Developer: Fireplace Games
Steam Deck Compatibility?: Verified
Rrp: £15.99 (Gog.com, Humble and Steam)
Sometimes you find a game that just encapsulates a style or specific genre perfectly and in the case of this game the genre it encapsulates is the ‘adventure movies of early cinema’. You may be wondering what I mean by that, to which I shall suggest that you search the name Errol Flynn and specifically his role as Robin Hood in 1938. That’s right this game is all about the fancy stage fencing that those movies portrayed so often, of course this time without a stage.
In this game you’ll be kicking over barrels, dropping chandeliers and swashbuckling in order to survive the onslaught of enemies coming your way. There’s just something so fun about it and this game very much has its tongue firmly stuck in its cheek.
The combat is engaging and challenging, of course I did make my life a bit harder for myself because the last game I had played was God of War which has the dodge button on [A] while this game placed it on [B]. This caused a lot of confusion for myself until I rebound the keys. Still, the combat is really snappy and keeps you engaged.
That being said I do take one bit of issue which is that the camera in this game can be a bit frustrating, sometimes I couldn’t see an enemy’s attack because the camera was just stuck inside a tree or a wall.
I personally really recommend this game, sure it’s not very long lasting maybe six hours but in that time you’ll be kept highly entertained!
