The Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight
alpha six productions · 2014 · Action, Indie, Early Access, Pixel Graphics, Retro
PC
Mostly Negative33% · 52
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About The Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight
http://store.steampowered.com/app/332300
After 256 years of peace in the lands of Antoria...
the ROSELIAN ARMY OF BATRATHYM has risen up once more to attempt to reclaim the land of ANTORIA that they lost in the 43rd War of Darkness.
Threatening to start War of Darkness 44, KING LANCELOT BARTHOLOMEW ROSELL of the ROSELIAN EMPIRE sends his beasts through the lands, corrupting and destroying everything in their path.
Refusing to hide from the incoming threat, a young recruit at the MOTOR KNIGHT ACADEMY named JOY LANTZ leaps into action! With the power of DIVINE LIFE granted to the MOTOR KNIGHTS through their DIVINE ARMOR, and her powerful signature weapon, the hybrid motorized lance-drill BURST ARM known as the JOYLANCE, JOY refuses to let anybody stop her from saving the world-- not even the ACADEMY itself!
Allow your DIVINE ARMOR and your BURST ARM guide you to TRUE JOY!
EXTREME MOTORIZED ACTION! THE JOYLANCER: LEGENDARY MOTOR KNIGHT has a large selection of local multiplayer components, allowing up to four players to play at the same time, in almost every game mode!
Get up to three friends in the action in the MAIN GAME by giving their souls to your weakened foes!
Cooperate with your friends to complete the mysterious DARK PALACE Mode!
Battle against each other in huge skirmishes and various duels in the MOTOR COMBAT mode!
We don't want Joylancer to be just a single-player experience; our goal is to create an intense action game that can be enjoyed by yourself, with friends, or even at parties!
THERE IS TRUE JOY IN LANCING!
- Over 12 different types of enemies to face, each one featuring its own strategies and special techniques!
- An estimated 40 levels! - Six areas worth of main game content, totalling roughly 24 individual stages, and over 10-15 extra stages averaging at around 40 levels!
- Over two hours of "campaign" gameplay - With tons of unlockable levels and bonus stages included for players who want more gameplay after the campaign, an estimated 4-8 hours of original content in the game in total, with lots of replay value, hidden challenges, unique arcade runs, and more!
- Eight difficulty modes! -- From super-easy "casual play" mode to mega-hardcore no-holds-barred hardcore mode -- a different difficulty for almost every kind of player!
- Four playable characters - Unlockable in game, with even more secret playable characters that can only be unlocked through secrets!
- Over 50 pieces of equipment - Granting the player new abilities and new ways to play the game!
- Special "Custom Difficulty" - Further customize your own experience
- Extreme Motorized Multiplayer -- tag in a partner to have them take control of an enemy, OR fight with up to four players in the MOTOR COMBAT melee arenas! (Local / Offline)
- The Dark Palace -- Explore the mysterious palace containing a variety of combat challenges! Can you survive the many floors of the THE DARK PALACE?
- Revised Life Systems -- collect DIVINE TANKS to store extra life energy that saves you from peril!
- Expansive Difficulty System -- featuring a huge variety of difficulties for both casual and hardcore action aficionados!
- Tons of Player Customization Options!
- Single color action not your bag? Set the color layers to your own custom colors, or activate the colorful DX Mode!
- Set a variety of different viewing ratios and fill out the empty space with our colorful GAME JOY DX borders!
- Manually adjust what effects display on-screen, turn up / down the screen shake & hitstun slowdown, choose between multiple soundtracks, and more!
Joylancer is a game that is constantly growing and experimenting with new ideas, mechanics, and various touches that we make over development.
You can expect to see the following features: - Save ANTORIA CENTER CITY, home of the MOTOR KNIGHTS, from the threat of the Roselian Army! (AREA 1)
- Make your way through the FOREST OF DECEPTION and defeat the beast corrupting the forest! (AREA 3)
- Try to conquer 50 floors of the DARK PALACE! -- Battle enemies, collect powerups, and try to survive with no continues!
- Play with up to 4 players in MOTOR COMBAT! -- Time Combat, Divine Combat, and Crystal Combat modes!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players appreciate the game's retro-inspired visuals and creative core gameplay concept with its distinctive Joylance mechanic, but are frustrated by clunky controls, poor intuitiveness, weak music design, and lack of a proper tutorial. The main criticism is that the game appears to be abandoned in early access, leaving its potential unfulfilled despite showing promise in its fast-paced action platformer foundation.
The PirateSoftware drama reminded me that I bought this game 10 years ago. eat a ♥♥♥♥ tj lmao5 found this helpful
The visual looks great. But I'm surprised the game have terrible tutorial and generally poor intuitiveness, despite it bothered to ask me about my self-assessment skill/capability when I opened the game for first time. In the end, it's just another abandoned early access that appears to have some potential.1 found this helpful
The Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight is a retro-inspired action platformer developed by alpha six productions and published by Digerati, built around high-speed movement and aggressive combat mechanics. Set in the fantasy land of Antoria, the game follows Joy Lantz, a young and determined Motor Knight who rises to confront a looming threat that endangers the long-standing peace of her world. Rather than relying on heavy narrative exposition, the story functions primarily as a backdrop for fast-paced gameplay, giving players a clear heroic motivation while keeping the focus on action and mobility. What distinguishes The Joylancer from more conventional side-scrollers is its signature weapon, the Joylance—a motorized drill-lance hybrid that doubles as both a devastating offensive tool and a traversal mechanic. Charging the Joylance propels Joy forward at high speeds, allowing her to dash through enemies, perform super jumps, and chain attacks in rapid succession. This mechanic defines the game’s rhythm. Momentum is key, and players are encouraged to stay in motion, flowing between platforming segments and combat encounters without slowing down. When mastered, the system can feel fl…1 found this helpful
It bit of a shame this game will probably never be worked on again. I just gave it a go and it's surprisingly pretty fun. Cool GBA inspired sprites. The Controls are a bit clunky don't feel great but there is a pretty cool creative vision here. Music isn't great either, but the core gameplay is fun for me. For what it is right now it's fine, don't know this story of the developer of the development as it is right now in my hands it's pretty fun.
the game is horrible af. the music is like, Having a severe diarrhea in a haunted house and the ghost on the toilet next to you is farting so loudly that intervene your thoughts in reality. -10/10
definitely one of the games I´ve played of all time abandonware, the only reason you should buy this is to listen to the single worst OST of all time
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