Side Scape

A pretty neat game! The powerups you find are pretty interesting, and having two characters with their own abilities and health bars adds an extra layer of strategy to boss fights that I think's pretty cool! The top-down combat can feel a little stiff at times, though later powerups I found helped a lot. (And also I play a lot of platformers so I'm just generally not as practiced at top-down combat, so that's probably a factor too.) [spoiler] I spent quite a while trying to defeat the dragon thing boss with Grisham before finally using the knight and realizing it was way easier since I could just use the shield to knock back the projectiles and stun it. Which makes complete sense given that thing is the final boss of the knight's world, so of course it would be designed around his abilities! [/spoiler] The music's neat too! It's a pretty cool game, and I enjoyed it!

Janky but good

The game playes real neat with the swtich between isometric/side-on view and controls. The bosses are definitely a fair bit too bullet spongey however.

Great idea, poor execution. I give it an upvote purely because it spawned the Xanthiom games, which are amazing. Go buy Xanthiom 2 which includes a full remake of Xanthiom Zero for free. After playing through those, maybe buy this game if you’re curious, but expect a rough ride. The dev clearly learnt a lot and has massively improved with experience.

This is a game for MEN.

very charming