- February 7, 2019
Commander Keen in Keen Dreams
While Commander Keen in Keen Dreams: Definitive Edition kind of checks off some of my old-school boxes, it’s not a markedly high-quality release on the Nintendo Switch in 2020. By all means, wishlist it if you have fond memories of the original, the series, or late ’80s/early ’90s DOS games in general. Even then, wait for a sale;
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Commander Keen in Keen Dreams is a single player platformer game. It received neutral reviews from critics.
THE STORY SO FAR Billy Blaze, eight year-old genius, working diligently in his backyard clubhouse has created an interstellar starship from old soup cans, rubber cement, and plastic tubing. While his folks are out on the town and the babysitter has fallen asleep, Billy travels into his backyard workshop, dons his brother's football helmet, and transforms into... COMMANDER KEEN --- defender of Ea…
Commander Keen in Keen Dreams: Definitive Edition (Nintendo Switch)
While Commander Keen in Keen Dreams: Definitive Edition kind of checks off some of my old-school boxes, it’s not a markedly high-quality release on the Nintendo Switch in 2020. By all means, wishlist it if you have fond memories of the original, the series, or late ’80s/early ’90s DOS games in general. Even then, wait for a sale;
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In conclusion, Keen Dreams ended up being a barebones port of a barebones game. While Commander Keen does have a reputation of being a solid platformer, this game certainly isn’t one of them, as the combat is bad and the few bits of “remastering” they tried doing here are just horrible. The speedrunning potential for this game ended up being a lot better than I realized, but with no in-game speedrun leaderboards there really isn’t much incentive to do so unless you want this game to be over faster.
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Commander Keen in Keen Dreams is a platformer game.
Commander Keen in Keen Dreams is available on Nintendo Switch.
Commander Keen in Keen Dreams was released on February 7, 2019.
Commander Keen in Keen Dreams is a single player game.
Similar games include Commander Keen, Commander Keen: Keen Dreams, Legends of the Universe - StarCore, Space Quest Collection, KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and others.