Dust: An Elysian Tail

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Multiplayer.it
    Oct 17, 2014
    90
    A gorgeous, lengthy Metroidvania like adventure, with lot of contents, incredible graphics, addictive combat system and brilliant level design. There's some left downs who can't compromise Dean Dodrill gem. Don't miss it, even on PlayStation 4.
  2. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Nov 28, 2014
    80
    A labour of one man's love that'll melt your heart, while satisfying your bloodlust. [Christmas 2014, p72]
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Nov 16, 2014
    80
    That it's free on Plus is one of the year's best bargains. [Dec 2014, p.94]
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  5. LaPS4
    Oct 21, 2014
    73
    PS Plus brings us a high quality game. A game that is really worth seeing, playing, experiencing and enjoying. More than recommendable for any player of any age.
  6. Push Square
    Oct 12, 2014
    70
    Its combat feels fluid and precise, its presentation is mostly gorgeous, and its story – while relatively pedestrian – is told with humour and panache. Unfortunately, a repetitive second half combined with some potentially profanity-provoking platforming hold it back from truly soaring.

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 208 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 134 out of 208
  2. Mixed: 56 out of 208
  3. Negative: 18 out of 208
  1. Pureray
    Oct 10, 2014
    10
    I found myself enjoying playing through Dust, because of the responsive controls, beautiful visuals, cute furry character's, and it's free toI found myself enjoying playing through Dust, because of the responsive controls, beautiful visuals, cute furry character's, and it's free to try out if you have ps+ this month.… Full Review »
  2. Sirik_Matak
    Mar 12, 2016
    3
    The game is fun for the first hours, later - not so much. What was looking as a decent light metroidvania at first, turned out to be aThe game is fun for the first hours, later - not so much. What was looking as a decent light metroidvania at first, turned out to be a shollow, static slog through copy-pasted content that tries to cover itself with "now you have new ability: DOUBLE JUMP! You can go backtrack early stages to find a hidden treasure or finish a side-quest! So varied!"
    The sad truth is, the gameplay never evolves besides two basic combos and ridiculously overpowered aoe attacks (that basically stagger all the mobs so you can easly hit that 1000+ combo so hardcore and pro). You will endlessly swirl around the screen staggering the same mobs over and over again on really basic stages that mostly consist of two levels and few platforms. Sometimes a bigger mob will appear that requires to be stunned with parry (you just hold your basic attack button).
    This kind of game would be acceptable if it was 1-2 hours long. But every few steps you're assaulted with awful, invasive, badly voiced expository dialogues that uncover the awful story before you, even if you couldn't care less (you need to wait two seconds of every line to be able to skip it). Like someone said already, it's really bad and is considered high quality only by rabid furries, that never read anything besides their own fan-fics or Harry Potter. And it drags, and drags on. 4 hours of the gameplay felt like an eternity to me. 7 hours in it's so tiring I just fly through next stages ignoring trash mobs, just to get to the next checkpoint.
    It's a deal for 0,5€ I guess. It's not a good metroidvania, it's a bad game overall.    … Full Review »
  3. Turbodowg
    Mar 2, 2015
    1
    I judge games on how they play, how they look, how good the story is and the music score/voice acting. But to learn all that a game needs toI judge games on how they play, how they look, how good the story is and the music score/voice acting. But to learn all that a game needs to be played. Majority of games I can put in a few hours even if they have weak elements, but Dust was so bad 5 minutes of play felt like an eternity.

    The story is utterly laughable, I though it was a deliberate comedy and written so bad as a joke, but sadly it wasn't. The story drags in the first few minutes and I began surfing Facebook on my phone until finally the game began.

    The gameplay is very basic, it reminds me of a Barney the Dinosaur game my daughter played when she was four. A very basic sidescroller, you literally can push right and close your eyes it's that bad.

    The characters are crudely animated. They are forgettable and lack anything distinctive to make them enjoyable to play with. The overall graphics are of a very poor standard, everything looks like a badly drawn episode of a Nickelodeon cartoon.

    Basically the game is a dumb button masher pretending it's an RPG so noobs will believe they are part of the RPG crowd.

    Terrible game, I switched of and uninstalled after 10 minutes due to absolute boredom. Hopefully one day this disgraceful time in gaming is forgotten and we will not be subjected to such terrible Indie games on next gen consoles any longer. Avoid this game at all costs if you want to see gaming progress.    … Full Review »
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