Bookbound Brigade

[table][th] Review by [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34633003-Gaming-Masterpieces/] Gaming Masterpieces [/url] - The greatest games of all time on Steam. [/th][/table] Is this game a masterpiece? This one is a winner! A Metroidvania, but one with a special mechanic. You do not play one hero, but a group of characters who move and fight as one. You can switch formation any time (if there is enough space), from a line formation to venture through tunnels, to a column to reach higher places or a wheel to move very fast. Your party consists of heroes from history and literature, from Count Dracula, Robin Hood, King Arthur to Queen Victoria. All of them have lost their memory (but not their individual character). Same for the 50+ NPCs you meet on your travels, who all have something to say, which often leads to grotesque situations. Your first quest is to find a fire-proof armor for Jeanne d'Arc (who has a little fire-phobia since meeting the British...), then you meet Don Quixote who of course fought windmills just for fun... and so on. There is always something to smile at during your breaks of fighting hordes of monsters on your quest through 5 worlds. The frequent …

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Light platformer game that is very creative thematically, placing you in an enchanted library, as a glob of famous literary icons. Decent dexterity puzzles. Combat is spammy, but not the main focus. [i]Please follow my curator page,[/i] [b][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6856591-Designer-Plays/]Designer Plays[/url][/b],[i] for a truly massive number of concise and honest reviews from a 25-year veteran Game Designer.[/i]

I want to love this game, I really, really do. I simply cannot recommend it. The concept is great, playing as numerous literary figures, and the group mechanic is somewhat akin to The Wonderful 101, where you move a whole group at once. The devs clearly put a ton of heart into this. However, the flaws simply cannot be excused. The main issue is control, the controls are not only severely unresponsive, but extremely floaty when they do work. Combine this with the attrocious platforming and it makes for an exercise in frustration. In the very first world, the island world, you'll encounter and area where you have to jump over moving spikes, which apparently have hit boxes four times bigger than they are. Your characters jumping is slow and often don't jump at all when you press the button. To make matters worse, the art designer apparently decided to place numerous foreground objects in the way. If you get past this you'll eventually come to a lake where you jump over moving platforms, again fighting the awful controls along the way, it gets to the point where it just isn't fun at all. This would be ok if it were raw challenge but it's not, you're fighting controls and other preven…

Great game, I really feel nostalgic and going back to my childhood with all these mythical characters! Totally recommend 10/10

Fun game! With the latest update it feels a lot better and plays nicely. If you're a fan of metroid-vaina type games I highly recommend this experience!