Madzik - Episode 1

For just a couple of bucks, I quite enjoy this game! It's a nice little couch co-op where I can sit back and relax, whether I'm playing alone or with my girlfriend. The skill tree is well-designed, with passives that culminate in a satisfying skill expression. The lore is already very intriguing, and I can't wait to dive deeper into it. Don't sleep on this one, folks!

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The gameplay is fun and I like the graphics. My favorite character is Makino. It's a small, fun game.

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I want to enjoy this game. It's audio and visual elements are really charming, and the characters are endearing. Unfortunately I found myself getting too frustrated with the game. The combat is chaotic by design, so that isn't the problem. The problem I kept running into was environmental hazards randomly appearing and either dealing a ton of damage or stunning me immediately. There are obvious hazards like cannons and such, but I'm talking about a spinning ice turret just suddenly appearing, which kept happening to me as I was trying to aim an attack or right as a well charged heavy attack went off. There is no point to having a heavy attack if the game can just randomly destroy you with no warning. If you work to clear up enough space and position well, a heavy attack should be a just reward. I found myself rarely using heavy attacks not only because of that issue, which killed my characters multiple times, but because of another issue. There is no visual indication of any sort of cooldown on moves. A lot of times when I tried to activate the empowered form or switch characters, nothing happened because I was in some sort of attack cooldown that I had no way to tell I…

The game looked nice in principle, and the local co-op aspect was very appealing. However the game is extremely frustrating - as soon as the chapter 2, the arena gets swarmed with traps and environmental effects that freeze, stun and disable you, ALL THE TIME. You barely can complete combos before getting locked in mid animation, losing the attack. It would be fine as an extra challenge every now and then, but you lose control of your character all the time, and that makes it for a very, very frustrating gameplay. I couldn't complete 2 hours of it out of frustration. Hard pass.