Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

One of those games where the vibe does 80% of the heavy lifting and it works. The pixel art is gorgeous, the soundtrack goes crazy hard and the writing has this weird self aware charm that somehow never gets annoying. It's short though. Like, suspiciously short. You'll blink and it's over, which stings a little when you were just getting into it. The moon mechanic is cool in concept but waiting real world days to progress is the kind of design choice that made sense in 2011 and makes me want to lie down in 2026. Still, it's a vibe. A very specific, slightly cryptic, lo-fi aesthetic vibe. If that's your thing, you'll love it. [b][7.5/10][/b]

Cute game with some nice jams by a man named Jim. The dialogue had me cracking open a dictionary for some of the words but its was worth the search.

Aesthetically, this game is a masterpiece. The pixel art, soundtrack, and overall visual direction of the game is top notch. Gameplay, on the other hand, does leave a lot to be desired—it's dead simple and often tedious, and the "walking simulator" part of it definitely can aggravate you if you backtrack for no reason, especially the constant Mingi Taw fights. With that aside, the game is still good. However, I have one major judgement that I think sets the game apart from being GREAT—and it's the dialogue. I'm not the type of person that likes tongue-in-cheek humor, and I think it seriously detracts from the whole vibe the game is giving off. Sure, there's goofy characters and goofy moments, and you could categorize those into what I'm talking about, but overall the characters talking (especially the [i]way[/i] they talk) makes the game uninteresting. If you look at a game like Hyper Light Drifter, it houses the same type of mysterious world this game does, but they don't make the mistake of yapping your ear off with the NPCs, everyone's "silent" or speaks a language that the playable character doesn't. It adds to the vibe heavily in HLD, and I think this game could've benefitted…

I like the game, but I hate the controls. Played through the first EP and had to use my stream cap to see where my mouse was so I could do anything. I want to play more, but I don't want to deal with this control mode. If there was a mode that didn't hide the cursor I would put more time into this. For now, can't recommend unless you get it on mobile ($4 on google play when I checked...)

A point and click game about.. something? I enjoyed this game at first, but man, it got very boring quite fast. Honestly, I beat it out of spite. Which is a shame, because there is so much it does well. The pixel art is top notch. The animations are all so smooth. The deer running into the background is done so well, as is removing gear and taking off the sword belt. The vibe of the game is great. Good music. But then it's accompanied by so much boring gameplay. There was a screen I had to go to several times to accomplish something, and every time I had to fight the same boring enemy on the way into that screen, and then on the way back. There is so much walking to beat the game. I found myself answering text messages, or even writing this review, while walking somewhere. The time for each boss to start the encounter and go through each phase is unbareable. It's like a solid minute of warm up for the first phase. I dunno, I just can't really recommend it.

Graphics: 7 Music: 10 Controls: -10 Gameplay: -10 Absolutely unplayable. Not worth the effort.