Armortale

I wanted to like this game, and i did at first. But I got to the lava level which rises so fast, combined with having to switch to the correct armor, killing enemies, and falling spikes i had enough. You have to do every single thing perfectly in this game otherwise you get killed over and over. Plus, if you get hit by an enemy there's zero i frames so you can get by something else instantly. Not to mention the INSANE knockback as well. Its just way too many things that add up. It wouldnt be as bad if there were more checkpoints so you dont have to repeat long sections over and over just to get to the part you need practice on too.

ive attempted to give this game a fair shot many times. i want to like it. but it has too many technical and design flaws to be worth a purchase

For some reason the game runs very poorly and it soft-locked me when I tried talking to the witch immediately after acquiring the first two armors. According to the reviews and previews, this game also seems to fall into masocore territory later on, which I'm not really into.

This game friggin rocks. Although I feel it goes a tad bit too overboard on the last level in difficulty. I like how time stops when you quickswap your armor, letting you decide what to use on the fly without too much risk. Although when you try to "speedrun" levels, I just wish it stopped the timer during swapping as well. Sometimes swapping super fast doesn't work because you have to input directions after opening the quickswap, it won't detect if you hit the direction slightly too early. This was a pretty fun platformer overall with fun movement and lots of abilities. Often the levels are kind of like little puzzles in figuring out what is the best armor to use at every part of it. Anyway 90% of the levels are really fun in design. I just don't like the sailboat level, mainly the timed version of it. It's such a drag having to wait for the sailboat only to die to the boss. Contrary to what a lot of people said I really like the lava level. You can zoom through it when you know what to do and it feels really fluid.

How is this game at a "positive" rating The story is crap and uniterestingly told the gameplay us clunky at best the game is annoying, not hard, just annoying

That's a pretty good game. Music, pixel art, controls are polished. Level design is varied, even though not astonishing. What prevented me from finishing the game though is, on top of my lack of patience, the fact that checkpoints are very far from eachother, causing any death (which can happen with a single mistake) to make you lose a minute+. I still highly recommend it !