Twilight Monk

The game is beautiful, the controls however suck terribly and the maps for the world and dungeons are useless. Those two major flaws make it a non-recommend except if it is on sale for under 10. It took me 18-ish hours to find every item and hunt every monster. I'm sure most players could do it faster. No guides or maps until I was trying to find the last two monsters for a hunt. The big thing off about the controls is everything feels floaty. Move even a little and you will accelerate and slide on the ice. There are platforming requirements that are only hard because sometimes it just feels like the controls are unresponsive. The dash skill seems like it would be powerful but it is barely controllable as well and most of the end enemies seem to bounce you out of it. Some of the power-ups might be neat but most of the time I found myself just using the bombs all the time. When shifting between a skill often means changing out equipped talismans it's just a pain to switch skills when there really isn't much difference in how fast they kill. The world map is extremely arty to the point that it is useless to find anything. If the game had load-screens it would work for that. The maps inside the dungeons barely represent the rooms as anything other than a box and half the time it won't even show your position in said box relative to any exit/entrances. It will give you the barest of positional information on where you are in the dungeon as a whole. Fortunately, none of the secrets are hard to find or complete. The map will highlight a box with a secret in it. The pause menu "atlus" will tell you which maps contain what secrets you missed. So it is very hand-holdy to make up for the terrible maps.

Не советую.. Игра знатно подогрела пердак. Играл на харде, чтоб 2 раза на ачивки не проходить (выбил все), мб это повлияло, хотя вряд ли. Ужасная боёвка обычным ударом - бить вверх нельзя, враг над тобой - ну, прости-прощай, парниша. Вперед бьет недалеко, если не брать амулет на увеличение цепи; есть вариант пинать колонну, но там тоже амулет нужен. К навыкам в виде разных оружий вопросов нет - каждый под свою ситуацию, но "ману" жрут много, а амулет на восстановление не быстро получаем. Бьют больно, ОЧЕНЬ, вначале смачно откусывают по 1 ячейке хп, а у тебя их 3, врагов много (иногда можно сказать, что ими насрано), пережить начало и не дропнуть самое сложное, а на последней локации бьют по 2,5 ячейки хп с удара, если не взяли амулет на увеличенную неуязвимость после получения удара - помрете быстро! Прогресс сохраняется только от отдыха у святилища, и после получения новой способности (там спрашивают) - поэтому чуток исследовал - лучше вернуться и посейвиться, хотя есть шанс, что тупо не дойдешь и помрешь - и всеее заааново, ммм, вкуснятина (нет)! По боссам всё нормально, каждый интересный, кто попроще, кто посложнее, но иногда локацию пройти сложнее, чем с боссом :D Многие в отзывам писали, что нужны маркеры, тут не понимаю, почему ставят отрицательный отзыв - если карту нашел/купил, да даже без этого всё вполне понятно: серая комната - не заходил; немного оранжевого цвета - что-то не собрал; четко нарисована - значит всё залутал. При исследовании много "прыжковых" упражнений, и это ад, особенно если внизу колья и у тебя отнимается по 1 ячейке хп при падении.

I’m a huge fan of Final Fight: Streetwise despite its negative ratings, and reading about how Trent Kaniuga did his best to save the game and turn it into what it was has increased my respect for that man tremendously. I really enjoyed his performance as Kyle Travers as well, which led me to keep an eye out for his future projects. It’s a bit late, but I learned about Twilight Monk’s existence about 10 days ago after replaying Final Fight: Streetwise, and it has been an enjoyable experience for me. The game mostly follows the traditional Metroidvania formula blended with two well-known, inseparable JRPG features: the overworld and random encounters. However, neither are the areas you need to reach too far apart, nor are the encounters frequent enough to hinder progression. It’s practically a nice twist and a good way to complete in-game hunts easily. You’re donning the role of Raziel, a Moonken who goes on a mission to save the world with his trustworthy pillar that he uses as a weapon. As you continue your journey throughout Speria, you acquire many abilities that help you on your quest to save the island. Apart from the classic upgrades such as double jumping and dashing, you also acquire sub-weapons, summons, and talismans that provide you with passive buffs. Clearing the hunts from the list rewards you with additional Talisman Slots and many other beneficial items such as summons. Although I ended up using the fire summon most of the time, the other ones also have their uses in certain situations. The same could be said about the sub-weapons as well because I only ended up using the bomb. Your main means of attacking the enemies is your pillar, but you can also put it down and use your fists. You can even kick the pillar and bounce it off of the enemies if you have obtained the corresponding talisman! The amount of damage you deal is based on your level; therefore, it’d be wise to max it out before the last few bosses, since they are fairly challenging. Speaking of challenge, Twilight Monk made me sweat on hard mode, all due to its lack of auto-save and respawning enemies upon re-entering rooms. I had to carefully calculate my every move and focus on surviving until the next save point. Some people consider this a bit unfair, but I didn’t have any problems with those decisions. And finally, the things I liked most about the game are definitely the soundtrack, its art style, and worldbuilding. It’s all thanks to these 3 things that the game has become a memorable experience for me. Establishing an identity for a game is not an easy task, but Twilight Monk manages to do it well thanks to those factors I’ve mentioned above, despite not being the perfect example of a Metroidvania. It’s definitely worth checking out for this reason alone. [h1]TL;DR[/h1] A decent Metroidvania blended with the overworld and random encounters from the JRPG titles. It doesn’t feature an auto-save system, and the enemies respawn after each room, but it features a great art style, decent gameplay, and a memorable experience thanks to its soundtrack and worldbuilding. Twilight Monk is definitely a title that’s worth checking out if you’re into Metroidvanias!

Rigoberto Patapocha se parte la pierna y se le quea toa pocha, recomienda este juego

As a huge fan of the Metroidvania genre, as well as a fan of Trent Kaniuga's work, I was really looking forward to playing this game. I know there have been other reviews where people didn't like that the character only attacked to the side, or that you can only save at a save point, but none of that bothered me in the least. Twilight Monk scratched an itch for me. I found it to be a lot of fun, it had great graphics, funny and entertaining characters, and overall a sense of replayability that I look for in my side scrollers. Could the ending have had more punch to it? Maybe? But for me the journey and discovery of secrets was more than enough to keep me entertained throughout. Looking forward to the next installment of the series if it happens!

Great combat, abundant save points it doesn't make you walk for miles after you die just to get to the point you were. Fair amount of exploration, great design, nice music, lots of scenarios and beasts to defeat. Great for learning the metroidvania genre, but it poses its difficulty, even for pro gamers.

*BOSSES- are dummy easy if you're patient enough on early to mid game, mid to the last half have some cheap aoe blast range with additional damage with NO HEALING on use (1 Revive pot avilable) * STORY and characters are simple and bleh * EXPLORATION and upgrade progression- might be the best part of the experience Although you have to progress abit more to get double jump and dash, so early game pretty much at the mercy of annoying bats and projectiles after doing jump attacks * DASH based gameplay, no parrying or blocking

Pros: 1. Responsive controls. Although bosses are so-so even for a hard mode. 2. Fresh and new look for a metroidvania for me. Anime-style. 3. Story is good. 4. When you die, you will really restart from your last save. All progress prior dying will be gone. 5. Enjoyable and grinding for monster hunt and collectibles are not so time consuming. Cons: 1. Only one type of base attack. No combo. Although there are many ember-based attacks to choose from. 2. Final boss is the easiest boss. LOL! I chose hard mode on first playthrough and it's easy to beat. 3. No New Game+ so if like me, you 100% it on first playthrough, you can uninstall immediately. Overall: It's fun, not stressful. Highly recommended.

Very good metroidvania. The only strange thing is that the game is a sequel to a comic, so some dialogue refers to things you don’t know. But gameplay-wise, it’s very solid: good combat, good exploration, and a helpful feature for 100% completion. Overall, only good things to say.