The game is still fun (Unless you go for 100%, what a fucking chore that was) but it's just way inferior to most of the Igavanias. Especially the Sorrow games and SotN.
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Basically a new SOTN: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth Launch Trailer
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Great game so far, enjoying it. Got the physical PS5 disc and to my surprise it came with a great (small) artbook and a CD soundtrack.
As a few noted, it's feels very fun to play, but as far as metroidvania goes, especially content-wise, it's quite lacking. There's little to no exploration in the game, none at all whatsoever on the main path, it's extremely linear. It's very short, not even half a dozen hours to 100%. Map is also rather uninspired and uninteresting, it's just a big rectangle with every pixel filled in with a room and you have the map, one big solid block. It also just very easy, overly so. It's a fun romp, but don't expect much from this game, most other metroidvania offer quite a bit more than this one does, but for the cheap price it's still fun to play
It does, decent number of different weapon types you can equip, some much better than others
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A few people already said, but yeah, the TV series just isn't as good. And I love the OVA, but I acknowledge part of that is just it being the nexus of D&D and anime right as my interest in both was first forming in the 90s.
No, not sure which elements you're drawing the parallel to though. I'd say this game is more linear, less exploration, and worse map than dread. These 2 games just don't play similarly to each other at all gameplay-wise either. They're both good for different reasons
game is nowhere near the quality of SotN. It's not even a great metroidvania, its ok at best.
Same here.
What the fuck
Oh...
hey man you might love it, I just call them like I see them (or play them in this case)
I consider it a good thing that it's a short game, I 100%'d the map and it took me less than 6 hours.
The exact reason I have an SX too. I love my PC, but I don't trust it.
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Been playing this one and off on game pass. Really enjoyable and yes, they've got the Alucard run animation and dodge on lock.
Me too! I think the old OVA's is the only anime they have of this series? Having flashbacks of watching this shit on sci-fi channel anime block once upon a time.
Anyway, this looks phenomenal. Think I'll purchase it this weekend.
Got it on game pass and I'm currently on the last stage. If you're into metroidvanias you'll definitely appreciate it however having not watched the anime and/or source material the characters mean almost nothing to you since there's very little information revealed about them in the game it basically presupposes you already know of them from other sources.
It really doesn't play that much like SotN. It actually improves on SotN (and Iga's other Metroidvanias) in some respects, though, and I think it's worth playing to see how the genre could be more refined. I just think Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth lacks in replayability.
By the way, last time I checked, the Xbox version had really bad screen tearing when the screen scrolled, so you might want to wait for an update if you're on Xbox and don't have a TV with VRR.
By the way, last time I checked, the Xbox version had really bad screen tearing when the screen scrolled, so you might want to wait for an update if you're on Xbox and don't have a TV with VRR.
It takes place in a dream world, so there isn't really any story or character continuity. You basically just get a bunch of cameos, but not much in the way of plot.
Actually it is exactly the same as their previous game, Touhou Luna Nights, now that I think about it.
Thanks for the threads and the heads up. Always had to resist port-begging whenever this game came up previously, and now it's mine.
I have been fiending for a game to try and capture the vibe of SotN again, and this is the closest I've ever seen.
I have been fiending for a game to try and capture the vibe of SotN again, and this is the closest I've ever seen.
Divisive opinions I guess. Kinda funny compared them to what a world record holding SOTN speed runner thinks about it. (He's flat out playing through the game so spoiler sensitive people beware.)
I've been enjoying this one on Game Pass. The SotN comparison is pretty valid so far, I'm only on the second boss fight though. Looking forward to completing it on my Christmas break.
It's a good game; I picked it up on Steam after seeing it at SGDQ this year. Structurally it's somewhat flat; you get the only real "powers" pretty early on and it's mostly just hitting different colored switches after that. The art and animation are stellar.
Was disappointing based on how good it could have been. If it were twice as long and the mechanics were further explored beyond what little they did in terms of more enemies and bosses it could have been a 10/10 for me. As it was it almost felt like an extended demo/proof of concept rather than a fully polished/finished game.
