Star Rift Saga

I enjoyed this little game. Good weapons and upgrades. Good level design. I beat it over the weekend but I can't wait for an expansion or a 2nd one if that happens. Developer patches things quickly and is active.

Fun game. Tight controls. Plenty of weapon variety. Tons of difficulty options. Nice biomes. Cool mechanics. Really interesting chip system. My only complaint is that there isnt a way to target farm missing chips and items for 100% completion. Other than that A+

Fun game! I recommend having a controller. Music is great, mechanics are a bit different than I expected, excited to see where this goes. Will update as I play more.

I've only played for an hour, but I'm loving it! Great gameplay, beautiful old school graphics, and an interesting story. It's atmospheric and full of personality, with Metroid vibes. You can tell the people who made this game put a lot of care and attention into it.

Bloody great new metroidvania that's perfect for kids! (but still interesting and fun enough for adults)! Features a mild story about freeing citizens from a rift while being chased by baddies. Level-ups & equipment/weapon upgrades are constant, it never feels boring. Simple controls, very user-friendly, good variety & mix of combat & platform. For more niche curation, follow me at: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27440015-CSH-Picone/ Want more honest niche & indie reviews? Check out: https://www.cshpicone.com/gaming

Charming, colorful, laid back little indie. I haven't played much of it (Sorry, Jacob!). When I beat it, I will have waay more to say. Besides, I want to see the credits; I wanna see the full team involved with this other than what I contributed.

If you’re reading reviews for Star Rift Saga, you’re already half way there since the other 10 people who check the r/metroidvania subreddit already discovered this game. It’s a niche entry but it checks out. The graphics aren’t anything special but they are serviceable. The story is fun but pretty simple. Why give this a recommendation? To me, a good metroidvania tackles familiar game mechanics like exploration and ability progression in such a way that despite having played other entries into the genre I never get tired of unlocking the double jump or the hook shot (or whatever, you get the idea) because the game has piqued your interest in what secrets you’ll uncover once you have that new ability. That said, it’s also impressive when the developer mixes it up with some more unique abilities/weapons (I feel Supraland is the gold standard with this one). Star Rift manages to do both of these and also includes a nice chip system for unique weapon builds (like a much much more complex version of the Hollow Knight build system) which levels up so you can play Tetris with the chips you unlock on a bigger and bigger board. This means grinding is an option if you feel underpowered but not necessary if you’re doing fine. By the end game you have a ton of build styles and despite not having a super focused build I was melting enemies pretty easily on hard difficulty. This didn’t convince me to try the hardest mode since I’m too old to have a bad time willingly; the difficulty was just challenging enough for me. There were about 2-3 optional platforming/combat sections that took me a while to complete. If you’re a sweaty try hard who splits your time between doing hitless Silksong runs and commenting “I never once had to look up a guide for the secret ESA sections” in the applicable forums then you probably won’t have a tough time completing this on the hardest difficulty. My point is that this is a solid game by a dedicated dev and if you enjoy a good metroidvania you owe it a shot because that’s exactly what this is. Also it runs great on the Deck, in case that matters.

I don't play Metroidvanias all too often, and the only ones I have found significant enjoyment in have been Hollow Knight and now, thankfully, Start Rift Saga. There are a few features that I really like: 1. The slight homing mechanic on the plasma gun makes a simple aiming system feel much less tedioius 2. The chip improvement system not only gives a lot of different builds and replay-ability, but gives a strong incentive to continue to kill enemies even late into the game. That is something that other Metroidvanias struggle to do, but this one does very well. 3. Although the inspiration from Hollow Knight is clear, a lot of the abilities, enemies, and gameplay is unique and refreshing. Overall, this has been a fantastic game to play so far, and I am pumped to keep playing more.

Bom demais! É os guri nao adianta

nice little metroidivania