8 Eyes

From the creators of the original Sokoban and Megaman II Gameboy comes quite possibly the worst Castlevania clone I've ever played in my life from the NES. This game is so bad in terms of level design & awful hit detection to where it makes Frankenstein: The Monster Returns a masterpiece. As for being a PC port, its just a modify rom slap on an custom emulator with limited display settings and no controller support as the game doesn't recognized the Steam Deck's buttons so I had to make a custom controller layout that binds them to keyboard inputs in order to properly play the game.

Yea, yea I actually would recommend this game. It ended up being a lot better than I expected it to be from initial impressions. It plays a lot like Castlevania, though you have a much smaller primary weapon - thus less opportunity for damage mitigation. However, the game's design takes this into account. There's opportunities to heal, usually appropriately placed. The biggest hurdle is just figuring the game out. The game, and manual if you track it down (it is not included in this release) both lie. You can tackle the stages in any order, and beat the bosses in any order, but each sword has ONE boss that takes double damage from it. Once you swap to another sword, you cannot go back. So there's a linear pattern you are supposed to play in, but if you are good you can do it however you like. A unique feature is the falcon. In two player mode, the second player controls the falcon, letting them deal damage elsewhere on the screen while the main player progresses. This helps find hidden items, and the bird is required to damage some enemies. You do have partial control over the bird in single player, can set it to fly, and attack, but it's much more capable in someone e…

NES classic that have not aged gracefully 4/10 The Good: Nice pixel style for the time. Nice music Feels like a Castlevania game The Bad: The emulator is not the best with frame skips and audio drops on My PC You find yourself trying to find what to do next to progress Coop/two-player mode is just a joke

If you've never played this before it can take some getting used to. You kind of have to time your attacks in the right way to avoid getting hit. Like a retro 2D Dark Souls almost. And that initial part of figuring out the right spacing to not get steamrolled by the enemies can be a bit frustrating. But once you get that down it's a very fun early metroidvania!

It will not let me play the game it loads and plays the same demo animation over and over. I have pressed every key and plugged in a controller mashing everything as well. I was able to right click and go to the options menu but that was it. If anyone has had this problem and knows the fix please comment. If the game dev reads this help please. Looks awesome but I cannot recommend a game I cannot play.

Always loved this classic NES game as a kid, I used to play with my older sister. Bought it instantly when I found it on steam. Its kinda like Castlevania style with a few differences. You can play with a friend and the second player controls the bird on Orin's shoulder which is a good help. It does have controller support, I used the XBOX one controller which was already set up. So, if you wanna flashback that doesn't require acid, play 8 EYES!