There are only two reasons why I would recommend this game: for giving Ukraine a bit pocket money and because this game's playable even in Steam's offline-mode.
I do like the graphics of this game though, but the fast dash attack (x + left/right arrow key) doesn't feel pleasant for my eyes honestly. "The FluffeyPanda" was so nice to make a video review of this game and beat it in 15 minutes! You can find their review + youtube link here in this game's review section itself. But for those people who are too careful for opening links I will explain what you can see there and the other issues I have with this game:
- You got only the arrow keys for moving and jumping with your knight, the x key for a sword attack and the escape key for the menu. And the menu's an issue too: you aren't able to quit the whole game, except if you press alt+f4!
- In each level you need to kill all enemies, or else your knight won't move on to the next level. Your health's going to revocer if you kill an enemy. Yes, like a vampire.
- There's not really a story available in this game. You are a knight, you go to kill a mage and if you defeat him in the end there's only a screen with the message that you completed your quest. That's it.
- The last boss enemy (not the mage, but won't spoiler) is able to kill you with one hit. Thanks to the earlier mentioned video review I found out how to survive that boss.
- If you die, you will start right away back at the first level. Guess that should give the illusion of having a game which is longer than just 15 minutes?
- You are going to need the jump function only in one level for one special kind of enemy, but for the rest of the game this button (up arrow key) is completely useless.
So no, except for the nice retro graphics and character designs and the thought of supporting Ukraine I can't honestly recommend it. I won't ask for a refund though for obvious reasons.
Please think about expanding, polishing and improving this game after the war, would be most appreciated. Thanks.
