Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread

85%
Game Brain Score Based on 75 reviews
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  • gameplay
  • story
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A Metroidvania with great boss battles and '80s action movie cheese.
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"Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread" is a 2D action-platformer game featuring run-and-gun gameplay. Players join a diverse team of agents, each with unique abilities, to defeat the evil Dr. Cread and his minions across various levels. The game offers cooperative play, challenging boss fights, and a variety of weapons to help players in their mission.

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85%
Audience ScoreBased on 75 reviews
graphics14 positive mentions
grinding3 negative mentions
  • The game features vibrant graphics and a charming art style that enhances the overall experience.
  • Gameplay is engaging with a good balance of exploration, character abilities, and challenging boss fights.
  • The humor and character interactions add a fun layer to the story, making it enjoyable despite some dialogue being hit or miss.
  • Fast travel options are limited, leading to tedious backtracking and long distances between save points.
  • Some players find the controls unresponsive and the aiming mechanics frustrating, especially during platforming sections.
  • The game can feel punishing due to scarce health recovery options and high enemy damage, which may deter some players from fully enjoying the experience.
  • graphics25 mentions

    The graphics of the game have received a mixed reception, with many praising the beautiful cartoon-style visuals and vibrant art direction, while others criticize the pixel graphics and suggest that the overall aesthetic may not appeal to the intended demographic. Despite the appealing visuals, some players feel that the graphics do not compensate for gameplay issues, such as tedious mechanics and poor map design, which detract from the overall experience. Overall, while the graphics are often highlighted as a strong point, they are overshadowed by concerns regarding gameplay balance and target audience alignment.

    • “Beautiful cartoon network styled graphics.”
    • “The art style was nice though, very colorful.”
    • “Great graphics.”
    • “The primary reason for the commercial failure seems to be the graphics and theme that are aimed at the wrong demographic.”
    • “I played the demo, loved the game, loved the graphics, but sadly poor map design, no HP recovery, and long distances between save locations killed the game for me. It's not the game difficulty that killed it for me.”
    • “Cheesy dialogue perhaps better aimed at kids; however, the game is quite difficult, which leads me to think it is confused as to its demographic.”
  • gameplay25 mentions

    Overall, the gameplay has received mixed reviews, with many praising its challenging platforming, responsive controls, and engaging mechanics typical of the metroidvania genre. However, some players criticized the complexity of the control scheme and found certain mechanics, like the death penalty, to be frustrating and unnecessary. While the graphics and art design are often highlighted as impressive, the core gameplay experience varies significantly among players, with some finding it tedious and aggravating.

    • “The dialogue is cringe but gameplay makes up for it with challenging platforming and satisfying ranged combat.”
    • “The environments, character design and gameplay are gorgeous!”
    • “The core gameplay is super crisp and responsive.”
    • “The 360-degree aiming for both the guns and the grappling hook is bad and doesn’t add much to the gameplay, but what is worse is how the game control scheme is just too complicated.”
    • “But all those nice-looking graphics and animated sequences for each character don’t help when the core gameplay is so tedious and aggravating.”
    • “I had no interest in its generic world, nor in its simple story, nor in its rigid and oversimplistic gameplay.”
  • story21 mentions

    The story of the game is characterized by engaging characters and a fun, lighthearted narrative reminiscent of 70s spy tales, enhanced by excellent voice acting. While some players found the plot to be generic and uninteresting, others appreciated its humor and the way it complements the gameplay, making side quests feel meaningful. Overall, the story is seen as a positive aspect, though opinions vary on its depth and impact.

    • “Awesome characters, great progression and exploration, and a very fun story.”
    • “The story is fully voice acted and done well.”
    • “There are a couple of positives about the game: the visuals, the voice acting with pitch-perfect voices fit for each character, and the overall story presentation.”
    • “I am not a fan of the story either, generic comedy that achieves kind of nothing.”
    • “I had no interest in its generic world nor in its simple story nor in its rigid and oversimplistic gameplay.”
    • “The story is uninteresting and the ending sucks (to be continued...) but gameplay is excellent and carries the game.”
  • humor14 mentions

    The humor in the game is polarizing, with some players praising its clever dialogues and comedic moments, while others find it cheesy or lacking depth. Many appreciate the vibrant art style and engaging character interactions, but some criticize the writing and character development as unfunny or boring. Overall, the humor can be a highlight for some, but it may not resonate with all players.

    • “Great humor and style.”
    • “Great art and gameplay, relatively big map and funny storyline, I just loved it!”
    • “Pretty nice game, great level design and cute characters, humor is top level, really funny dialogs, pretty challenging puzzles.”
    • “The characters are colorful, but they are unfunny and uninteresting overall. The writing is lacking and pretty boring to listen to or read, with the main character being less of a lovable buffoon and more of an unlikable idiot.”
    • “The attempts at humor fall flat, making the game feel tedious rather than entertaining.”
    • “I expected witty dialogue, but instead, I was met with cringeworthy jokes that missed the mark completely.”
  • music7 mentions

    The music in the game receives mixed reviews; while some players praise its quality and integration with the overall experience, others find it uninspired and lacking in thematic connection, particularly during key moments like boss fights. Overall, the sound design is generally well-received, but there are calls for more dramatic and thematic depth in the soundtrack.

    • “I really really really want to like this game for its humor, art style, and music.”
    • “Sound, music, graphics, etc. are all good.”
    • “[h1] Music & Sound Design [/h1]”
    • “I would only say that the soundtrack doesn't feel very connected to the theme of agents.”
    • “The music is a bit uninspired, and especially in boss fights I would hope for something a bit more dramatic.”
  • grinding3 mentions

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and aggravating, often requiring hours of repetitive gameplay to progress, especially in a metroidvania context. Despite the appealing graphics and smooth controls, the necessity for extensive grinding to obtain health upgrades and the sparse checkpoints detracts significantly from the overall experience.

    • “But all those nice-looking graphics and animated sequences for each character don’t help when the core gameplay is so tedious and aggravating.”
    • “This is the first metroidvania that forces players to grind for hours.”
    • “I *really* want to recommend this game: the graphics are great, the controls are smooth, there's plenty of variety, but... you get to a point where you're just plodding through a tedious series of deathtraps, without any kind of health upgrade unless you've done some *serious* grinding before you get to this stage, and there's just no way out of it, plus the checkpoints are pretty sparse.”
  • emotional1 mentions

    The emotional aspect of the game is criticized for its lack of engagement, with users finding the story to be boring and uninspiring.

    • “The story was incredibly boring and failed to evoke any emotional response.”
    • “I found the narrative to be dull, lacking the depth needed to connect with the characters.”
    • “The emotional impact was nonexistent; I felt nothing throughout the entire experience.”
  • character development1 mentions

    While the visuals and gameplay are praised for their beauty, there is no specific mention of character development in the provided text. Therefore, it appears that character development may not be a focal point in the reviews.

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