Zheros
- February 15, 2016
- Rimlight Studios
Zheros had clear ambitions of playing homage to classic arcade games, but focused too heavily on doing so. The gameplay is far too lacking to make up for the game’s other glaring issues.
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Reviews
- graphics11 mentions
- 64 % positive mentions
- 36 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- music8 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
- gameplay7 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 57 % negative mentions
- story2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Zheros Review
Zheros had clear ambitions of playing homage to classic arcade games, but focused too heavily on doing so. The gameplay is far too lacking to make up for the game’s other glaring issues.
50%Zheros Review
Remember the days when scrolling beat ‘em ups were king? Titles like Final Fight, Streets of Rage, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Double Dragon ruled the arcades and dominated our home consoles. But with the rise of one-on-one fighters, they’ve sadly all but disappeared. Well, Zheros hopes to change that by showing there is still some life left in this once popular genre.
70%Zheros
It bums me out that Zheros isn’t a better game. It begins with such a promising start with its beautiful visuals and art, but trips up where it matters with scrolling beat ’em ups – the gameplay. There isn’t enough variety in its level design and themed environments, the difference between characters isn’t enough and awkwardly implemented traps cause frustration. I would be fine with Rimlight trying to achieve greatness with what they have here, as improvements can be made to their visually appealing Pixar-esque brawler. As it stands, Zheros is a serviceable beat ’em up for people who enjoy those games, but never rises up to the challenge in being a staple of the genre, instead, it’s another return to the classic genre that doesn’t bring the potential or grab the essence of what made them so great.
60%
