- Publisher: Aeternum Game Studios
- Release Date: Dec 15, 2021
- Also On: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
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Jan 13, 2022Aeterna Noctis is everything you'd expect from a metroidvania: sprawling, demanding, cryptic, and above all, ripe for mastery. Although multiple design decisions tarnish what would otherwise be an unquestioning masterpiece, it is welcome and recommended for any fan of the genre, especially given its impressive artwork and marvelous mythology.
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Dec 14, 2021It does a lot of things that I genuinely like: It has excellent boss fights, some creative levels, an absurdly huge amount of content, and the platforming mostly works well. That level of heartfelt dedication makes it all the more frustrating when you get caught up on the areas where it still needs polish. I enjoyed a lot of the game, but I remember the annoyances more than the enjoyment. If you're willing to work past that, there's a lot to play in Aeterna Noctis, but it's easy to imagine someone reaching a particularly annoying bit of platforming and moving on to something else, especially because the game's long length can make it feel more exhausting than exhilarating. Metroidvania fans should absolutely give it a shot, but don't expect something as easy to pick-up-and-play as some of the genre greats.
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Dec 13, 2021Overall, Aeterna Noctis is a solid experience with some notable flaws that aren't deal-breakers, but could definitely benefit from a bit more refinement. What it does do quite well is find where its two genres intersect and craft a world and gameplay loop that highlight them quite well. For fans of these kinds of games, Aeterna Noctis is definitely worth picking up.
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Dec 23, 2021Aeterna Noctis is a clone of the biggest games in the genre, with few good gameplay mechanics and too many issues caused by an imperfect polishing.
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Dec 13, 2021Aeterna Noctis is a product that is all in all enjoyable, but one that wastes the potential in the useless attempt to chase Hollow Knight too closely. The good artistic direction, the excellent combat system and the well-conceived boss fights end up being suffocated by a linear and tedious progression, a victim in turn of the desire to fill the game with content even when there is no need for it. A great pity, because if the team had managed to effectively streamline the proposal and better balance its components, we would have had a much more satisfying title on our hands.
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Dec 17, 2021A gigantic, dark and potentially interesting metroidvania action-adventure, flawed by time-wasting level design and some poor gameplay choices.
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Edge MagazineJan 27, 2022Aeterna Noctis retains enough of the best parts of its inspiration that it should satisfy undemanding players with time on their hands. [Issue#368, p.122]
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Dec 13, 2021With everything explained in this analysis, you get a good idea of what Aeterna Noctis is, a demanding 2D metroidvania, tremendously imaginative in each and every one of its levels and exploration mechanics that perhaps lacks a little more punch in it. separated from combat. However, it is a beautiful work, with an artistic and sound section that seduces from the first minutes. A game that manages to surprise from its beginning to its very end. Aeterna Noctis is the perfect closure for 2021, an essential title for lovers of the genre. [Recommended]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 38
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Mixed: 3 out of 38
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Negative: 6 out of 38
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Dec 19, 2021
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Dec 20, 2021This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.
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Dec 19, 2021Metroidvania with a good story. a huge world of 16 areas full of challenges.