Lost Oath

When a game is so cheap you might make allowances for it based on the price, but to my mind this isn't a good game no matter what it costs. It's described as a rogue-like platformer with combat, and of those three things only two are accurate and neither are any better than vaguely competent. Which is a shame, as it's quite nice looking, with colourful artwork and pleasant animation. The controls are responsive and technically it's fairly sound, but the game-play is woolly, basic and clumsy. The supposed "rogue-like" elements are not what I would consider "rogue-like" and add nothing to the experience other than an excuse to send you right back to the beginning of the game when you die. You don't get random weapons, items or buffs etc, so there is nothing fresh introduced on every new run. If the diversity of the action and restrictions that force the player to adapt are what makes a game a "rogue-like", and this has none of that, then therefore it can't be one. instead it's a really basic hack and slash with basic platforming, and then a verrrrry thin veneer of "depth" that is also basic, in that you can upgrade your character in meaningless incremental ways. The combat does…

Old school platformer with Rogue Light Elements not the biggest fan of these type of games but this is pretty catchy and the controls feel on point 10 out of 10

Its a cute and nice game, Its fun to figure out, although its a bit frustating at points. But all in all a nice game and an intresting challenge to firgure out :)

I would say the top review summed things up pretty well, but to reiterate: This is a cool game. The things that stand out to me the most are the pixel art (really quite beautiful) and the soundtrack, and of course the fact that this was made by a single high school student! The platforming is decent, and so is the combat, although getting hit by enemies doesn't have much weight behind it, so its hard to tell if you've taken damage unless you're constantly looking at your health. I would say the combat is the weakest part of the design here. I would love to go more in-depth, but unfortunately this game did not run very well on my laptop, so I could not really play very much of it. But for just 99 cents, this is worth checking out!

Pretty cool for a first game. If you're into Soulslikes and pixel art platformers give it a try.

I can't get past a boss, but the game is still really fun. I absolutely love the platforming. There's no checkpoints from what I can see which can be annoying from time to time. I'd recommend it if u have nothing else do like me and just want to mess around.