Overall most helpful review

Posted on: February 19, 2019

DerPwnage

Games: 5 Reviews: 1

Flawed, but worth a try

If you like a challenge, and are looking for a fresh take on several gameplay mechanics, this game is worth trying out. Positives: + Very challenging typing based gameplay + Gorgeous retro art + Fantastic music (at times) + Occasionally clever/funny Negatives: - User Interface issues (sometimes too committed to typing as a mechanic, makes certain story and navigation elements overly burdensome) - Since you control both typing and character movement, you have to move your right hand from typing to dodging frequently. While this adds challenge to the game, it is a frustrating, sometimes flow breaking sort of challenge. Could go either way: +/- Dialogue tries to be clever at all times. For me, the delivery ended up feeling like low quality humor (frequent weird puns, like a search engine being named "godle,") I could easily see it being enjoyable for some, depending on your tastes. I pretty much tried to ignore it. I'm giving it 4 stars almost entirely on the merits of it's art style and innovative gameplay concept. It is not executed perfectly, but I'm glad it exists and believe it is worth trying, if you have the resources to spare.

Is this helpful to you?

Posted on: July 7, 2019

qaston

Verified owner

Games: 448 Reviews: 7

Good game - bad default controls

Go to options and change movement controls to shift+esdf instead of wsad, otherwise switching between moving and typing will be incredibly frustrating.

Is this helpful to you?

Posted on: August 23, 2019

sh4dow83

Verified owner

Games: 166 Reviews: 31

I usually love typing games but...

... having to switch back and forth between typing and playing a bullet hell game using the keyboard (which is something no bullet hell fan would do) simply got too annoying. Plus, those loooong fights. You're stuck at the last phase of a fight and you keep having to repeat the easy bit that takes like 10 minutes to get through over and over and over only to die within like 1 minute. I suppose it's one way to pad a game. Presentation is very nice though. And the concept sure is innovative. Also can't really complain about the controls on a theoretical level - everything feels quite responsive. Still, after playing it for about 2 hours, it was enough.

Is this helpful to you?

Posted on: February 19, 2020

flightsaber

Verified owner

Games: 423 Reviews: 9

Unique

What it is: A bullet hell typing game. As of writing, the only one on the market, with excellent pixel art and enough story and one-liners to keep me engaged the entire time. Pros: Challenging, but rewarding Unique mechanics Leaderboards for high-scores Cons: Sometimes difficult to shift from moving to typing, though arguably that is the point of the game Irreverent, which might be a detractor to some Playtime: 6 hours to complete the story, though I didn't know that you could type and move at the same time until the final boss Typing in English/latin/latin L33t speech feels amazing. This is one of those games that will stick with me for a long time. It is so rare to find something truly unique in gaming these days, and my hat's off to Morbidware and Headup for knocking this out of the park. While the experience is short and left me wanting more (would love to edit the text and use this as a way to gamify memorizing lines/verses), what's here is well worth the asking price.

Is this helpful to you?

Posted on: May 21, 2020

DrakeFox

Verified owner

Games: 1338 Reviews: 53

Could've been so much greater

I'm a sucker for typing games. I'd put off getting this for a while due to the reports of trouble with changing from moving to typing and backs. It looks like happily the game now supports movement with WASD. So why the low score? Probably part disappointment I take it. The good: * Type to attack, feel like a badass cranky exorcist. Great. * Nice pixel art * Endearingly cheesy humor The bad: * Bullet hell mechanics really don't lend themselves well to being multitasked with typing in latin. * No indication of your hitbox with the bullets, but the game fully expects you to thread some rather narrow bullet pattern gaps. * Seemingly random attack selection from bosses means you could spend lots of time only dodging because there is no time to type while also dodging and staying in range. - Timer and combo meter and derived score combined with leaderboards makes this extra aggravating * Get hit once, and your book goes flying, great no hit point lost. - But if you don't reach it in a few seconds, you get to start the boss phase all over again. The ugly: * Dialog and cutscenes with a hold to skip which takes almost as long as what it skips * Very slow pace between battles (having to watch the main menu for a while before you are even allowed to interact with it is a bad omen) * Weird resolution/screenmode or something. Galaxy refuses to launch it properly, and if, god forbid, you get a notification from for instance Steam (friend [name] is now playing a game is enough) or Windows, the game will minimize, though it will not pause leaving you to scramble for your mouse before you're all dead. In all, cute idea. I like the humor, but I'm not sure it's good for my health to press on through the annoyances.

Is this helpful to you?

Discover CD PROJEKT RED games

Highlights

Featured

Close, but not an exact hit

The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia

Other ratings

Add a review

Edit a review

Delete this review?

Report this review

Additional Details (required):

Report this review