Tearscape

Ainda que minha experiência tenha sido agradável, o jogo tem seus probleminhas. Vale a pena numa promo.

Bloodborne and Link's Awakening... what's not to like?

A very neat little GB-era take on the souls formula, interestingly in the same year as the much higher profile and budget Mina the Hollower. Where Mina takes that formula and adds a ton of flourish and experimentation (that ends up executing at varying levels of success), Tearscape accepts it's limitations as a smaller scale project to keep the formula stripped down to it's most bare essentials, and while it maybe won't end up on any GOTY lists for it's lack of innovation, it provides a fun comfort-food experience for lovers of the souls genre. I would love to see a second crack at this from the dev with lessons learned and expanding on the things that worked the best.

Tearscape 100% beat! Blend of ideas from Souls combat, Metroidvania map design progression, Zelda lock & key dungeons wrapped in a grim Game Boy Color aesthetic. It mostly works. Decent exploration and puzzles. Fun boss fights. But a couple rough areas and enemy variety hold it back. The aesthetic and boss battles are the definite highlight of the game. Every area looks unique while still having that rundown, grungy feel. Bosses have limited attack patterns, but are fun to play against. And work quite well within that early GBC framework. Minus one boss, they all felt fair Matron Veska is a terrible fight. It's not even hard. Lots of downtime, HP sponge, and very easy attacks to dodge. But the arena and method to attack are just really annoying. There is a token that would fix the fight, but it isn't found until the final area. A somewhat baffling decision. It should have been reward for exploration within that zone the boss is in. Especially since, outside of a few chests, this is the only actual time the Token would be useful. I really did like the exploration. Its simple for the most part, but the aesthetic helps a ton. That beginning set of zones (Graveyard -> Farm Area -…

Classic Zelda gameplay with a little bit of soulslike sprinkled in, I had an absolute blast playing this. Each boss was unique and different, standard mobs never felt stale as they always got beefier or threw new mobs at you, and each area blew me away with the depth getting greater the more you pushed through the game. I could really feel the bloodborne inspiration in the entire setting of the game and each area felt truly unique but apart of the world the devs built. Weapons and abilities were more than I expected which leaves a lot of different play styles to be chosen. Wish it was slightly longer but I think the length fit well with the short story told.

9/10 metroidvania souls like in the old zelda art style with modern gameplay. Only needed more common enemy variety.