Tribute of Minos

Tribute of Minos has a charmingly lo-fi pixel art style and some nice ideas in terms of lore and general tone. However the moment-to-moment gameplay is a bit difficult to follow. The player character movement in the maze has a very jerky quality which is hard on the eyes, and the combat controls can be difficult to master with high and low block, as well as attack options. The combat might work better as turn-based instead of the current realtime system. The overall effect is like a speeded-up turn based system. On one playthrough my character ran out of energy and needed to rest, but there did not seem to be any way to restore his health. Overall this game has promise, but the control issues, and the jerky top down movement make it hard to recommend in its current form.

Shocking amount of effort put into this game and definitely has a lot of replay value to it. Combat is rather difficult and unintuitive but a little bit of polishing with the block and dodge feature will definitely make a world of difference, or could just be skill issue and that I played this while really high. My big complaint is the unhelpful help tab, it provides the same amount of information that you could get at a glance in-game and definitely needs a revamp; describing what buffing and debuffing does, how blocking and dodging works, along with some strategies for beginning the game would really change the starting experience of the game. ESPECIALLY WITH COMBAT; the lane system can get confusing and overall I didn't feel like I had a grasp of how to actually fight. I feel like I could add more to this but right now the combat experience is stonewalling further exploration of the game. There is a lot of potential in this game and I would really like to see where it goes, well done.