Nine Parchments

 Switch
User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 55
  3. Negative: 10 out of 55

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  1. helpMeHelpYou
    Jan 29, 2018
    1
    The graphics look very good, its a decent game to play, BUT:

    After several hours of single player mode I wanted to try out the online player. Its NOT fun at all since your spells can damage your teammates and to be honest, most of the time there is too much going on on the screen so it gets confusing very quick. You have to watch out for enemies, select your spells, figure out where    The graphics look very good, its a decent game to play, BUT:

    After several hours of single player mode I wanted to try out the online player. Its NOT fun at all since your spells can damage your teammates and to be honest, most of the time there is too much going on on the screen so it gets confusing very quick. You have to watch out for enemies, select your spells, figure out where your own character is AND take care that you dont kill your buddies. The worst part: After starting online player once, your single player progess IS GONE. COMPLETELY GONE WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR EXPLANATION.

    You have to start a new single player campaign and start all over again. This is so frustrating and honestly I dont want to start over again because I tried out online player. This is BS!    … Expand
  2. wemelchor
    Jan 3, 2021
    3
    Online is non existent. The entire point of this game is too have a functioning online multiplayer. The only way to get this game to be playable at all is through local multiplayer. Otherwise don't bother playing the game solo and better yet don't bother buying this game in the first place.
  3. appledinger
    Jun 13, 2019
    3
    This game doesn't seem to know what it is. It's kind of a roguelike, kind of an action RPG, and kind of a couch co-op pick-up-and-play game. Unfortunately, it only does each of these halfassed. The game is too long for a roguelike, too shallow and grindy for a good action rpg, and too difficult and frantic to just pick up and play with people of various skill levels.

    What being said, I    This game doesn't seem to know what it is. It's kind of a roguelike, kind of an action RPG, and kind of a couch co-op pick-up-and-play game. Unfortunately, it only does each of these halfassed. The game is too long for a roguelike, too shallow and grindy for a good action rpg, and too difficult and frantic to just pick up and play with people of various skill levels.

    What being said, I had fun on my first single player playthrough. However, once I finished that I realized the replayability options sucked. I could either play the main campaign that I had just beaten again, either with the same character or a different one, or do the "astral arena". The astral arena said I should be at least level 40, while my character was level 32 after beating the game. I would either have to replay half the campaign with the same character to get to 40, or just restart the game at level 1 with a new character. Neither of those sound fun.

    There are also some other minor issues - it's hard to see treasure chests against the background, the movement is slow and boring except for blink, which recharges way too slowly, there's usually about 20 seconds of just walking with nothing to do between encounters, there are dangerous elements like cliffs and flames that are difficult to distinguish against the background, too many enemies are built solely for co-op play and are boring and tedious to beat single player, and nothing you unlock really seems to change the game in any meaningful way.

    This game has some good ideas, but it tries to be too many things at the same time, and never really does any of them well.    … Expand
  4. DevMetacritic
    Mar 22, 2023
    1
    2023 review on Nintendo Switch (playing handheld) with joycon controllers: TLDR: As a game using keyboard and mouse - sure no problems. As a game on switch with the crappy joy-con analog sticks? Do NOT buy. This game is not well ported to Nintendo switch controls. If you’ve ever used the joycons you know that lose and imprecise feeling of rotating joycon L/R sticks in circular motion. This2023 review on Nintendo Switch (playing handheld) with joycon controllers: TLDR: As a game using keyboard and mouse - sure no problems. As a game on switch with the crappy joy-con analog sticks? Do NOT buy. This game is not well ported to Nintendo switch controls. If you’ve ever used the joycons you know that lose and imprecise feeling of rotating joycon L/R sticks in circular motion. This game requires a high degree of precision with free aiming required at all times 360 degrees. This game is NOT a good mix with Nintendo switch joycon controller.

    I also own PS5, XSX, PC, and steam deck so you could say I game a little.    … Expand

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66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Destructoid
    Oct 19, 2018
    60
    With a stronger connection to the world and a more rewarding progression system, Nine Parchments could have been more than a fleeting arcade fancy. If you can find it on sale (which it has hosted many times since launch) and can wrangle up three other people, it's a decent party game that will fill a single afternoon.
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  2. God is a Geek
    Feb 9, 2018
    70
    Given that the PS4 version is 1080p 60fps, I wasn’t really shocked to see this half the frame rate but what impressed me a lot is how well it runs and how good it looks on the Switch. There’s a demo you can check out for an idea of the performance but with the latest patch allowing for no save overwriting, Nine Parchments on Switch is an easy recommendation for a co-op game.
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  3. XGN
    Feb 1, 2018
    65
    Nine Parchments is beautiful and elaborate. It's also incredibly frustrating and unbalanced.
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