Recent reviews by Thundernaut

I been trying to get into Shantae games for a while since I love platformers. But Risky's Revenge really put me off of it. (Its really slow)

This however is a great game, far superior than riskys revenge.
Pros:
-Great controls.
-Catchy music.
-Somewhat interesting story and settings.
-Superb Pixel art.
-Funny dialogue.
-Interesting characters
Cons:

-Kind of short for my liking.
-DO NOT BUY THE KICK MOVE IT IS NEXT TO USELESS

I really couldnt find anything wrong worth mentioning besides that. It is really good game you should grab it if you like platformers.

First of all, I waited fot this game like 7 years aprox so I had high expectations from the get go.

This game is excellent, it has most of the features that make a great platformer, its got an interesting story and superb musical arrangement.

Remarkable features:

-Great controls, easy and responsive.
-Beatiful pixel art and character design.
-Upbeat soundtrack.
-Fairly lenghty story (about 10 hours if you just wanna beat it)
-Excellent map design. (right from the metroidvania era into 2018)
-Movement, control and damage feedback done right.
-GREAT CONTROLS (cant be praised enough)
-Platforming Puzzles.
-Great level design.
-Fairly challenging (on hard, see cons)
-Lots of exploration to do, secret areas and bosses.
-AMAZING bosses with unique ways of defeating them.
-This is kinda weird but the protagonist is adorably hot, in her own pixelated way.

Things that might be cons for some people:

-The story gets interesting on certain parts and then boring then interesting again.
-Some characters are just annoying.
-The story does not tell you much about the world itself, you kinda guess and realize whats going on by yourself.
-Some game design choices might seem stupid at first (like standing on a block to pick it up) but they serve a purpose later on.
-Not very challenging (on normal its way too easy if you are average at least on platformers)
-Crafting is not really a thing, most of these items are slight improvements on your current capabilities.
-Auto-aim and no "standing still and shooting diagonally"
-Some ideas need to be expanded upon.

This game is really really good, I love metroidvanias and platformers in general, I have many on my steam account and it would be amazing that Joakim (the creator of iconoclast) gets the motivation to make a sequel hopefully expanding on its story and improving game mechanincs.

9/10 I´m also buying this game on ps4, thats how much I liked it.

Totally recommended.

This game seemed amazing on the trailer and I love action-sidescrollers so I bought it, theres no plowtwist the game is actually really cool in the art style and the combat.

-Great artstyle (seriously I loved it).

-it is not a metroidvania game in my opinion as it does not encourage exploring enough (as the map is too basic and because of this you will miss a ton of stuff) but really similar in other ways.

-The lore is quite good, its a really good start for a second game and getting deeper into this story.

-The story while entertaining its not really that cool (except for the ending which I'm really looking foward for the second game)

-Multiple characters to choose from which encourages multiple playthroughs, I'm not sure if the story changes significantly depending on the character though.

There are some annoying things like the map or sometimes lack of direction (which can be solved by looking at the internet) that interfere with a better experience.

Overall its a really great game, seriously grab it if you like action sidescrollers.

Ps: Devs I'm wainting for the second game.

A Masterpiece, it is mandatory for Metroidvania lovers to play this game.

-Challenging but fair.
-Beatiful artstyle (at first glance I thought it was kinda plain, but as you progress you see how beatiful it is)
-Great combat (simple but effective castlevania style)
-Platforming challenges (you gotta super meat boy your way forward specially on a white place)
-Amazing music.
-Multiple endings (encourages exploration)
-Superb Bosses, no cheap ones (except maybe a certain fatso)

-it needs optimization though, there are no game-breaking glitches but some minor annoying ones and doesnt run as smooth as most people would like.

It is 100% the best indie game I've ever played, and the best game I've played this year. (also I read that theres some free content coming our way so more game time!)

If you like Metroid, Dark Souls and Castlevania, you should buy this game 9/10.

This game is excellent (now) I have it since launch day and it was awful but now all the awfulness is gone, devs have done an incredible job bringing it up to be a fantastic game.

-Great music
-Beatifully done pixel art
-Satisfying combat
-Challenging enemies
-Awesome bossfights

and many more thins that you will discover for yourself my metal friend, BUY IT NOW!!

This game is very fun to play my only complaint is that the level to the bosses are too long and maze-like but the boss battles and tournament are super fun to play, underrated game