The Messenger
Sabotage · 2018 · Retro, Platformer, Pixel Graphics, Metroidvania, Ninja
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About The Messenger
Guide a young ninja through a cursed world across time itself to save his village in this retro-styled action platformer packed with tight controls, acrobatic combat, and surprising narrative twists. Discover branching paths, hidden levels, and character upgrades while facing off against a colorful cast of bosses in a handcrafted 8-bit and 16-bit adventure backed by an original chiptune soundtrack.
- Dynamic, acrobatic gameplay and ultra tight controls worthy of an epic ninja adventure.
- Character upgrades, new abilities, hidden levels, and branching paths to discover.
- Meticulously designed 8-bit and 16-bit sprites, animations, and backgrounds in the spirit of the classics.
- A memorable cast of offbeat villains, bosses, and associates.
- Original soundtrack by renowned chiptune composer Rainbowdragoneyes, handmade using Famitracker.
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
[h1] Foreword [/h1] Just to preface the scathing review i'm about to give, the game is fine for what it sets out to do, it just doesn't do enough for me to justify recommending it. If this is one of the first platformers you want to play, you won't be disappointed (most likely). If you've played your fair share of platformers and are more than a novice, don't bother. I had expected more of a challenge and creativity in the platforming, since the highlight of these games tends to be fluidity of movement thanks to movement abilities, and finding solutions to sometimes difficult and puzzle-like platforming sections; only the former ended up slightly living up to standard. The story seems uninspired at the beginning but has an intriguing spin on it that kept me engaged enough to continue venturing onwards so I can't fault it too much. [hr][/hr] [h1] Actual Review [/h1] [h2] Platforming & Challenge [/h2] My biggest issues with the game are the lacklustre level design and passable platforming; the latter doesn't offer much in terms of difficulty scaling throughout the game, unless you're new to platformers. There's not enough challenge or tension to really incentivise you to play…1 found this helpful
An excellent side-scrolling action platformer. Reminds me of playing Ninja Gaiden growing up. Great controls, music, dialogue, story, gameplay, blah blah blah. Just buy it!
best game I've played in 3 years
chouette petit jeu, ninja gaiden en bien
An excellent game with a really dumb tower.
Played it on Game Pass back in the day, super charming and fun
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