Kaze And The Wild Masks Review
Summary:
Kaze and the Wild Masks is a competently made, and mostly enjoyable addition to the platformer pantheon. However, its over-reliance on gimmicks from the past only calls to mind stronger efforts.
Cyber Shadow are well worth seeking out. What concerns me, though, is the lack of originality too often, developers have turned to the past for inspiration but struggled to make it their own. For better or worse, rookie developer PixelHive took this same route with their latest title,
Kaze and the Wild Masks.
Taking place over four unique worlds,
Kaze and the Wild Masks is a deliberate throwback to the classics. As the titular hero, you’ll spend equal amounts of time bashing through enemies as you will gliding over chasms. The opening batch of levels reinforces this loop but gradually introduces new gimmicks. If the adventure seems too easy at first, just wait until you have to ride a series of ropes away from a hurricane. You’ll almost w
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Lords of Exile delays its Castlevania-like action to Q3 2021 release window
Quality is worth waiting for.
Castlevania gameplay from solo Spanish developer Carlos Zamora Azuaga at Squidbit Works. However, quality takes time, and to ensure the best possible experience across PC and consoles, Azuaga has decided to delay
Lords of Exile to a Q3 2021 release date window. Originally, the game was scheduled to launch this month.
Despite the pandemic,
Lords of Exile had a terrifically successful Kickstarter last May, raising over €31,000 or about $37,144. If you’ve been following the game on Twitter, you would see it has undergone several improvements already since then, including a redesigned sprite for protagonist Gabriel and plenty of gameplay flourishes. There hasn’t been a full-blown new trailer lately, but you can take a look at some work in progress below.