exhumed

grande flash back

Good and woefully underrated fps metroidvania hybrid that understands how to handle ability gating, level design and how to make abilities satisfying to use better than most conventional metroidvanias. Could have been more non linear than it was. Set in a mythical egypt visually it's mostly very well executed and fun even if the game does start to feel quite samey about halfway through before picking back up towards a strong ending. The music ranges from a little generic to quite good and memorable, sound effects are good and punchy across the board. The fps elements are satisfying and the player is given a good set of weapons and they're all enjoyable to use. At first the enemy roster and placement seem very well dialed in, letting the player skip repetitive fighting when backtracking but later on it goes back on that. The forementioned samey stages also harm memorability a bit, making soome of the backtracking later on a little tedious, even if there really isn't that much of it anyway. Ultimately though it's very enjoyable and fluid.

Juegazo 100% recomendado si te gustan los FPS y metroidvanias

is this what bruce dickinson experienced while writing 2 minutes to midnight?

Poprawny mechanicznie boomer shooter próbujący być metroidvanią. Zdaje się, że jest to remaster gry z PSX, co by pewnie tłumaczyło pewne drewniane mechaniki, jednak wracanie raz po raz do tych samyh lokacji, które trzeba za każdym razem przechodzić od nowa, by odblokować jedne drzwi, do których wcześniej nie mieliśmy dostępu, kompletnie zniechęciły mnie do dalszego zwiedzania map.

[h3]I have mixed feelings about this game, but it is overall positive. [/h3] [hr][/hr] The game feels more of a proto-metriodvania than what I was told by Civvie11 (as in more like the linear sections of Order of Ecclesia). There are many standout individual levels that are great to play. the Deserted Slave Camp, Canyons of Chaos, Karnak - I like the more puzzle-like design that loops into itself. I even like the Sunken Palace, it was memoriable (I enjoyed the exploration aspect and not having to deal with many enemies. Fishes are not that hard to deal with). The Checkpoint system is great, as it basically removes save-scumming and encourage you to play well throughout. The big issue I have are the enemy placement: I have no issue with the enemies individually, but when combined with narrow and linear designs of some maps - they become unfun to fight. This is espically true for the Mummies (which is basically Doom's Revenants - being spammed 50% of the time with homing projectiles down a corridor is hell) and the Teleporting Cat-Creatures (Pinkies on Steriods - hyper-aggresive and will keep attacking non-stop up close). Plus not having a shotgun equivalent in this games makes dealing with them a pain (Ring of Ra is the closest to a shotgun, but you get that so late into the game. There is the Flamethrower but it is more of a medium ranged weapon that burns enemies over time. I ended up using the Grenade and the Serpant's Staff a lot for burst damage purposes, but it is always at the cost of potential self-damage). But this issue might have been my fault as I played on the Hard difficulty, which increases enemy health and added more enemies. Maybe I should have started on Normal (which was the default difficulty of the original console games). In conclusion, I do not regret playing this game - I still like the game even with its flaws.

This game will take you 10-12 hours to beat but if you play it on Pharaoh difficulty it will feel like it took twice as long.

Love me some modern pc remasters/source ports of retro 90s fps games! With Xbox controller support and all!