It's a demanding system, particularly as even the basic wildlife here isn't docile, but it fits the thoughtful tone of the rest of the game. Apologies for evoking the journalistic crutch that is the Dark Souls comparison, but you also have a little green stamina bar that lessens the more you swing your weapon, meaning you can't just put up a wall of pain for enemies to leap or fly into - you have to measure your attacks carefully.
You'll need to master this system quickly the "tutorial" room for the sprint is itself very demanding, but this is by design as Phoenotopia: Awakening is not messing around in terms of difficulty.įrom the moment you first leave the safety of your village, the game is difficult to the point of being punishing your attacks are a short range swipe and a slightly broader charged attack, but all have a windup before your swing that you'll need to account for. It will also let you dash into a roll to quickly pass under hazards, which never gets old. You can use this to cover ground faster, obviously, or leap larger gaps with ease. The controls are largely traditional - move, jump and attack - but there's also an enjoyably challenging sprinting system, where you tap and hold ZL to begin running and have to release and tap again to keep your speed up when landing from a jump. That may sound a bit like a direct contradiction, but the more sedate, thoughtful pacing on offer here gives it a relaxed and cerebral feel that results in something truly important an identity.īased on a Newgrounds browser game, the adventures of young orphan Gale, on a quest to find out what happened to her home, take the form of a 2D action-adventure with a Zelda II-esque overworld map, a slick inventory system and plenty of secrets to find. But Phoenotopia: Awakening somehow manages to stand out, and it does so by being a little more. When your competition includes the likes of Hollow Knight and Iconoclasts, you know it's going to be a rough ride. It takes some going to stand out among the Switch's throng of superb Metroidvanias.
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