- October 30, 2020
- Lucid Dreams Studio
- 4h median play time
Legends of Ethernal
84%Game Brain Score
gameplay, story
84% User Score 50 reviews
Platforms
PCXboxXbox Series X|SPlaystation 5Playstation 4WindowsPlayStationNintendo SwitchMac OSXbox One
About
"Legends of Ethernal" is a 2D single-player action adventure game where you need to explore beautiful hand-crafted environments, solve clever puzzles and battle tough creatures to uncover the truth about your parents’ disappearance.











+6
Audience ScoreBased on 50 reviews
gameplay14 positive mentions
- The game features beautiful art and a dreamy soundtrack that enhances the overall experience.
- Boss fights are inventive and challenging, requiring players to learn enemy patterns for success.
- The game offers a unique narrative and a refreshing take on the action-platformer genre, with varied gameplay mechanics.
- Combat feels static and disrupts the game's fluidity, making it less engaging.
- The dialogue and lore presentation can be overly lengthy and unskippable, detracting from the gameplay experience.
- Level design can feel repetitive and padded, with some mechanics lacking depth and variety.
- gameplay24 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The gameplay is characterized by smooth movement and combat mechanics, complemented by enjoyable platforming and puzzle elements. While the battle mechanics and level design are functional, they are considered somewhat basic, leaving room for improvement. Overall, the game offers a rewarding experience with its nostalgic platforming style, engaging story, and vibrant aesthetics, making it a fun and challenging 2D side-scroller.
“The overall aesthetic is very soothing, and the action and platforming, while fairly simple at their core, make good use of situational mechanics to provide a range of satisfying puzzles.”
“It is not an easy game, but mastering its mechanics makes it a very rewarding affair.”
“The great story, the colorful art, the amazing soundtrack, and the varied gameplay mechanics keep the game entertaining until the end.”
“The main problem is that most of the mechanics and game design could be so much better.”
“I'm about 1/3 in after 4 hours of gameplay, so I would expect the game to last about 12-16 hours in total.”
“This game is an interesting platformer, reminiscent of the games of old while keeping up with some more recent gameplay mechanics.”
4h Median play time
4h Average play time
4-4h Spent by most gamers