- April 22, 2015
- Garden Knight Games
Light Bound
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About Light Bound
Light Bound is a single player and multiplayer action game. It was developed by Garden Knight Games and was released on April 22, 2015. It received mostly positive reviews from players.
Get thrown into randomly generated arenas that can only be seen by the light of the players and their weapons. Explore, collect weapons and upgrades, and do battle against your friends or the computer. Customize each game using a variety of configurable options.
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- Unique and minimalistic visual style with nostalgic retro arcade neon fun.
- Multiple game modes including survival, deathmatch, and multiplayer split-screen support up to 4 players.
- Great soundtrack and sound design enhancing the atmosphere, especially when using headphones.
- Gameplay can become boring quickly, especially when playing against bots or in single-player mode.
- Broken or awkward control scheme, feels like a poor console port despite being a PC native game.
- Low resolution and simplistic graphics may come off as lazy to some players.
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3 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe graphics receive mixed feedback, with some users criticizing the low resolution and lazy minimalist style that feels like a poor console port, while others appreciate the funky minimalism and clever nostalgic references to classic games. Overall, the visual design is simplistic but includes thoughtful details that enhance the ambiance.
“Minimalistic funky graphics with great touches and nods to things like space invader inspired floating jellyfish background ambience, weapons that have sound effects at times that seem like a nod to Defender.”
“Low resolution, lazy minimalist graphics, a really broken control scheme... it feels like a console port and has console peasant gamepad prompts, but it's a PC native.”
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Light Bound is a action game. Common tags for Light Bound include indie and trading.
Light Bound is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.
Light Bound was released on April 22, 2015.
Light Bound was developed by Garden Knight Games.
Light Bound has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Light Bound for its graphics.
Light Bound is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.
Similar games include Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Beat Hazard, Steel Rain, Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax, Beat Hazard 2 and others.