Battle Princess Madelyn

 PC
User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 6 out of 22

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  1. stop9091
    Dec 28, 2018
    4
    A very good looking, but also very overrated and flawed, game.

    The game captures the GnG essence very well, both in the presentation and the mechanics. However, it's very unpolished and flawed. Therefore, first, an advice: the demo does *not* give a good idea of the game, so, if you're interested in the game, download a pirated copy, play for an hour, delete it, and only then make a    A very good looking, but also very overrated and flawed, game.

    The game captures the GnG essence very well, both in the presentation and the mechanics. However, it's very unpolished and flawed.

    Therefore, first, an advice: the demo does *not* give a good idea of the game, so, if you're interested in the game, download a pirated copy, play for an hour, delete it, and only then make a decision whether to buy it or not.

    The story mode, which is has a metroidvania structure, as many reviews point out, is very confusing and lacks, without any particular design reason, the core elements of the genre - there's no map and no quest list. The maps are aimless. It's not clear whether the authors wanted to truly replicate the "artificial" difficulties of the 80s games, however, there are more modern ways of making a game hard in 2018.

    The arcade mode is in my opinion, the most fit structure for a GnG game. However, as again pointed out by other reviewers, it's buggy. For example, at some point, in a difficult part of a map, spawning frequently happens on the beforelast checkpoint rather than the last, and it's obviously very frustrating. I don't want to follow up for hours wrestling bugs rather than focusing on the game challenges.

    The lack of polish is very evident all over the experience. A few examples:

    - no keys remapping
    - no quick cutscenes skipping (one can skip, but it's still slow)
    - money is rewarded to the player in story mode, but it makes no sense, and it's not counted
    - the scaling routine of the title screen is broken, showing a terrible, smeared, look

    Shame, because a modern, well written, GnG game was an excellent premise.    … Expand

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73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Game Informer
    Dec 17, 2018
    73
    Battle Princess Madelyn has a sweet, personal touch to it that shines through in the final product, as well as a message about the value of family.
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  2. GameStar
    Dec 14, 2018
    75
    Partly extremly hard, but never quite unfair retro platformer with idiosyncratic charm, which properly picks up steam in arcade mode only.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Dec 10, 2018
    77
    Though not without its share of flaws, Battle Princess Madelyn stays true to the formula of the games that inspired it, eschewing artificial difficulty and keeping all the fun.
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