TRISTOY

It could be an okay short game if the technical issues were sorted out and the game implemented the basic feature of rebinding of inputs. If the inputs were not so spread apart, they could be properly one-handed. For example, Z-X-C instead of H-J-K. Note that buying the game automatically gives you a giftable copy of the game in your Steam inventory like it is mentioned in the store page description. You essentially get two copies of the game instead of one. When I start the game, there is about a 50 % chance that the game will start with a black screen with sound on. You can exit in this situation by pressing ALT+F4 or you can cycle through windows processes with ALT+TAB and use ALT+F4 until the game exits. The problem seems to be that it tries to resize the fullscreen for 720p, which is not the native resolution of anyone on PC devices. You can also try ALT+ENTER to put it into the windowed mode. The game itself is quite cryptic and somewhat easy if you can overcome the controls and the bizarre game mechanics. I never figured out how to damage the second boss that has the lightning beams. Most of the gameplay involves trying to do a no-hit run with this Prince Freedan dude that has no life and his partner keeps permanently draining the max HP to get anywhere. I guess game could get better by hacking the health Cheat Engine so that you can actually have fun with it. For trivia, the fall off of player interest to finish the game can seen in the achievement stats. Less than 20 % have started a local game and about 7 percent have played long enough to get the weapon for the Prince character (it takes about 30 to 60 minutes to get that far). Granted, the game is not the worst if you can overcome the forced coop and technical issues.