Days Gone By

It's the Dark Souls of platformers

Days Gone By is yet another of literally thousands of 2D retro pixel platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere. On the upside, this is genuinely and sincerely made. On the downside, this is possibly one of the worst platformers on Steam, and that is a remarkable accomplishment. These feels a lot like a high school students weekend project, but the quality isn't quite as good. Gameplay consists of simple platforming and brawling with a sword that pops in and out when you attack. One of your hands will also pop in and out randomly because animations are hard to do, I guess. Get to the exit then move around the buggy exit sign until you trigger the end of level. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. The controls and game handling are notably very clunky and unsmooth here. It's janky and unsatisfying to play... and any experienced gamer will tell you, the handling, responsiveness and general gameplay feel of the control scheme must be well polished for this kind of game to succeed. Unfortunately, this is something the developer seems to have phon…

Stars received: 0.1/10 _ Note: v.6 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions [0.1] Controls & Training & Help [0.0] Menu & Settings [0.0] Sound & Music [0.0] Graphics [0.0] Game Design [0.0] Game Story [0.0] Game Content [0.0] Completion time (level/game)? [0.0] is it Enjoyable & Fun? [0.0] Could it hold a spot in Favorites? (& if the Game can be repeatedly played again) [0.0] BONUS point: Multi-Player related [0.0] BONUS point: Review for VR [N] - if Registration is required with providing PII [No = Categorical] - is it acceptable to Play the Game in 2023+ ? Game description key-points: This Gamash, who let this potato in?! :) Overview: worse than a flash game back in 2000