- June 7, 2016
- Crimson Duck Studios
Torch Cave
Platforms
About
"Torch Cave" is a challenging exploration game where players navigate 40 perilous caves as Derek Bravado. Armed with fire weapons, players must fend off ancient robots and use hooks to traverse the environments. The ultimate goal is to retrieve the ancient artifact and survive the treacherous journey.
- Easy to obtain achievements, making it appealing for achievement hunters.
- Graphics and sound are decent for a low-cost game, with some interesting elements.
- Gameplay can be enjoyable for those who appreciate simple platforming mechanics.
- Controls are unresponsive and often lead to frustrating gameplay experiences.
- Level design is repetitive and lacks depth, making the game feel tedious.
- The game is plagued by bugs, including issues with jumping mechanics and falling platforms.
- music16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The music in the game has received overwhelmingly negative feedback, with many users reporting issues such as multiple tracks playing simultaneously, leading to confusion and frustration. The soundtrack is described as chaotic and poorly mixed, featuring repetitive and out-of-sync elements that detract from the overall experience. Additionally, the lack of volume control options has further compounded players' dissatisfaction with the audio quality.
“One out of three of the music tracks that play at the same time sounds interesting.”
“The background music (especially if you are a musically talented person like myself)... gosh...!!”
“You can hear the drums looping and overlapping (out of sync) with another music or something that sounds like music... you just keep hearing it over and over again.”
“Three songs play at the same time, which made me alt + tab thinking I have another window open playing music or something.”
“Doubling soundtrack (if you can call that mess a soundtrack - it's a 'melody' + random sounds)?”
“You can hear the drums looping and overlapping (out of sync) with another music or something that sounds like music (or god knows what?!)... you just keep hearing it over and over again, until you want to shoot yourself in the head.”