XEL

 PC
Metascore
46

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4
  1. Softpedia
    Sep 1, 2022
    65
    XEL is a game that understands its genre, but the development team fails to see that solid innovation is required to compete, given how crowded it is. The basic exploration and combat work well and the time stuff is an interesting addition. But much more is needed to get players interested and to keep them playing. But the biggest issue with XEL is the fact that it has bugs and glitches that force players to replay already uninteresting sections of a level. Getting stuck on a bit of geometry and having no solution but to reload kills interest in a title faster than the lack of inspiration. Once the technical issues are fixed and for a player who is a major fan of action and exploration and has finished other titles in the genre, XEL might be worth picking up on sale.
  2. Multiplayer.it
    Jul 24, 2022
    50
    XEL is a passion project from the Tiny Road team, to be sure. It reprises the basic features of Zelda-like games, but it struggles to give character to the game, which feels clunky and often too slow. Then add up the graphical and performance problems, and what remains is a title that we struggle to recommend even to fans of the genre.
  3. GameCritics
    Sep 8, 2022
    35
    Xel tries to tell a compelling story about time travel, loss, anger, and consequences, but the game just isn’t in great shape. I want to see what Tiny Roar can achieve after they patch the daylights out of Xel, or perhaps what they do in their next project. As it stands, though, Xel needs to think about what it’s done and learn from tis mistakes before it’s not grounded anymore.
  5. INVEN
    Jul 21, 2022
    35
    A new game that combines classic Zelda-like gameplay design and sci-fi story. While the adventure part is enough to enjoy, the lack of convenience feature makes it hard to believe that the game is released in 2022. Also, the bugs are scattered all over the place to the point where it is almost difficult to proceed the game. It needs to be improved quickly.

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  2. Mixed: 2 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. bokarsh-z
    Apr 21, 2023
    1
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    even free or watch it on utube not worth it
    ========== -dont believe high scores from paid utuber reviews. -wow what a bad broken    ==========
    even free or watch it on utube not worth it
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    -dont believe high scores from paid utuber reviews.

    -wow what a bad broken boring unfun bad lvl design bad combat game.

    -game got updates fixes some glitches but looool add new glitches and now they released a dlc loooool.    … Full Review »
  2. Dubeau
    Jul 15, 2022
    6
    Xel has a nice action RPG approach. Just like a Zelda clone. The story seems to get better as it goes. The fighting is fair enough. But thisXel has a nice action RPG approach. Just like a Zelda clone. The story seems to get better as it goes. The fighting is fair enough. But this game on PC has a plethora of graphical glitches. After 3 hours, I was in the Blog region and I got stuck running in a wall and couldn't move anymore. This is a small indie game, but it feels like they didn't iron out a lot of the bugs at launch. I give it 60% but you should wait a couple of patches on PC. That game has a fun potential and hopefully will get better soon.… Full Review »
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