I liked this game, although some game elements are a mixed bag. It reminded me of the NES Zelda game, after a few hours of getting a feel for the game. Lot of action-rpg elements, with pixel art graphics. Combat gameplay is fairly simple, with lots of Conan-style sword swinging. Emphasis is instead on exploration and experimentation. Got to experiment and try things out to progress. The game had a mix of weird-electronica sounds that fit with the theme.

While comparable to the Zelda game, this is not going to be a classic. The original Zelda inspires lasting gaming memories, and Songbringer is going to be easily forgotten. Zelda used pixel graphics to the best of that system's abilities, while Songbringer uses pixel graphics to obscure detail - to poor effect sometimes. And while Zelda used secret locations as surprising additions to the vast existing game world, Songbringer forces players to figure out the secret elements early, which often gives a feeling of dead-ends.

So in the end, I played this game on an old computer running ubuntu linux 18.10, with radeon mesa drivers, and an xbox type gamepad controller. A gamepad is strongly recommended. One technical issue was that the mouse cursor remained on the screen, in fullscreen mode. The game was developed with FMOD Studio, and it had an installation size of 1300 MB.

I liked this game, although some game elements are a mixed bag. It reminded me of the NES Zelda game, after a few hours of getting a feel for the game. Lot of action-rpg elements, with pixel art graphics. Combat gameplay is fairly simple, with lots of Conan-style sword swinging. Emphasis is instead on exploration and experimentation. Got to experiment and try things out to progress. The game had a mix of weird-electronica sounds that fit with the theme. While comparable to the Zelda game, this is not going to be a classic. The original Zelda inspires lasting gaming memories, and Songbringer is going to be easily forgotten. Zelda used pixel graphics to the best of that system's abilities, while Songbringer uses pixel graphics to obscure detail - to poor effect sometimes. And while Zelda used secret locations as surprising additions to the vast existing game world, Songbringer forces players to figure out the secret elements early, which often gives a feeling of dead-ends. So in the end, I played this game on an old computer running ubuntu linux 18.10, with radeon mesa drivers, and an xbox type gamepad controller. A gamepad is strongly recommended. One technical issue was that the mouse cursor remained on the screen, in fullscreen mode. The game was developed with FMOD Studio, and it had an installation size of 1300 MB.