Sundered

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  1. angrywombat
    Dec 26, 2019
    4
    Uninspired story, enemies, and level design. Player spends most of the time running through empty, generic rooms, occasionally interrupted by swarms of enemies you mash the "x" button at. Nothing feels rewarding or interesting,
  2. Kanzisbzu
    Jan 9, 2020
    3
    Combat system is pretty bad. Level desing feels so wrong. Graphics are not looks so bad but it feels like they picked wrong choices while making the main character. World design and main character not matches in this game. When you start the game, it feels like you are controlling a moving png character.
    The world of the game is interesting at first, but after a while it is very boring    Combat system is pretty bad. Level desing feels so wrong. Graphics are not looks so bad but it feels like they picked wrong choices while making the main character. World design and main character not matches in this game. When you start the game, it feels like you are controlling a moving png character.
    The world of the game is interesting at first, but after a while it is very boring and makes you not wonder what's going on in this world.    … Expand
  3. PdePerro
    Jan 25, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego posee un apartado gráfico y sonoro bellísimo junto a unos combates sencillos.
    La dinámica de la horda es bastante interesante y aporta variedad al juego.
    Comienza con buen pies para luego ir torciéndose : Los combates pasan a ser un caos en el que golpeas y esquivas sin apreciar mucho los ataques.
    La difcultad de este juego radica en tirar legiones de esbirros a la cara y en cuanto a los jefes los primeros tienen mecánicas divertidas pero luego pasan a ser tediosos y aburridos de hacer.
    He jugado con la ventaja de que los jefes son más difíciles y la he acabado quitando por puro aburrimiento y ganas de acabar.
    El mapa de la catedral es frustrante y muchas muertes seran porque caes al vacío, se siente injusto en gran parte de las ocasiones.
    El final siguiendo el camino de destruir las esquirlas es bastante soso y decepcionante.
    En conclusión, los gráficos no son todo    … Expand
  4. GandalfCzarny
    Oct 15, 2020
    4
    You know what I like? Challenging games. You know hard and demanding, but fair and fun. Sundered is not like this. This game shut you in little room and throw horde of baddies at you, and you can't even tell what the hell happen. You can't fight with them, becouse combat system is so poor and limited, that you only mash one button, until your thumb is bleeding. This is not how diffucultYou know what I like? Challenging games. You know hard and demanding, but fair and fun. Sundered is not like this. This game shut you in little room and throw horde of baddies at you, and you can't even tell what the hell happen. You can't fight with them, becouse combat system is so poor and limited, that you only mash one button, until your thumb is bleeding. This is not how diffucult but fair game should looks like. This is how lazy, unfair and frustraiting crap looks like.… Expand
  5. goodterling
    Jul 29, 2017
    3
    This is not a metroidvania game, it just has the map structure of one. The combat is more like a fly swatting simulator. You don't clear out areas like you would in a proper metroidvania. Instead, random hordes of baddies swarm you and you have to swat them down in bunches. So all the tactical choices a real metroidvania game has you making about beating enemies who are occupyingThis is not a metroidvania game, it just has the map structure of one. The combat is more like a fly swatting simulator. You don't clear out areas like you would in a proper metroidvania. Instead, random hordes of baddies swarm you and you have to swat them down in bunches. So all the tactical choices a real metroidvania game has you making about beating enemies who are occupying platforms go straight out the window. Sundered enemies flock in from any direction and barely care about level layout. I was so excited for this game from the trailers, but this is a deal breaker for me. The art is gorgeous, but it's wasted on these lazy mechanics.… Expand
  6. Broyax
    Jan 11, 2020
    0
    D'habitude, nous commençons par la phrase rituelle "la daube indé du jour est évidemment un étron en 4, 16 ou éventuellement 256 couleurs -mais pas plus" mais une fois n'est pas coutume, nous ferons un peu de publicité (gratuite).

    En effet, nous tenons à remercier l'Epic Game Store pour filer régulièrement autant d'étrons de ce (mauvais) genre -comme Sundered- et cela gratuitement ! de    D'habitude, nous commençons par la phrase rituelle "la daube indé du jour est évidemment un étron en 4, 16 ou éventuellement 256 couleurs -mais pas plus" mais une fois n'est pas coutume, nous ferons un peu de publicité (gratuite).

    En effet, nous tenons à remercier l'Epic Game Store pour filer régulièrement autant d'étrons de ce (mauvais) genre -comme Sundered- et cela gratuitement ! de quoi "apprécier" ainsi à leur juste sous-valeur tous ces étrons bricolés par les merveilleux **** développeurs indépendants !

    Et quelle "fraîcheur" encore une fois ici... bah tiens, un jeu de plate-formes (oh dis donc !) en 2D bien sûr et... 256 couleurs -à vue de nez. Avec des ennemis, des tas d'ennemis, des boss (oh la la !) et une difficulté très élevée afin de recommencer souvent (pour les "vrais" qui ont trop de temps à perdre sur des merdes de cet acabit !).

    Donc voilà, inutile d'en rajouter : on ne tire pas (davantage) sur une ambulance, une épave et un tel sous-produit boulotté par quelques stagiaires pas doués (une équipe d'autistes peut-être, qui sait ?). On fait comme d'habitude, on tire la chasse. Et on remercie l'EGS en attendant le "prochain".    … Expand
  7. PottedOtter
    Jan 9, 2020
    5
    tl;dr hollow knight but ruined by random and unbalanced enemy waves.

    Imagine if somebody took everything great about hollow knight and then ruined ruined it by constantly interrupting your exploration by throwing constant waves of enemies at you. Most fights are completely unbalanced, as these small little pests cover the floor and charge into you, presenting a constant issue when you    tl;dr hollow knight but ruined by random and unbalanced enemy waves.

    Imagine if somebody took everything great about hollow knight and then ruined ruined it by constantly interrupting your exploration by throwing constant waves of enemies at you. Most fights
    are completely unbalanced, as these small little pests cover the floor and charge into you, presenting a constant issue when you need to focus on other, more dangerous enemies, such as a flying mech, burrowing enemies, and several laser firing drones all at once. Combat just devolves into you dodging constantly. There's no back and forth with the enemies, just try not to die. And whoops, dodging requires energy, which you also need to perform abilities. So have fun balancing that.

    These random fights are sometimes designed to not be fair, forcing you to die and spend skill points to make yourself stronger. This destroys any pretense of skill by creating a situation wherein if you just die enough then you'll get stronger. This might be considered a good thing, but it's very annoying that no matter how hard you try, you'll die just because the game felt like screwing you over. Not because you lacked the skill, but because you lacked the stats.

    A good premise, solid gameplay and a decent art style is marred by the ever looming threat of random ambushes amd unbalanced and repetitive gameplay. I really want to like this game, but said issue makes the game a slog to play through.    … Expand
  8. BananaLuiz
    Jul 28, 2017
    10
    Incredible, Thunder Lotus impressed me again, gorgeous game with fluid animations and an excellent art direction, simple, fluid and enjoyable gameplay, as if not enough the game has a unique universe with lots of interesting history and many hours of gameplay, excellent
  9. SOLIDSNAKEN64
    Jul 31, 2017
    8
    This games art is amazing to look at, hand drawn aesthetics look awesome. When I read that the levels where going to be procedurally created I was definitely skeptical but honestly it adds more of a challenge. The waves of baddies that storm onto to screen and attack you can get intense, but it keeps the platforming interesting. I have only played a few hours and in those hours I wasThis games art is amazing to look at, hand drawn aesthetics look awesome. When I read that the levels where going to be procedurally created I was definitely skeptical but honestly it adds more of a challenge. The waves of baddies that storm onto to screen and attack you can get intense, but it keeps the platforming interesting. I have only played a few hours and in those hours I was put my gaming skills to the test, I am playing on normal and it is pretty brutal. The only way to upgrade your skills via skill tree is to collect orbs from dead baddies and once you die you can spend those orbs to upgrade your skills. So in a way you get rewarded for dieing because you become stronger. Only thing missing is a heavy metal sound track. All in all pretty fun game, you should check it out. Im playing on PC runs really smooth.… Expand
  10. Oninogantz
    Sep 25, 2017
    10
    True masterpiece, I’m in love. One of the best games I played in quite a while. And definitely the best metridvania I have played.
    Its gorgeous, fluid and enchanting.
    Once you cross the first hour, you are hocked for at least one playthrough. Fun combat, level generation and treasure hunting keeps it always fresh. Ahh and the cannon... omg.. best BFG ever. Thank you Thunderlotus. One    True masterpiece, I’m in love. One of the best games I played in quite a while. And definitely the best metridvania I have played.
    Its gorgeous, fluid and enchanting.
    Once you cross the first hour, you are hocked for at least one playthrough. Fun combat, level generation and treasure hunting keeps it always fresh.
    Ahh and the cannon... omg.. best BFG ever. Thank you Thunderlotus.
    One minus is the long loading, but that’s nothing.
    Registered just for this review.    … Expand
  11. ArcanaThe4th
    Jun 15, 2019
    8
    Sundered has an amazing atmosphere and addictive gameplay, I love the story being told in little pieces by the upgrades and the unreliable narrator. The exploration system will probably not please roguelike purists, but I was quite pleased with the way it mixed metroidvania aspects of it. There was a good balance of predictable and unpredictable, and because enemies get progressivelySundered has an amazing atmosphere and addictive gameplay, I love the story being told in little pieces by the upgrades and the unreliable narrator. The exploration system will probably not please roguelike purists, but I was quite pleased with the way it mixed metroidvania aspects of it. There was a good balance of predictable and unpredictable, and because enemies get progressively harder, you never feel that fake difficulty some roguelites have.… Expand
  12. Halikhan
    Jan 15, 2020
    10
    По мне идеальный платформер, ни чего лишнего! Разработчики молодцы! Epic Games красавцы, спасибо за бесплатную раздачу! По другому я бы про данную игру и не узнал! А для разработчиков, в поддержку куплю данную игру на PS 4!!! Всем любителям данного жанра, советую от души, классная и приятная игра!По мне идеальный платформер, ни чего лишнего! Разработчики молодцы! Epic Games красавцы, спасибо за бесплатную раздачу! По другому я бы про данную игру и не узнал! А для разработчиков, в поддержку куплю данную игру на PS 4!!! Всем любителям данного жанра, советую от души, классная и приятная игра!
  13. Sepherim
    Jul 7, 2021
    7
    Sundered: Eldritch Edition es un juego que está muy entretenido. La base es un metroidvania con mucho más combate del que suele ser habitual en el género. A eso se le añade una capa de rogue-lite que hace que los mapas varíen de una vez a otra, que introduce la muerte como una mecánica en la que gastas experiencia para volverte más fuerte y más o menos tienes el juego. Habilidades aSundered: Eldritch Edition es un juego que está muy entretenido. La base es un metroidvania con mucho más combate del que suele ser habitual en el género. A eso se le añade una capa de rogue-lite que hace que los mapas varíen de una vez a otra, que introduce la muerte como una mecánica en la que gastas experiencia para volverte más fuerte y más o menos tienes el juego. Habilidades a desbloquear en el mundo, perks que permiten especializar al personaje según el estilo de juego que nos guste, un árbol de habilidades lleno de mejoras pasivas a distintos stats. Eso si, la variedad de enemigos está bien pero resulta un poco justita, ya que muchos solo son versiones modificadas de otros monstruos que ya habias encontrado, o tienen patrones y técnicas similares.

    Gráficamente el juego cumple sin ser un portento; donde más cansa es en los escenarios, que se repiten mucho y son tres zonas grandes con sus propias estéticas y luego ya filtros de colores. El sonido cumple, sin sorpresas maravillosas, aunque me gusta mucho la voz del narrador (¿habla en alemán?) que le pega mucho a la ambientación y la historia. En cuanto a bugs, he encontrado algunos, pero nada demasiado grave.

    El resultado de todo ello son unas 15 horillas divertidas pero no trascendentales. Un 6,5    … Expand
  14. Y2IZI
    May 16, 2020
    10
    Awesome Points : - EPIC Boss battles with INSANE difficulty and very good soundtrack
    - Swarm of enemies so unique on there own world
    - Build character game with different perks, (Play your own style) - Different endings based on your decisions (WITH PLOTWIST) - THE GAMEPLAY is FLUID, EVERYTHING is gorgeous. - Unique lore, like seriously OMG. You face an unknown world with unknown    Awesome Points : - EPIC Boss battles with INSANE difficulty and very good soundtrack
    - Swarm of enemies so unique on there own world
    - Build character game with different perks, (Play your own style)
    - Different endings based on your decisions (WITH PLOTWIST)
    - THE GAMEPLAY is FLUID, EVERYTHING is gorgeous.
    - Unique lore, like seriously OMG. You face an unknown world with unknown
    language that was created for this game.
    Good Points: -Always new form of the map if you die keeping it interesting
    - There also minibosses that are challenging
    - multiplayer game (eldritch edition), its not necessary but if you would like to see your
    pals die i would recommend it haha.
    - easy mode for casuals.
    Bad Points: None, i dont find anything wrong for the game, the enemies , the environment, the music and the crazy effects of sound are top notch. If you dont like challenging games dont worry, it has an easy mode for casuals.    … Expand
  15. churros
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    Pros:
    + hand drawn
    + atmospheric soundtrack and sound effects
    + memorable boss battles
    + perfect pacing
    + fluid combat and traversal
    + interisting skill tree
    + unique metroidvania

    Cons:
    (none)
  16. abdu321
    Jul 20, 2020
    10
    epic game with epc boss battles so good level design with perfect gameplay and i tryied hallow knight and this is better it has 4 players coop and this is amazing
  17. EnochRoot
    Dec 26, 2020
    10
    Super fun game. Intense and fun action, smooth gameplay, perfect challenge level, great skills and mechanics progression, satisfying passive tree, interesting choices with a non-intrusive splash of story. No need for google searches, just keep playing until you find where to go.

    I'm an old school gamer, and a dad, and I don't have much time to play these days, so most games I try last    Super fun game. Intense and fun action, smooth gameplay, perfect challenge level, great skills and mechanics progression, satisfying passive tree, interesting choices with a non-intrusive splash of story. No need for google searches, just keep playing until you find where to go.

    I'm an old school gamer, and a dad, and I don't have much time to play these days, so most games I try last about 15 minutes. But this one I hungrily played to the end and will probably play it again. I cannot wait for the next title from Thunder Lotus! Keep it up guys, you rock!    … Expand
  18. Lebowski1
    Nov 29, 2021
    10
    Writing my review after 2 hours of playtime. the game is incredible, the way we moved from one "room" to another is awesome. Original idea.
  19. somedude14
    Feb 5, 2023
    9
    I played this game start to finish in coop and it's fantastic. Only downside is a bug we had right at the end: we killed the final boss, it saved (so you can reload back at the sanctuary with xp earned from the fight) and unlocked the achievement, but didn't show the final cutscene. Apparently this is a bug exclusive to coop. Easily fixed by watching a youtube video, but still deductingI played this game start to finish in coop and it's fantastic. Only downside is a bug we had right at the end: we killed the final boss, it saved (so you can reload back at the sanctuary with xp earned from the fight) and unlocked the achievement, but didn't show the final cutscene. Apparently this is a bug exclusive to coop. Easily fixed by watching a youtube video, but still deducting 1 point because of it.

    Much better value than Metroid Dread, as Dread was $80CDN and took me 6.5 hours to complete, this is typically $23CDN but was on sale for $6CDN and took 9 hours. But also a better Metroid game than Dread. So many indie metroidvanias make the real deal look like crap.    … Expand
  20. Ciocolici
    Aug 20, 2023
    9
    This was truly an incredible experience. Going through it entirely with my girlfriend, in couch co-op, was an absolute blast. The artwork is just stunning, and those boss fights? Mind-blowing. The animations added a whole other layer of awesomeness. Honestly, everything was so meticulously crafted and visually striking. The way they've created the darkness and its surroundings is justThis was truly an incredible experience. Going through it entirely with my girlfriend, in couch co-op, was an absolute blast. The artwork is just stunning, and those boss fights? Mind-blowing. The animations added a whole other layer of awesomeness. Honestly, everything was so meticulously crafted and visually striking. The way they've created the darkness and its surroundings is just impressive. Admittedly, the story felt a tad oddly presented to me, but let's not overlook the fact that this is one heck of a fantastic platform game!… Expand
  21. maluigario
    Dec 5, 2022
    3
    TL;DR: A lot of nothing interspered by repetitive combat and uninteresting enemy and level design.

    Games have roughly half an hour to an hour of my time to maintain a 6 or above score in my head before I determine they're not worth giving more of my time to. This game did not pass that mark. There was no hook here: The game gives you little to nothing to do and an enormous amount of space    TL;DR: A lot of nothing interspered by repetitive combat and uninteresting enemy and level design.

    Games have roughly half an hour to an hour of my time to maintain a 6 or above score in my head before I determine they're not worth giving more of my time to. This game did not pass that mark. There was no hook here: The game gives you little to nothing to do and an enormous amount of space to do it in. It gives you tiny threads of a story, none of which were enough to make me want to slog through the tedium. The combat is very basic hack-and-slash platforming. The enemy design is boring; there are maybe 3 enemy types you come across, and the first boss is just a bigger version of one of those 3.

    I can sum up the first 30 minutes with a series of "Why?"s:
    Why are tentacles dragging me away?
    Why do the green plants that look exactly like the rest of the environment hurt me?
    Why is the weird black crystal talking to me in some faux German/Gaelic language?
    Why do I have a dodge roll in a 2D hack-and-slash platformer?
    Why aren't there any combos?
    Why am I going through 5 minutes of world travelling without encountering a single enemy?
    Why do you unlock doors by smashing future crystals?
    Why am I doing anything?
    Why am I here?
    Why am I still playing this game?    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. CD-Action
    Oct 30, 2017
    75
    Ten enjoyable hours, great visuals, excellent combat system, too much repetitiveness. Sundered is no Ori and the Blind Forest, but metroidvania fans should enjoy it. [10/2017, p.70]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Sep 29, 2017
    80
    Sundered is a great metroid-vania. It doesn´t innovate a classic gameplay formula, but with its visual, atmosphere and technical quality, it can catch and hold you. [Issue#277]
  3. PlayGround.ru
    Sep 29, 2017
    50
    Sundered is another example of a good concept that was poorly realized. During the first five minutes the game is nice, but after that you have to force yourself to play it.
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