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15, 2021В - Tribute Games has released a new teaser trailer revealing that the ultimate retro arcade throwback platformer, Steel Assault, will launch in parallel on Nintendo Switch & PC (via Steam) on September 28. Tribute GamesвЂ™ 2D Retro Action Platformer Steel AssaultВ Comes to Nintendo Switch & PC on September 28

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ARK 2 Trailer Launch вЂ“ ARK: The Animated Series Details Revealed - June 15, 2022.I like this more than I liked Super Meat Boy or VVVVVV. It's definitely a good game though, just not a really good or great one as the hype's been suggesting. Who on the design team thought it would be a good idea to make the player, enemies, and foreground of the level basically invisible for half a stage?) (Also, Spectre Knight's stage might be the worst designed platformer level I've played in, idk, a year. There was a cool Megaman 2-inspired fish miniboss in Treasure Knight's stage which I was looking forward to fighting again (after I died later on), but it disappeared forever after I beat it Maybe this changes when you go further into the game, though. They LOOK impressive and do impressive-looking things, but I think I've beaten half of them so far in the first 1 to 4 tries by just bouncing on their head with my shovel whenever I can and disregarding any damage I took (without having to learn any of their patterns).

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(It also doesn't help that the game seems to have full health powerups after every major obstacle, making it feel like a disconnected series of encounters rather than a cohesive stage.) The checkpoint system could be a great idea when implemented with tighter levels, however, and it's definitely something I'll have to think about stealing for lower difficulty modes. The game does a pretty good job of keeping it fresh by introducing new environmental gimmicks, enemies, and minibosses as you go further into each stage (and some of these are actually really creative!), but in the end it still feels like many levels are 1.5x to twice as long as they should be.

This is actually aggravated if you play by smashing the checkpoints, as I've been doing (smashing all of the checkpoints in each level except the one directly before the boss). The level design is the weak link here, specifically how long and drawn-out all the stages seem to be. In addition, I really enjoyed the addition of the Monster World-esque villages and bizarre NPCs, which is one of those little touches that modern retro games seem to lack - super charming and funny. The best music in the game is in the best level (so far), Treasure Knight's underwater level (with the campfire music coming second). The soundtrack is undoubtedly polished and well-done as well, but for some reason not much is really sticking in my head. The retro graphics are awesome, and it's really refreshing to see a 'NES-style' retro game done with actual competence and respect for the system's limitations. Decent game (probably WayForward's best lolol). I bought this and played a few hours yesterday, I'm at around the halfway point I think (7 stages in). We just want to make a kickass 2D action game. We don't have any nostalgic pretenses or axes to grind with modern videogames, and we're not trying to sell you some tired rhetoric about 'the good old days'. But while 'bite-sized' design is now a popular paradigm for platformers, we believe that this design choice severely limits a game's flow and tension, and (even more importantly) player immersion in a game's atmosphere and worldДЇundamentally, we believe that retro styles should be an invitation for developers to push the limitations, not an excuse to fall back on them. Many modern 2D platformers take the route of 'bite-sized' design: hundreds of levels or checkpoints, each less than a minute long, and with infinite lives. 'Flow' is extremely important to us in designing Steel Assault. (Remember how Sonic 3 & Knuckles had Act 1 and Act 2 levels seamlessly connected? Now extend that to an entire game.)

Instead, the game will be one unbroken 'shot' from start to finish, beginning when the player is dropped off in the first level (or last checkpoint, on lower difficulties) and ending when he/she either dies or defeats the last boss. You have one life, and there are no levels per se.

Multiple difficulty modes, from Expert (the hardest mode, which the game will be initially designed around) down to Novice mode (which most people will be able to beat). What that means is: tight length, tight design, and high difficulty.