Golden Force

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  1. Demoli
    Jan 29, 2021
    5
    Golden Force has a number of qualities that are nice, but falls short in many places and with with failings is definitely not worth the full price set for the game. It's made to be a difficult game, but does so in many terrible ways. You will likely take hits from very cheap mechanics like an enemy spawning from right under you, moving into an enemy from your combo and taking damage fromGolden Force has a number of qualities that are nice, but falls short in many places and with with failings is definitely not worth the full price set for the game. It's made to be a difficult game, but does so in many terrible ways. You will likely take hits from very cheap mechanics like an enemy spawning from right under you, moving into an enemy from your combo and taking damage from touching them, or some few attacks that just don't telegraph properly. Level design could be improved as well with plentiful leaps of faith and some death pits that the game leads you into, sometimes even with coins leading to them. Performance also takes a hit when lots of coins are on screen or being collected or large numbers of enemies. Despite these flaws I've yet to find it so difficult that a bit of perseverance can't overcome it but it never feels good to die from cheap hits.

    Tl;dr cheap difficulty from attacks and level design with some decent gameplay underneath. Not worth the near the full price in my opinion, wait for sale or pass.    … Expand
  2. Naetle
    Oct 25, 2022
    2
    The game is looks nice however it does have a lot of flaws that prevent the enjoyability of the gameplay

    The controls are way imprecise, in Boss fights the game expects that you dodge and attack with a good timing however the controls are sub-par and you will get frustraded because 8 of 10 deaths it will be the controls fault, also the game does not have good hit-boxes so yeah, it is    The game is looks nice however it does have a lot of flaws that prevent the enjoyability of the gameplay

    The controls are way imprecise, in Boss fights the game expects that you dodge and attack with a good timing however the controls are sub-par and you will get frustraded because 8 of 10 deaths it will be the controls fault, also the game does not have good hit-boxes so yeah, it is pretty frustruating when you keep dying and dying because of either the bad hit-boxes or the sub-par controllers.

    This game is a platformer however there are some segments in almost all levels in where the screen keeps static and you will need to fight against hordes of enemies, this does not feel nice and it only slowdown the game pace because you need several strikes in order to defeat some of the bigger monsters.    … Expand

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  1. Worth Playing
    Nov 18, 2021
    55
    Taken on its own, Golden Force is decent. It looks wonderful, with some solid combat mechanics and very engaging boss fights. Start to compare it to other pixel platformers on the system, and you'll come to lament the forced trial-and-error gameplay, tedious combat, and unnecessarily broken upgrade economy. Patient players may stick it out, but for everyone else, the Switch has plenty of other well-crafted platformers.
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  2. JeuxActu
    May 9, 2021
    70
    Homage supported and assumed to the consoles of the 90s, Golden Force does not seek to revolutionize anything, but only to make us relive the sensations of this beautiful era.
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  3. GameCritics
    May 3, 2021
    60
    Much of Golden Force is very, very good. Any diehard fan of 16-bit games will find a lot to like, but in an age where games like this are common, Golden Force is too technically flawed and too hard to recommended to all but the most dedicated players.
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