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You play the game as a wizard of some sort, wielding a cane that has a pretty limited melee attack but that can be powered up periodically to throw a fireball. The objective on each screen is to collect all chests in the level. While this isn’t too challenging the temptation and added risk lies with the fact that in order to maximize your score and get power-ups you’ll want to open the chests first by bumping the platform under them from below or using one of the power-ups to your advantage. Not all chests may be doable, and in order to survive and open the portal to the next level you may choose to just pick some up, but I like how even this simple dynamic helps the game have an element of strategy to layer on the increasingly tough stages. While it has a retro appeal both visually and in terms of its feel aside from giving you something that’s easy to pick up and put down and that throws increasingly-difficult stages at you there’s not a great deal to it. In terms of complaints other than the limits of what it will offer I will say that the hitbox for your weapon and monsters sometimes feels a little big but with time you get used to the range and can generally compensate. Likely for older or retro gaming fans who appreciate what feels like a pretty authentic arcade experience.
Justin Nation, Score:Good [7.0]