Dust: An Elysian Tail

 PlayStation 4
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

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  1. 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 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    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 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.    … Expand
  2. Lawgun
    Apr 12, 2016
    1
    Is it a game? Or it's just an another garbage which just pretending to be a game? Boring side-scrolling slasher without adequate art style and laughable characters. I am not six years old. But even If I was I shall prefer to play in Contra Hard Corps from my childhood or Spyro.
  3. leventguller
    Mar 7, 2015
    2
    I really pushed myself to play this game but unfortunately because of ULTRA SUPER MEGA REPETITIVE gameplay and silly fight sequences I just gave up at the middle of story. First of all this is not an RPG game, this is a shallow button smashing action. No character development, no choices, no effects to the storyline, lineer gameplay and stupid combat mechanics. From the beginning to endI really pushed myself to play this game but unfortunately because of ULTRA SUPER MEGA REPETITIVE gameplay and silly fight sequences I just gave up at the middle of story. First of all this is not an RPG game, this is a shallow button smashing action. No character development, no choices, no effects to the storyline, lineer gameplay and stupid combat mechanics. From the beginning to end the only thing you have to do is smashing three buttons at the same time and create a FLYING TORNADO OF FIRE or WATER COMBO . Really that is all. This game is a joke. Fortunately, I did not pay anything for this.… Expand
  4. 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 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,    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 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.    … Expand

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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. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. 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.
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