Tunic

 Xbox One
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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 139 Ratings

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  1. Glowguy
    Apr 1, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was a great game until the part in the cathedral where you have to run a ridiculous gauntlet of 6 bs swarm enemies with like 2 health - seriously awful design decision that made me nope out of the game… Expand
  2. Guinome69
    Mar 3, 2023
    10
    Any words coming out of this comment doesn't make justice for how good this game is, honestly, it is one of the best games I've ever played, so instead of looking at reviews, you should just get it already!
    It will shatter all of your expectations
  3. cfc1998
    Feb 4, 2023
    8
    Definitely a cool indie game, nice graphics and art style. Combat is a bit weak, there is no complex elements on it, and the level design is confusing. U dont know where to go unless you use a guide. Good experience overall.
  4. Kaykat
    Jan 30, 2023
    8
    Really fun, clean looking game. I found some of the bosses a bit of a challenge but they are all very doable when you figure out the mechanics.
  5. Byrne2020
    Jan 29, 2023
    10
    Easily one of the best games of 2022. A pure joy to play and also a real big challenge.
  6. VNaut
    Jan 18, 2023
    8
    A beautiful and challenging game to explore and discover. The sound is absolutely great. The controls in combat could be better.
  7. BlueStark
    Jan 9, 2023
    7
    Tunic es un juego precioso. La dirección de arte es única y la música te transporta directamente a su mundo.

    Mecánicamente es una mezcla entre los Zelda antiguos en 2D y la saga Soul. El resultado es un juego que encuentra una identidad propia fusionando estas dos sagas tan queridas y importando algo muy original: el manual de instrucciones. Dicho manual, es la base del juego debido a que    Tunic es un juego precioso. La dirección de arte es única y la música te transporta directamente a su mundo.

    Mecánicamente es una mezcla entre los Zelda antiguos en 2D y la saga Soul. El resultado es un juego que encuentra una identidad propia fusionando estas dos sagas tan queridas y importando algo muy original: el manual de instrucciones. Dicho manual, es la base del juego debido a que el juego nunca te dice que hacer o cómo funcionan sus mecánicas, y es gracias a que recoges hojas dispersas del manual que tendrás una idea de lo que debes hacer. Descifrar el manual es tan bien una de sus virtudes, ya que mayormente te tendrás que guiar por las imágenes debido a la carencia de textos legibles en el.

    Sin embargo Tunic falla en lo que supuestamente debería ser su baza: la exploración. Ya hacer un juego críptico es una experiencia refrescante y desafiante pero si a eso le añades un cámara que esconde gran parte de sus secretos te queda una experiencia que juega con la frustración y el tiempo de sus jugadores. Y es que para acceder a muchas áreas, hay caminos literalmente invisibles para los cuales no hay ninguna guía visual de ningún tipo. Así que la única opción es l constante prueba y error así como deambular por su mundo sin ninguna dirección.

    Esto va en contra de la propia alma del juego ya que se supone que el jugador debería descifrar poco a poco el mundo mediante las páginas del manual y no, tener que buscar una guía en internet.    … Expand
  8. Genius1step
    Jan 8, 2023
    8
    A treasure game of the year. Controller and animation feels a bit not smooth but OK, if you're familiar with action/soul-like/zelda games. Storyline and puzzles are quite good and I can still remember some. Though have to read some guides/spoilers online cause some are too difficult for me, still worth playing and had a lot of fun with it.
  9. leeuk321
    Dec 31, 2022
    10
    Fantastic game, which doesn't hold your hand like a lot of dummy games made these days. Reviewers that have scored this game low of the basis of it being too difficult have zero patience, intrigue or mental capacity.
  10. RyKooda
    Dec 12, 2022
    10
    I am completely blown away by how much I enjoyed this game. And it's one of those rare experiences where saying too much will spoil it. For starters, this is classic Zelda with a Souls-like twist. Zelda games tend to be easy, but this game offers challenging bosses and segments.

    My experience is probably tainted by nostalgia goggles. I'm 40. I grew up with games like the original The    I am completely blown away by how much I enjoyed this game. And it's one of those rare experiences where saying too much will spoil it. For starters, this is classic Zelda with a Souls-like twist. Zelda games tend to be easy, but this game offers challenging bosses and segments.

    My experience is probably tainted by nostalgia goggles. I'm 40. I grew up with games like the original The Legend of Zelda on NES. This game captures the feel of the original while making it completely modern. This game will not hold your hand. You wake up on a beach and find a stick in a cave. You're almost completely on your own to figure out where to go and what to do.

    But, It's because the game does not hold your hand that it feels so rewarding when you figure something out.    … Expand
  11. plinley
    Dec 6, 2022
    10
    Tunic is my favorite game of 2022. In addition to what I’ve discussed above, the graphics are always great to look at and the audio is so good. The soundtrack is on Spotify and I highly recommend giving it a listen. It’s even more mind blowing when you find out that this game was mostly made by one man. Initially Tunic launched on Xbox Gamepass and Steam but is now available on PlaystationTunic is my favorite game of 2022. In addition to what I’ve discussed above, the graphics are always great to look at and the audio is so good. The soundtrack is on Spotify and I highly recommend giving it a listen. It’s even more mind blowing when you find out that this game was mostly made by one man. Initially Tunic launched on Xbox Gamepass and Steam but is now available on Playstation and Switch. You are doing yourself a disservice if you do not set aside some time to dive into this world.… Expand
  12. niddel2003
    Nov 27, 2022
    10
    this game its incredible i love it, the fights, the style, the ambient its amazing!!
  13. Palitole
    Nov 26, 2022
    9
    Jogue Tunic antes de saber sobre qualquer coisas relacionada ao jogo, vale a experiencia do inicio ao fim !!!
  14. GusPAN
    Nov 24, 2022
    10
    TUNIC est un jeu incroyable. Je l’ai attendu depuis son annonce. Je l’ai acheté dès le jour de sa sortie sur SWITCH et je n’ai aucun regret car c’est l’un des meilleurs jeux auquel j’ai joué ces dernières années.

    Les points positifs : -Visuels très réussi avec une palette de couleur variée et des décors enchanteurs et mystérieux. Les jeux de lumières sont très réussis et viennent sublimés    TUNIC est un jeu incroyable. Je l’ai attendu depuis son annonce. Je l’ai acheté dès le jour de sa sortie sur SWITCH et je n’ai aucun regret car c’est l’un des meilleurs jeux auquel j’ai joué ces dernières années.

    Les points positifs :
    -Visuels très réussi avec une palette de couleur variée et des décors enchanteurs et mystérieux. Les jeux de lumières sont très réussis et viennent sublimés la direction artistique donnant à chaque zones une ambiance magnifique

    -Les secrets et mystères sont présents partout dans le jeu et son parfois extrêmement bien dissimulés. Le livret, qui est lui même à la fois une énigme et sa solution, est extrêmement bien fait, il fait remonter de bons souvenirs et chaque page découverte ouvre de nouvelles possibilités de jeu.

    -Les donjons sont visuellement sublimes et ne sont pas faciles. Les énigmes ne sont pas complexes, mais les combats compensent amplement, surtout si on ne s’est pas bien préparé. Mais on est presque déçu de devoir en sortir tant ils sont réussis -La difficulté est très bien dosée il faut évidement plusieurs essais avant de réussir à passer une zone ou un groupe d’ennemis car ce jeu n’est pas facile. Mais à chaque tentative on cernes mieux les paternes de chaque adversaire et on comprend qu’il faut rester prudent et ne pas hésiter à faire usage de tout les objets en notre possession face à certaines situations. Les boss eux demanderont une certaine patience car ils sont peu nombreux mais extrêmement difficile, cependant la réussite n’en est que plus satisfaisante

    Les points négatifs :
    -La caméra est parfois très déstabilisante pendant les combats de boss car elle pivote autour de l’ennemi plutôt que de garder un angle fixe comme dans le reste du jeu.

    -La rejouabilité n’est malheureusement pas très développée. En effet le jeu étant basé sur le fait que le joueur découvre certaines mécaniques de gameplay tardivement alors qu’il y a accès dès le début il n’y a plus de surprise après avoir fini le jeu la première fois. Aussi en y rejouant on connais ces mécaniques et le jeu devient beaucoup plus simple. Il n’y a donc que quelques secrets annexes qui feront revenir le joueur sur le jeu.

    - Le jeu n’existe pas en version physique. C’est vraiment dommage car il a ça place dans toute les collections.



    En conclusion, ce jeu est vraiment très bon, l’exploration y est toujours récompensée et on adore se perdre et apprendre petit à petit, page à page comment jouer! La découverte et l’exploration de cette étrange île sont extrêmement satisfaisante et apporte une vraie fraîcheur. Quant à la difficulté, elle vient ajouter un peu de challenge pour ceux qui se laisserait berner par l’esthétique enfantine de ce titre.
    Essayez-le vous ne pourrez qu’être surpris!    … Expand
  15. Tommix
    Oct 3, 2022
    10
    excellent game play and a good mix between exploration and battles with good graphics and sound effects.
    One of the best indie games that I have played.
  16. pmasterfunk
    Sep 20, 2022
    4
    Tunic looks good. It's pretty, the music is nice, it has some cool visual effects. It's definitely cute and charming.

    But it's such a pain to play. Controls feel super sluggish, walk speed is incredibly slow. Inputs feel laggy, attacking and rolling, even walking feels unresponsive. I'm controlling a fox for chrissakes, he should be running circles around everyone. Enemies hit like    Tunic looks good. It's pretty, the music is nice, it has some cool visual effects. It's definitely cute and charming.

    But it's such a pain to play.

    Controls feel super sluggish, walk speed is incredibly slow. Inputs feel laggy, attacking and rolling, even walking feels unresponsive. I'm controlling a fox for chrissakes, he should be running circles around everyone. Enemies hit like tanks, the windows for dodging and attacking are super tight. Some enemies track mid-swing so you can't really dodge around them to counter, just away from them. Coupled with the anemic striking range, battles often stretch out.

    I don't know where I'm supposed to go, and it takes forever to get there because of the walking speed. Getting items doesn't feel all that satisfying. The items aren't that original, I never felt like I had just discovered something exciting. Compare this to Ori, where lobbing fireballs can help me jump higher; that's interesting skill design.

    It's just incredibly frustrating, and there's not much payoff. I've given up on games before, but rarely as quickly as I have with Tunic. 100% honest here, I full on ragequit after a very short amount of time. I like the concept, but I hate the execution.    … Expand
  17. kingq22
    Sep 13, 2022
    8
    The visuals and music in this game are beautiful, the combat can also be really fun and challenging. My only issue with this fame is the lack of direction, there's a lot of backtracking in the mid to later stage of the game and that's just not what I want out of my experience. The puzzles are really fun and I love how the book that guides you comes together, but I don't want to revisit theThe visuals and music in this game are beautiful, the combat can also be really fun and challenging. My only issue with this fame is the lack of direction, there's a lot of backtracking in the mid to later stage of the game and that's just not what I want out of my experience. The puzzles are really fun and I love how the book that guides you comes together, but I don't want to revisit the same places so many times just to die a bunch in the process. Still highly recommend the game, especially for those who enjoy Souls-like combat.… Expand
  18. gabrielsrc
    Aug 31, 2022
    9
    Nintendo won't make us more Zeldas, but undie developers will. Thank you for that.
  19. Champagepajjji
    Aug 15, 2022
    8
    Solid game, if you’re into Zelda: Link’s Awakening on the Switch then you’ll love this game. It’s essentially the XBOX’s version of it in spirit. Great gameplay and the music was phenomenal.
  20. Ach01nos
    Jun 27, 2022
    9
    The best game on xbox consoles from Halo 2, i remembered the golden age of A link to the past, need an absolutely sequel, and a physical version
  21. X913
    Jun 4, 2022
    10
    I didn't think I would like this game or even recommend it to others, and I was wrong. This is a very beautiful game and you should play it, too.
  22. CTAN
    Jun 3, 2022
    1
    Zelda wannabe? Beautiful graphic and scene design, but I'm really disappointed with the design and gameplay mechanic... In nut shell, nothing is new...
  23. CamyVero
    May 26, 2022
    9
    Excelente videojuego. Una aventura de corte clásico que, a primera vista, puede parecer un clon de Zelda, pero no, es mucho más. La forma perfecta de describirlo es como si el remake de Zelda: Link's Awakening hubiera tenido un hijo con Dark Souls. ¿Es lo que nos quedaba por ver? ¿Otra reinvención de los Souls like? Pues eso es exactamente lo que nos ofrece Tunic.

    En lo jugable tenemos    Excelente videojuego. Una aventura de corte clásico que, a primera vista, puede parecer un clon de Zelda, pero no, es mucho más. La forma perfecta de describirlo es como si el remake de Zelda: Link's Awakening hubiera tenido un hijo con Dark Souls. ¿Es lo que nos quedaba por ver? ¿Otra reinvención de los Souls like? Pues eso es exactamente lo que nos ofrece Tunic.

    En lo jugable tenemos un juego de estética muy bonita, en vista isométrica, donde encarnamos a un pequeño zorrito de casaca verde, que, totalmente desarmado despierta en una pequeña playa a partir de la cual se nos invita a explorar. Los combates no tardarán en salirnos al paso con unas mecánicas muy familiares si nos entendemos con los souls like. Centrar objetivo, atacar en el momento justo, retirarse, esquivar. La exploración nos hará encontrar items cuyo objetivo desconoceremos por completo, solo unas páginas escritas en un extraño idioma, con unos dibujos a modo de instrucciones nos iran guiando de forma torpe a través de un mapa con zonas interconectadas. Vastas prederas, profundas mazmorras, espesos bosques, neblinosas ciénagas....

    En definitiva, un excelente y difícil juego para echarle unas 20 horas arriba o abajo. Totalmente recomendado    … Expand
  24. Dronewolf
    May 15, 2022
    7
    Going to give Tunic a 7. Why? Let me explain..

    The visual and music in this game are beautuful, I adore both. The main character looks good. The presentation as a whole is great, but I'm tired of these hard for the sake of hard games. Tunic is a very difficult and the devs know this as they put a "No fail mode" option in the options, which is invincibilty. A lot of these indie games are    Going to give Tunic a 7. Why? Let me explain..

    The visual and music in this game are beautuful, I adore both. The main character looks good. The presentation as a whole is great, but I'm tired of these hard for the sake of hard games. Tunic is a very difficult and the devs know this as they put a "No fail mode" option in the options, which is invincibilty. A lot of these indie games are putting this option in nowadays.

    But I'm going to talk about this without acknowledging that no fail mode. Enemies can hit hard and relentlessly. Near the end of the game enemies can drain your maximum HP to nothing with some sort of poison or something. The bosses are difficult also and the combat can be a little sluggish. It does try to be Dark Souls in a way, but it's a bit....Slow.

    I like the in game language, but don't like how you can't eventyally get something to translate it, which means you get items, but you have no idea what they d until you use them. Some you can tell what they are like bombs, but the items, which are sort of like the rings from the souls games, you have no idea what they do or what their effects are. I think the dev should have makde it slightly easier to tell what things are and even where to go, as the game never really gives you any direction.

    Like I said, the visuals and music are great and I've only given it the 7 due to the invincibility option. In truth, I would have scored this lower if it was non-existant as it is just too hard, even for a souls vet.

    Slightly disappointing as I was so hyped for this when I first saw it years ag at E3. It's on Game Pass, so try it yourself any way. It's not a bad game, just unbalanced.    … Expand
  25. ihatedthis
    May 3, 2022
    1
    One point for the artstyle.
    On the otherside, everything is terrible: dodging, locking, sprinting. All of them are broken, especially in boss fights, which are one of the most unfair battles I've ever seen.
    Decrypting the guide book is rather annoying than enjoyable.
    I had high hopes, but to be honest...this is the worst game I have ever played.
  26. Andrewtaylorart
    May 1, 2022
    9
    One of the better games I have ever played!

    Must than just a cute zelda clone.
  27. LordNickEvil
    Apr 26, 2022
    10
    Eu joguei o jogo do início ao fim até conseguir fechá-lo . E simplesmente tornou um dos games favoritos do gênero eu gostei muito das fases da trilha sonora do jogo , os chefes são incríveis de batalhar . O jogo é fofinho mas não se engane ele é muito difícil e complicado vale muito a pena jogar estou feliz de finalmente poder jogar e muito feliz pelo resultado . Se podes-me dar mais de 10Eu joguei o jogo do início ao fim até conseguir fechá-lo . E simplesmente tornou um dos games favoritos do gênero eu gostei muito das fases da trilha sonora do jogo , os chefes são incríveis de batalhar . O jogo é fofinho mas não se engane ele é muito difícil e complicado vale muito a pena jogar estou feliz de finalmente poder jogar e muito feliz pelo resultado . Se podes-me dar mais de 10 eu dava . Um detalhe a versão do Xbox séries X/S é mais rápida os carregamentos quase nulo e isso é incrível demais ele definitivamente ficará fixado no quick resume , e também é um pouco mais nítido quando se vê as coisas de longe mas em ambos consoles são incríveis jogo lindo parabéns aos desenvolvedores.… Expand
  28. Neverknowbest
    Apr 6, 2022
    8
    Tunic pays homage to the classic, Legend of Zelda. While adding new mechanics of world respawn from, Dark Souls series. It’s a fun and challenging game, that’ll test your patience at time but overcoming a obstacle or stubborn boss. Will keep you going as your figure out what happening to this world. From the unique way of the game explaining how to play and navigate through each level, viaTunic pays homage to the classic, Legend of Zelda. While adding new mechanics of world respawn from, Dark Souls series. It’s a fun and challenging game, that’ll test your patience at time but overcoming a obstacle or stubborn boss. Will keep you going as your figure out what happening to this world. From the unique way of the game explaining how to play and navigate through each level, via a collectible item. It’s served as a must to travel to each corner of the level finding chest and other items. My only issue with the game is, the hero had small hit box. You’ll have to be super up close on a certain enemies, in order for the sword to connect.… Expand
  29. xkingslayer
    Mar 30, 2022
    10
    Giving this a 10 to balance out the review bombing by salty angry dorito munchers. It's a fun game that gives you a lot to think about and take in at first in trying to figure out what your items to or where to go, but there's very clear clues strewn about to get your started. Especially being free on gamepass it's a great game to play for free.
  30. RapidStar
    Mar 30, 2022
    10
    Tunic is a wonderful indie game for the casual player to enjoy as it literally blew me away, Visuals & gameplay are fantastic so its worth recommending to anyone to who has game pass.
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  1. TheSixthAxis
    Mar 24, 2022
    90
    Tunic had a lot to live up to after years of built up expectation, and it doesn’t just meet them, it shatters them and stands out as one of the most joyous gaming experiences I’ve had in years. It takes a little while to feel at home in Tunic’s gorgeously rendered world, but once it clicks and the secrets of the masterfully constructed in-game manual start to reveal themselves, the resulting game is up there with the likes of Zelda in terms of exploration and discoveries.
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  2. SomosXbox
    Mar 23, 2022
    78
    Tunic is one of the biggest surprises this year will offer, with a beautiful world to explore, a perfect soundtrack and a gameplay that, with its flaws, will give tons of hours of enjoying.
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  3. PC Games
    Mar 22, 2022
    80
    There is much more to Tunic than what meets the eye. Just be ready for a challenge.
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