Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Momodora: Reveris Under the Moonlight is a platform action adventure game developed by Bombservice and published by Playism on 2016-03-04 for Windows and then ported to several other platforms. It is the fourth game in Momodora series. It is a Metroidvania style game developed in GameMaker Studio.

I got this game as part of a Humble Bundle, and the screenshots looked cool enough for me to play it. Once I started playing I found it to be a pretty decent Metroidvania.

Status

I own this game on Steam.

Review

Good

• The game is neither too hard nor too easy.
• The background graphics and sprite animation are well-drawn, particularly the bosses.
• Ordinarily, I don't like insta-death (spikes, water, etc.) in a Metroidvania, but the map has so many save points, and the player has so little health, it's actually not that bad, and adds to the difficulty.

Bad

• Despite reading all the dialogue from the NPCs I didn't have the slightest idea what was going on. I just explored new areas of the map, killed bosses, collected items, and so forth. It was still fun, but I wish the story was more enforced.
• The background music, while moody and ambient, is a bit dull.
• You're only given two options for game pad configurations, and neither are my favorite. I wish there was a fully customizeable setup.
• You often stumble upon a boss which usually kills you the first time. I wish the designers made it a bit more obvious when you were about to enter a boss room.

Ugly

• Nothing.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/momodora-reverie-under-the-moonlight - MobyGames.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momodora:_Reverie_Under_the_Moonlight - Wikipedia.