Venture Kid
- May 3, 2018
- Snikkabo AS
It looks like Mega Man. It sounds like Mega Man. It’s not quite Mega Man.
Get on Steam"Venture Kid" is a single-player platformer game with 8-bit retro style, featuring 9 action-packed levels, challenging bosses, and chiptune soundtrack by Matt Creamer. Collect 8 unique power-ups, explore secret areas, and test your skills with responsive controls and level design. Will you defeat Dr. Teklov and save the world?
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Reviews
- music44 mentions
- 66 % positive mentions
- 34 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- graphics16 mentions
- 63 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- gameplay14 mentions
- 57 % positive mentions
- 43 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- story7 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- replayability7 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 71 % neutral mentions
- 29 % negative mentions
- funny2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
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- 100 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Venture Kid Review
Venture Kid is the sort of game that understands how blatantly it borrows from previous genre luminaries yet makes no effort at even attempting to surpass them; this is very much a ‘what you see is what you get’ sort of experience. Bearing that in mind, it’s inevitably the kind of game that you’ll spend a few hours on, think “Well, that was… fun”, then move on and never return to it. Still, it does what it sets out to do – copying the Mega Man formula – and, when viewed as the sum of its parts, it does a reasonable job. If you’ve played all the Mega Man games to death and simply must have more, you could do a lot worse than playing through Venture Kid. If you don’t fall in this camp but are still looking to scratch that retro action platformer itch, then we’d suggest you pick up one of the numerous Mega Man collections already available on the eShop instead. Why play the imitation when you can have the original?
50%Venture Kid Review
For short, nostalgic blasts of fun Venture Kid succeeds in almost every respect. While there's fun to be had here, it's painfully clear that, just like playing the game itself, everything is just going through the motions. The excellent soundtrack may even be enough to warrant a dabble, but with nothing new brought to the table, there's no reason to spend your hard earned cash, when the games that this owes so much to its design and creation can be purchased. There are a lot worse than this, sure, but be aware that once completed the first time, multiple revisits are unlikely. Fun? Certainly, but with little variation in gameplay or level design there is not enough for this to stay interesting in the long term. With a little more risk-taking in development, a craving of individuality, and a creative spark, Venture Kid could have gone far.
50%Venture Kid (Nintendo Switch)
Classic NES platforming fans, rejoice. Venture Kid succeeds where even Mega Man’s creator failed when trying to capture that classic Blue Bomber feel. Even with minor flaws, Venture Kid will scratch the itch for Mega Man, and if you’re lucky, scrub the memory of Might No. 9 from your brain.
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