They really found a way to make every aspect of the combat and asset management feel accessible and relatively deep at the same time, which isn’t something that can be said about too many bigger-budget Triple-A action games these days. New weapons and abilities are very common and you’re never stuck with a setup you don’t like for very long, so why not play around with them? On top of that the secondary abilities and potions are easy to use and instantly understandable with a very well-designed interface.
DEAD CELLS TV TROPES UPGRADE
I also appreciated how the different styles of combat are divided into different types to cater to different play-styles, and you can choose to upgrade any of them when the time comes to do so, but honestly, I think Dead Cells’ combat was most fun for me when I traveled outside of my comfort zone and started experimenting with different combat styles and combinations of weapon types I wouldn’t normally use. The hand to hand weapons and the projectiles all feel great to use and you will quickly settle in to getting good at any of them. On top of nailing the fundamentals of the genres it so clearly emulates, Dead Cells also has very tight combat. "As is to be expected when combining elements from other genres, nailing the fundamentals of a genre can also mean bringing along some of the baggage, and while Dead Cells does do a notable job at minimizing this, the repetitive level structure of many lower-tier rogue-lite is certainly here and it was something that I quickly noticed." This is a combination that doesn’t exactly require a brain surgeon to come up with, and ultimately didn’t make the game feel as unique as I suspect the developers thought it would, but I will say it is a nice twist on both formats, and fans of of either should get plenty of what they want out of Dead Cells.
The first thing you’ll notice is the absolutely beautiful art style that is sure to age well and keep this game looking great many years after many other games that will come out this generation.īut the one big surprise here, and the thing that really aims to set Dead Cells apart from the plethora of other games in its genre is the fact that it is both metroidvania and a rogue-lite in that it does have the procedurally-generated-stuff-until-you-die-then-do-it-again loop of the rogue-lite games but with the explore-until-you-get-new-abilities-then-backtrack-to-explore-areas-you-couldn’t-previously-reach loop of the metroidvania games on top of that. Modern gaming is certainly littered with experiences of this sort and I wasn’t surprised to find many of the objectives and mechanics that I did, but once I really got into the loop of exploring, killing things with the tight combat, beating mini-bosses and subsequently upgrading my weapons and abilities, and also unlocking new abilities that open new pathways, I generally felt good about it and I enjoyed my time with Dead Cells, overall. I went into Dead Cells relatively blind and not knowing what to expect outside of it being yet another metroidvania and/or rogue-lite game with a retro-ish art style.
0 kommentar(er)
