Steel Sword Story S

Actually a very cool and polished pixel action game. The simple visual style works really well, and the overall design stays focused and clean without unnecessary complexity.

its a pretty fun action platformer. not bad at all

It's a very simple game. It's recommended for controllers, not keyboard. If you're dead set on using keyboards, the game tells you to click F1 to open the game settings to change the options. When I first started, the controller did not control the character. After a quick turn off and on, it started working fine. Controlling the character feels good. It feels similar to a souls-like. You attack, dodge, and jump. However, in the early levels, the level design is very simple and unfun. It's basically a straight hallway with some hills, pits, or secrets where you go from left to right. Not to mention, the space is very cramped with enemies that damage you on contact. So it's difficult to actually engage in combat without rolling into enemies or rolling off the platforms. I started jumping pass all the weaker enemies and just grab any chests I find and maybe kill one or two enemies that I know will drop a good amount of gems. This game has potential, but it requires some tweaks. I would suggest updating the early levels. Something like make the character drop down a couple feet and make them move right for a bit. Introduce more dead ends and collectables. Maybe introduce some min…

amazing fast game , i would say its a must if you want to start speed running its fasst and nice bosses

This game is... alright. I almost clocked 2 hours of game play. But half of that was probably me trying to find something to listen to in the background while I mindlessly play this game. I had some input issues here and there. I feel some of the bosses had unavoidable attacks. You also have to purchase the ability to auto attack while holding the button down which they call a "combo attack". The ability to vacuum up gems so you "Don't have to go running after them." takes several seconds to kick in OR you just run over and get them yourself, because you'll forget you bought it. Don't run too far or it just wont work all together. Also, nothing bothers me more, than blatant, "hur hur, lets have a "You Died" screen for the lawlz." It makes me roll my eyes and think this game, is probably going to be trash. I don't think your dodge rolls give you invincibility frames and your dodge roll is so short, you cant use it to bypass an enemy without taking damage. What I do like is the art style. I'm a bit tired of the whole pixel craze that is STILL going on, but its nice. Animations and music was passable. Pretty good enemy variety. I'm struggling to find positives really. It wasn't re…

I'm torn on how to rate this, because I don't see it really sticking with me the way my favorites do, but it also was a fun little snack of a game. Caveat: I have not had any of the input or graphics issues reported elsewhere in the comments. Towards the end of the game there is some dramatic slowdown for effect that I mistook for performance issues, but it was only with some very specific stuff at a dramatic fight. In terms of gameplay, the controls were snappy, and I liked the modernizations, like estus flask-style healing and invincible dodge roll, and I had fun. The Casual difficulty is a breeze, I beat it in under 2 hours on my first playthrough, but I felt engaged enough by the challenge that I was never bored. I think the Gamer difficulty just takes out the checkpoints; it didn't feel significantly different to me otherwise. Overall, it was totally with the $2 I spent on it on sale, but I don't know that I'll look back on it in the future the way I would with Touhou Luna Nights or Momodora.