The Last Hero: Journey to the Unknown

I played this for longer on the Steamdeck (where it was perfectly functional). The Last Hero is NOT an adventure. Each level is an arcade screen, some levels have more than one screen. The jump doesn't feel particularly great (It's a HIGH jump that doesn't have much horizontal movement) and you can't jump down through platforms which would help. It's.. something to do, but fun? I wasn't particularly compelled or having any.

Everything works as intended. Cheap.

It is not what I was hoping for. It isn't really fun. It is cheap and clunky. I tried to like it but it isn't even worth a dollar.

I really need to pay more attention to the games I buy... If it isn't obvious, this is mobile slop. It's dirt cheap, not even really worth refunding. But also not worth playing. The controls are terrible due to it being a sloppy port of a mobile game. The music, sounds and visual feedback are all terrible. The game looks better in screenshots than in reality. The resolution is incredibly tiny, backgrounds are flat, stages are single rooms with waves of simple enemies that spawn in. Stage hazards such as pitfalls and lava are more dangerous than the enemies, and the awkward player physics will get you killed more than anything else. The music being especially terrible makes this a real chore to get through. You can turn it off at least. There is no knockback or much visual indication when you take damage so you can end up losing health without even realizing it. The jumping is terrible, you don't have any variable jump height, so you can only do full high jumps into the air, this makes killing flying enemies extremely tedious. You can't walk while using your shield so you have to come to a halt just to block something. No idea how this got labeled souls-like. It's clearly an arca…

Wave based platform game. Not really a souls like as you only have gold and diamonds, which you dont lose on death. You dont start with a dodge roll either. The art is great, animations are smooth. But theres little to the depth of gameplay. Sometimes getting hit by an enemy doesn't provide any feedback. The audio is close to being good but its just slightly off for fitting in with the game.

Decent pixel style game, it's based on simple retro games where you have to survive waves of attacks before progressing to the next level and they get increasingly more difficult. Overall it gets a thumbs up from me.