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Legends of the Universe - Cosmic Bounty is a single player action game. It was developed by LunarCore Games and was released on January 16, 2018. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Cosmic Bounty is a metroidvania style action platformer. You play as Jekt, A Bounty Hunter commissioned with hunting down a rebel General named Volgat. Explore areas to gain new abilities and increase your stats so you can defeat powerful enemies.

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Audience ScoreBased on 18 reviews

atmosphere1 positive mentions

music3 negative mentions

The game offers a fun and engaging Metroidvania experience with rewarding exploration and gradual upgrades to movement and combat abilities.
The tile sets feature nice color and texture variety, contributing to an enjoyable visual aesthetic.
Despite its flaws, the game provides a decent amount of content for its low price, making it a worthwhile experience for fans of the genre.

The game is plagued by numerous bugs, including game-breaking glitches that can hinder progress and lead to frustrating experiences.
Level design is basic and often features large, empty rooms with minimal enemy variety, leading to a lack of engaging challenges.
The map system can be confusing, lacking an overview of areas and making navigation difficult, which detracts from the overall experience.

graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
24%
38%
The graphics of the game are characterized by outdated retro pixel art that lacks depth and detail, with limited options for improvement beyond basic resolution scaling. While some players appreciate the nostalgic aesthetic and find it charming, many criticize the visuals as simplistic and lackluster, detracting from the overall experience. Despite these shortcomings, the game's fun gameplay and engaging story help to offset the graphical limitations.
- “Overall: fun game, retro graphics, story that is better than it needs to be, solid gameplay.”
- “I like the aesthetic, and the funky music beats.”
- “It's simple, graphically, musically, and in gameplay, but it's inexpensive, kind of catchy, and fun to play.”
- “A choice was made to use obsolete, decades-old retro pixel art as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
- “While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality.”
- “Without any other substantial graphics tweaks, it's not possible for gamers to improve the lackluster 2D visuals.”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
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The game's story is considered decent and features engaging world-building, though it primarily serves as a backdrop to the action and exploration. Players appreciate its campy tone and retro feel, with many noting that the narrative is surprisingly better than expected, despite taking a secondary role to gameplay. However, some reviewers feel unable to fully assess the story due to uncertainty about the game's ending.
- “Overall: fun game, retro graphics, story that is better than it needs to be, solid gameplay.”
- “I actually enjoy the campy story and the general feel of the game.”
- “The story takes a back seat as it's all about the action and a scavenger hunt throughout a subterranean space base.”
- “There's a fair amount of world-building and story behind it, or at least it feels like there is.”
- “But, I cannot comment on the game's ending for judging its story.”
music
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with some finding it silly and overly loud, though the option to adjust or mute it is appreciated. Others describe it as simple yet catchy, contributing to a fun aesthetic with funky beats. Overall, while not universally praised, the music adds a playful element to the experience.
- “I like the aesthetic, and the funky music beats.”
- “The music was pretty silly.”
- “Music is still terrible and far too loud, but thankfully you can lower or turn it off.”
- “It's simple, graphically, musically, and in gameplay, but it's inexpensive, kind of catchy, and fun to play.”
gameplay
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The gameplay is characterized by basic level design and some rough edges, yet it excels in its jumping mechanics and fast character movement, making exploration enjoyable. While it offers a refreshing break from typical gameplay, the lack of unique areas and repetitive mechanics may limit its appeal for some players.
- “I would recommend it to players who are tired of the same old gameplay and need a break for a while.”
- “The game is a little rough around the edges, and the level design is very basic, but it does the jumping mechanics right, and the character moves quickly enough (after getting the unlimited sprint upgrade early in the game) that exploring never feels tiresome.”
- “No area feels unique since they all use the same mechanics like fans to propel you upward and the same enemies.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is plagued by severe stability issues, with numerous bugs rendering it nearly unplayable. Reviewers criticize the developer's poor execution, suggesting a lack of attention to quality control in its creation.
- “It's a very buggy (to the point of being unplayable) 2D retro pixel side-scrolling 'metroidvania' platformer slapped together with GameMaker Studio, so the developer chose pretty much every way one could fail at game development and ran into them headfirst.”
- “Buggy mess.”
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Reviews indicate that Gamemaker Studio is often associated with the creation of low-effort, retro-style games that are perceived as cash grabs, suggesting a negative view of its monetization practices.
- “Gamemaker Studio is most commonly used to make retro pixel shovelware and cash grabs.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The atmosphere in Metroid is highly praised for its immersive quality, emphasizing exploration and creating a captivating environment that enhances the overall gaming experience.
- “To me, Metroid is all about atmosphere and exploration.”

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Legends of the Universe - Cosmic Bounty is a action game.

Legends of the Universe - Cosmic Bounty is available on PC and Windows.

Legends of the Universe - Cosmic Bounty was released on January 16, 2018.

Legends of the Universe - Cosmic Bounty was developed by LunarCore Games.

Legends of the Universe - Cosmic Bounty has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its atmosphere but disliked it for its graphics.

Legends of the Universe - Cosmic Bounty is a single player game.

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