- January 30, 2020
- Digital Tales USA LLC
Bookbound Brigade
7IGN Logo Good 철학자를 만드는 건 수염이 아니다. 작성자 Donghun Lee
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About Bookbound Brigade
Bookbound Brigade is a single player platformer game with fantasy, comedy and historical themes. It was developed by Digital Tales USA LLC and was released on January 30, 2020. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.
Bookbound Brigade is about beating the hell out of historical and literary characters you studied in school by leading a dream team of real and fictional heroes through a 2D side-scrolling platform-adventure. It will take the likes of Dracula, King Arthur, Queen Victoria, Nikola Tesla, Cassandra, Dorothy Gale, Sun Wukong the Monkey King and Robin Hood to assemble and avenge a world plunged into c…











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Reviews
- Unique concept featuring a group of literary and historical characters with individual skills and a formation-changing mechanic that adds puzzle and combat strategy.
- Charming and consistent art style with a humorous tone and clever literary references appealing to fans of literature and history.
- Diverse gameplay combining platforming, puzzles, combat, and exploration across multiple distinct themed worlds, offering nostalgic Metroidvania elements.
- Unresponsive and floaty controls leading to frustrating platforming sections with overly punishing hitboxes and poorly designed obstacles.
- Combat is overly mash-heavy, unbalanced, and slow, resulting in tedious boss fights and physical discomfort for players.
- Level design and navigation can be confusing and repetitive, with some areas looping back unnecessarily, lack of clear goals, and poorly optimized gameplay with bugs.
gameplay
7 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe gameplay features a unique group mechanic reminiscent of The Wonderful 101, blending metroidvania elements with literary-themed characters. While praised for its creative concepts and comedic tone, some users find the gameplay falls short or presents a challenging puzzle-like progression. Overall, it offers an interesting but occasionally uneven experience.
“The concept is great, playing as numerous literary figures, and the group mechanic is somewhat akin to The Wonderful 101, where you move a whole group at once.”
“Odd cast of characters, good comedic tone, great quality art, and the gameplay itself plays like a growing puzzle of actions that you learn to figure out ways to traverse the landscape or defeat enemies.”
“Funny metroidvania for literary people with unique play mechanics.”
“It has the chance to be great with its cool and unique concepts but just falls short when it comes to gameplay.”
“Sadly, Bookbound Brigade's biggest issues are related to its gameplay.”
“A metroidvania, but one with a special mechanic.”
Critic Reviews
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70%Bookbound Brigade review
An enjoyable Metroidvania with some significant issues. It's not easy to navigate and the combat is subpar, but the formation shifting and late game upgrades make it easier to keep turning the pages
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Frequently Asked Questions
Bookbound Brigade is a platformer game with fantasy, comedy and historical themes. Common tags for Bookbound Brigade include indie, surreal, exploration, family friendly, metroidvania and others.
Bookbound Brigade is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Windows and others.
Bookbound Brigade was released on January 30, 2020.
Bookbound Brigade was developed by Digital Tales USA LLC.
Bookbound Brigade has received mostly positive reviews from both players and critics. Most players liked Bookbound Brigade for its humor but disliked it for its gameplay.
Bookbound Brigade is a single player game.
Similar games include Indivisible, Mystik Belle, Super Neptunia RPG, Retro Machina, Cris Tales and others.












