Owlboy

 Switch
User Score
7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 175 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 93 out of 175
  2. Mixed: 63 out of 175
  3. Negative: 19 out of 175
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  1. Ondik
    Apr 23, 2020
    4
    Really disappointing game. Starts of promising, but takes turn for the worse. Very bad level design, that only highlights how the controls are unpresice and very unintuitive. Stopped caring about the story and will probably not finish the game, because it has lost it's charm. And that is shame, because it looked like masterpiece from all the reviews.
  2. JoveMak
    Jul 10, 2018
    4
    overrated, I beat it on the first day I bought it.
    short story, difficult control scheme
  3. SoulsBoy
    Aug 16, 2018
    2
    lovely art, sound and interesting story. Terrible gamedesign, awful controls and retarded difficulty spikes

    Even at a discount DON'T waste your money!!
  4. KevoKazooie
    Mar 20, 2018
    2
    This is easily the most over-rated indie game I have ever played. My disdain for it only grew the longer I played. I very rarely have such a strong negative reaction to a game, but this nearly had me throwing my Switch into the wall. I couldn't even finish it, and I tried really had to motivate myself since Nintendo doesn't do eShop refunds. But I just couldn't get through more than halfThis is easily the most over-rated indie game I have ever played. My disdain for it only grew the longer I played. I very rarely have such a strong negative reaction to a game, but this nearly had me throwing my Switch into the wall. I couldn't even finish it, and I tried really had to motivate myself since Nintendo doesn't do eShop refunds. But I just couldn't get through more than half of it. I am completely baffled by how much praise it's gotten; I've never felt so out of sync with the hive mind.

    First off, the story is dull and unengaging; I could barely pay attention when the text dialogues popped up. Second, it's infuriatingly hard at times, not because it's challenging, but because it's terribly designed. If you get hit you get knocked to the ground, and the way many enemies and sections are designed, it can be nearly impossible to get back up flying and shooting back without getting hit a bunch more times—or dying altogether. There's ridiculous bullcrap like lava that kills you instantly if you accidentally touch it or get knocked down into it. The control scheme is awful; I frequently found myself pressing the wrong button in the heat of battle and never got it down. It's just horrible game design. It's not fun and when it's not infuriating, it's pretty boring.

    The art direction and music are the only positives to a terrible experience.    … Expand
  5. Raziel_Jharkav
    Feb 19, 2018
    4
    Adaptación de juego de PC... claramente ni se han planteado la adaptación, el control del apuntado respecto a la versión de PC es lamentable y hace que tengas que forzar los dedos y acabes con dolor en las manos de lo mal adaptado que está.
    No merece la pena en consolas a pesar de que en los demás aspectos es genial, ya que por culpa de esta vaga adaptación es injugable.
  6. Grimmush
    Aug 16, 2018
    1
    Bought this at a sale on the eShop. It plays like crap and controls are idiotic!

    Got stuck on the worm boss and, unless I'm missing some upgrades, I'm stuck there due to the **** stupid difficulty spike.

    If I had to review it in one word: ****
  7. MegamanAT
    Apr 1, 2019
    0
    most overrated game ever. lousy controlls, bad story, bad leveldesign. no worth 20 bucks. more a 5 $ game.
  8. jeffbizloc
    Sep 24, 2018
    3
    Played through about 3 hours before I decided this wasn't a game for me

    Pros:
    - Early on it was a nice casual game

    Cons:
    - Controls felt poor
    - I did not like not having a map
    - Just generally thought this game was nothing special, I joked I wouldn't of thought this was good in 1985
  9. Meeleepit
    Mar 4, 2020
    4
    For some reason i struggled immensely to finish this game not for being hard but being so dam boring .

    The pixel art is stunning but the game itself is very frustrating ,the world layout does not make sense.

    it was a schlep to traverse from one part of the map to the next.

    Controls was horrid on this game.

Awards & Rankings

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#19 Best Switch Game of 2018
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#33 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2018
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#63 Most Shared Switch Game of 2018

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Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. XGN
    Jun 11, 2018
    90
    Owlboy is amazing thanks to it's fantastic set of characters and an incredible world to explore. The game has beautiful pixel art and great dialogue that will make you laugh out loud. The only downside is that the game crashes for no reason sometimes.
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  2. TheSixthAxis
    Jun 1, 2018
    80
    If you called Owlboy a piece of art, I would nod my head and agree wholeheartedly. This game, in visuals alone, is a masterful achievement. For those breath-taking visuals to be matched by equally beautiful characters and unique gameplay moments just elevates it even further. The beginning of the game is a bit too slow, and sometimes the gameplay was merely okay, but those are minor blemishes on a video game experience that is absolutely worth your time, and definitely worth the decade that it took to bring it to life.
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  3. Everyeye.it
    May 7, 2018
    80
    Too bad that the conversion for Switch brings some problems, as a scheme of commands not always intuitive and annoying crashes that could damage the enjoyment of the experience.
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