- Publisher: Assemble Entertainment
- Release Date: Jul 12, 2022
- Also On: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
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Sep 1, 2022XEL 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.
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Jul 24, 2022XEL 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.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 3
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Mixed: 2 out of 3
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Negative: 1 out of 3
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Jul 15, 2022