Well done graphics and innovative gameplay, but the controls need refining and tend to be sticky. This is a problem because many areas require precise movements that, without precise controls, need as much luck as skill to complete.
Reviews for "Phoenotopia"
Graphics, while old school, are still well done with a susprising amount of detail. You can tell at a glace what most everything is, and tell individual people apart.
The sound is also simple, but has a fair range, with quite a bit of game play able to be done based on the sounds. The music does get a bit repeditive, but not badly so.
Game play is good, though simple. The sand dragon was a pain, and I needed to look up how to beat it. Other boss monsters were tough, but do-able. Some of the later monsters were very tough, and it was far easier to just run from them rather than fight. The last weapon upgrade came quite late, at a point where it didn't help much. Part of that was a trouble where the teleporters didn't activate until near the very end of the game, so I didn't get into the Hidden Village until the save just before the final boss.
The plot was very good. I mean I could see where it was going after the first couple cut scenes, but how it got there remained interesting. The final scene... ugh... well, does make me look forward to the sequel.
The final chase was a pain, but ever so slightly less so once found the honey change.
In all, a fun game, and I look forward to seeing what you make next.
I rage quit after one fight with the Sand Dragon. This game is nice and all, but I'd need to be invincible to get past that Bandit lair. I could have chalked it up to not having any healing items, but with how limited inventory space was to begin with, I just dont see myself getting past that area and seeing what the rest of the game is like. This is all just my opinion, so I dont want anyone taking it as me bashing this game.
one of the best here on newgrounds, it has a feel of a true indie full game, I mean, it is...! it's original, it has scence, it has feelin, it's hard, it's fun, you can think about some of the places before night, its a fantasy with cience fiction in it, light and strong, I wanna know more about this universe of yours. I wish and hope that you're into more, I mean, to make this world its because you're talented, it's because you have more to share, selling it or making it free, keep goin, I follow you.
There i a glitch where the First Key Item slot, where I had the green ring, got stacked with the robot head so I can't progress the story of the girl at the Crossroads inn (The Dojo Owner's Daughter, I think). Great game though.