The platforming can often be immensely demanding, and if you’ve messed up a few times already, you’ll probably die and have to trek from the checkpoint again. And here’s where it may be good to be a little more critical. But it would have been good if they’d included multiple difficulty settings for those who may struggle because the boss fights are massive difficulty spikes that screw with the overall pacing of Blast Brigade vs. The great world, combat outside boss fights, and general presentation more than makeup for some clumsy boss fights. This isn’t great, but not ultimately a deal-breaker. This means that you’ll likely die against them several times as you learn their attack patterns, but even once you’ve learned the pattern, they can be rather annoying and take up more time than they should. Cread does not have the best bosses.īosses can be absolute bullet sponges, but they also have very specific telegraphed attacks. So, you may get to the point of simple frustration because you need to fight the same enemies repeatedly before retrying the boss, enemies that can be finicky to fight. This is especially a problem when you repeatedly die against a boss and have to trek across the map. Still, the combat sections can be like repetitious puzzle encounters because Blast Brigade vs. It’s often more like playing a puzzle shooter. Some need to be sprinted past some need to be dodged and then struck some have to be hit from certain directions, etc. Cread has enemies that are easy enough to deal with but present enough of a challenge to keep you coming back. However, most of the time, Blast Brigade vs. This kind of thing happens very seldom, though. For instance, there was one section that was on the way to a challenging boss, and so it had to be fought repeatedly, but to reach it, you had to jump onto a very small platform with nowhere to go and not enough time to shoot the flying enemy before it could hit you first. Regular enemies tend to be relatively easy to deal with, but various types necessitate strategies that can become annoying. We’ll discuss the boss fights soon enough, though. Now, first of all, the combat can be a little unwieldy at times, especially when you hit the boss fights. This means that you can focus your attention where it matters: the combat. You reach a point where you meander around for ages without a clue as to where to go, but Blast Brigade vs. You will never feel like you have no idea where to go, and that is probably the worst mistake that most metroidvania games make. You will pretty much never get lost because the game is great at signposting where to go and what to do. And, in that sense, this game does a phenomenal job because metroidvanias tend to screw up this aspect quite a lot. You make your way through the map, exploring every nook and cranny, with a very readable metroidvania map. It feels like playing one of those old cartoons! Although there are slightly more adult themes, and characters actually die, it isn’t exactly rendered non-adult, but more along the lines of a good ole nostalgia trip with a few darker themes and the occasional very mild swear word.īut all of this is in service to a great experience because Blast Brigade vs. The game sticks to its cartoon origins with a slick art style to go along with it.
Evil than even Austin Powers had to face!īlast Brigade vs. You’re a secret agent that must defeat a more cartoonish Dr. Think Kim Possible, Phineas and Ferb, or The Powerpuff Girls. The villain comes across as the bad guy from any number of shows like this. You will have to sit through some rather cartoonishly lousy dialogue, but it can be difficult to tell whether or not that’s the whole point. You are a member of a military group that deals with supervillain-type characters, and, on your way to beat the bad guy, your plane gets shot down, and now you have to fight your way through their island of evil goons!įirstly, if you can’t handle something being immensely silly, then Blast Brigade vs. Cread is the debut game by Allods Team Arcade, and for a first game, it’s a great thing! The game is a Saturday morning cartoon-inspired metroidvania run-and-gun platformer.
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