Haiku, the Robot

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  1. Buried Treasure
    May 11, 2022
    90
    This really is one of the best Metroid-likes I’ve played, and its lower-than-usual difficulty is something I have found incredibly welcome. And I feel certain I’ll be playing it all over again when it comes out on Switch. There’s a lot here, and it entirely justifies its $20 tag.

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. churros
    May 1, 2022
    8
    Pros:
    + good world size
    + powerups + pretty pixel art scenarios + healing mechanic Cons: - can't withdraw currency once deposited -    Pros:
    + good world size
    + powerups
    + pretty pixel art scenarios
    + healing mechanic

    Cons:
    - can't withdraw currency once deposited
    - can't mark the map yourself
    - few traversal powers    … Full Review »
  2. Pickle
    Aug 17, 2023
    5
    The game is extremely derivative and riddled with awful design choices, I got the game for less than a dollar and still feel cheated out of myThe game is extremely derivative and riddled with awful design choices, I got the game for less than a dollar and still feel cheated out of my money.

    The game tries to copy most of the mechanics and gameplay systems of Hollow Knight, but not without copying most of its issues as well. The map system is obtuse and convoluted, it takes a long time until you start being able to see npc's or resting places in it, and it all has a glare of feeling a bit too scripted for my tastes.

    This also causes you to stumble unto a number of blockades and have to backtrack a number of times, something that's fun in a good metroidvania game, where the reason as to why you would backtrack is because you've obtained a new power up that -in turn-, opened a new area, instead what you get here is a wall that forces you to retrace your steps.

    The gameplay and enemies are also slow, as they are tanky, they take a number of hits to go down, but everything also feels like it has a bit of a weight to it, which in turn also makes everything feel as if it's bogged down or laggy, I don't like this personally, maybe you will.

    Then there's the fact that the areas are fairly uninspired and also extremely derivative of other games, there's your water area, your lava area, and so on, and so forth, is what you would expect out of games like this, there's nothing original about it beyond the fact that you're interacting with robots and fighting robots, but this usually doesn't manifest in the world in any sort of unique way.

    The challenge of the game is also completely unbalanced, at first annoyingly difficult, then extremely easy after you get a couple of upgrades.

    After a while it just became a bit too much for me and I was done with the title, I felt like I had played this game time and time again; the problem with a game borrowing a number of mechanics and concepts from other titles is that in the process it sacrifices part of its individuality, at no point did I felt I was playing something unique or new, as much as I was playing a carbon copy -and a bad one at that-, of Hollow Knight, a game I already played, completed it, and also didn't think that much of it to be completely honest.    … Full Review »
  3. fruitbat1015
    Sep 9, 2022
    10
    Great game!!!!.....................................................................................................................................
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