Spirit Roots

This is a game that seems fun at first, nice colorful graphics, and the level design initially seems like it would be a lot of fun. The more you play the worse it gets, this is one of those games that is not hard, but when you do die it is for all the wrong reasons, like you are walking and something you couldnt see falls on your head, you jump over a pit and land right on an enemy who you couldnt see, stuff like that, so the only challenge there is trial and error based. This game also has the worst ice level I have ever seen in any game in my entire life, it is completely impossible to control and is full of blind jumps, invisible hazards, and terrible momentum based gameplay. This is not the worst game I have ever played in my life but it is also not fun, there are much better platformers on steam.

You know what? After all the negative reviews I read I was going to write a positive review for this one. I really was loving it. Sure I was having some issues with achievements dropping. Die 30 times. I did. No achievement. But eventually it dropped. Defeat the cornthrower. I did. No achievement. No problem. I just went back and beat him again. Achievement granted. But when I got to world 5, level 7, it took me like 2 hours to beat the level (and on easy mode--that's how hard I found the level to be), and I was still missing like 15 coins. Ok, begin again. I finally found the secret ledge off to the left near the beginning of the level, and after about another 1/2 hour I finally hit all the rewarded landmarks for each level: finishing the level, defeating all the enemies, and collecting all the coins, but the game had the gall to tell me that after about 2 and a half hours on a single level, that I had not collected all the coins! 115/115... that seems like all of them to me!!!!! I fumed! Thumbs down, uninstall, hide this game, ignore this game... Steam does not have enough ways for me to show the amount of contempt I have as a customer who is punished for their dedication to a …

On the surface, this looks like a fun platformer, but due to the way they manage health and save points, and the incredibly unforgiving nature of this game, it's an exercise in frustration. There are also a number of bugs, mostly related to achievements (note that only 1% of people have gotten achievements for killing certain bosses, but 5% have the achievement for killing all the bosses. How does that work, exactly?)

Spirit Roots is a colourful 2D platformer; a game that reminds me of Sonic the Hedgehog and Rayman kind of games; the levels are fun to a certain point and the enemies/boss fights are a good challenge with unique designs. However, the game ruined by poor level/gameplay choices and the further you get into the game the morr frustrating thr experience mainly because: gameplay flow is interrupted by foreground foliage, enemies shooting you as you spawn in after dying and steep drops with no way to see what's underneath. The ice level is a pain in the arse, I genuinely don't know how anyone has made it past the ice world, the sliding is especially heinous (I gave up).

LISTEN: Yes this game has a lot of bugs and glitches, yes it can be very tedious and annoying sometimes, yes the health system kinda sucks... but LISTEN... I know the game looks kinda poorly made but I genuinely think this game is pretty cool! the best way to put it is that the game has a nice base, but instead of cooking it in the oven, the devs decided to be lazy and just use the microwave instead. The game is almost like another Enchanted Portals. It has some great ideas and fun gimmicks but they just used them incorrectly. With that all being said, I do believe this is a fun game to pick up on sale, I got it for aroud $1.36 or something, and I would say that's worth the price! Anyways here is my full rating on the game: Gameplay: 5/10 Music: 6.5/10 Graphics: 7.5/10 Collectibles: 6/10 Overall Rating: 6/10

Thoroughly charming.