Bookbound Brigade
- January 30, 2020
- Digital Tales USA LLC
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
Get on Steam"Bookbound Brigade" is a Metroidvania-style game where you lead a party of classic literary and historical characters through a 2D side-scrolling adventure. Each character has their own traits and skills, and you must work together to battle enemies and solve puzzles. Meet familiar faces, such as King Arthur and Robin Hood, as well as less well-known characters in this unique take on the genre.
Reviews
- story4 mentions
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- 25 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- gameplay3 mentions
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- music1 mentions
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- 100 % neutral mentions
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- replayability1 mentions
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- graphics1 mentions
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Critic Reviews
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
60%Bookbound Brigade (Nintendo Switch)
Bookbound Brigade had the potential to be a good or even great game. Unfortunately, it fell victim to being dull and obnoxiously difficult. If the new take on the Metroidvania genre is being as boring and frustrating as possible then Bookbound Brigade met it’s goal. I would suggest saving your money to buy the book of the character you find the least interesting. Reading it would probably be more enjoyable than playing this game.
40%Bookbound Brigade GBAtemp review
A solid game but arguably so. The story is not particularly great. Platforming sections range from great to artificially difficult and obnoxious. I would like to give the score a little higher but given that I ran into session ending bugs that forced me to reset the game a few times I believe I have to be cautious and dock its score a bit as I do not know how widespread the issues may be for those willing to buy the game and try it out.
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