Barold
TyberiusInSD · 2022 · 2D Platformer, Bullet Hell, Medieval, Fantasy, Stylized
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About Barold
In this game, you play as Barold, a knight that has to navigate through hard and tricky jumps, fight bosses and most of all, dodge projectiles. Visit your old pals and ask them for help in search of Gothmog, a demon you used to call your friend.
ABOUT THE GAME:
This is the second Steam game by DevonAnimation and first collab of TyberiusInSD and Devon. It includes translations for Spanish and Russian and has two difficulties. Normal mode is the default version for casual gamers and Hard mode includes more challenges, specifically made for "God Gamers."
WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE GAME:
- Smooth movement
- Unique 1:1 format
- Catchy and original soundtrack
- Cartoony and unique graphics
- Different armors with different stats
- Interactive and fair boss fights
- Hidden passages
- Hidden Easter Eggs and rooms
- Weapons
- Double Jumping
- ...
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Players are deeply divided on Barold. Critics condemn it as a poorly made, uninspired retro platformer with sloppy controls, amateurish artwork, and inadequate precision platforming mechanics that feel unpolished and untested. Supporters appreciate it as a short, challenging platformer with a nice art style, though their positive comments are significantly outnumbered by complaints about the game's fundamental design and presentation quality.
Barold is yet another of literally thousands of 2D retro platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere. This one is particularly badly made, and while there's no pixel "art", it's badly drawn. Controls are a bit sloppy, you can fall off platforms if you're near the edge... not a lot of testing was done here. Gameplay is equally poor and uninspired, with precision platforming and a bit of projectile dodging, although the best projectile you could ever dodge is by not buying this game. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. The artwork here is terrible, it's all just amateurish "My First Wacom Tablet" style drawings used instead professional looking game assets. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget to arrange someone who can create graphical assets properly, or lack of talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low, enough on its own to deter gamers. There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks. There's no way to ensure this is running at the native resolution of your display. There's n…4 found this helpful
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hard
A short and fun platformer with a really nice art style that still packs quite a challenge.
Very Pog, i see that those funds donated to the animati foundation by that dude from the who wants to be a millionaire are well spent
10/10 can't wait for the sequel
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