Shantae and the Seven Sirens Reviews

Uses a different engine than Half-Genie Hero, but is that a bad thing? Amazing fun to be had. And Quintessentially Shantae! 5 out of 5 Hair Whips!

A must-play for anyone who likes metroidvania games!

This is the first game of this type I've been able to get into. It is very fun!

It's a fun game. Kinda short, just like all the Shantae games.

Do not buy this. Seriously. This game has major issues that have not been addressed even after having been out for five years. Normally I'd write out a full-on review, but I think my refund response suffices. " [Game doesn't work properly] Major issues with stuttering. If you have vsync on, the game basically runs at double speed, but with the screen vibrating side to side whenever you move. When it's off, there's less of an issue, but you still get some pretty major horizontal glitches. Furthermore, there's some sort of issue with the cutscenes, resulting in severe pixelation every so often. Also general issues with the menus, certain major controls can't even be changed while in-game, the keys Shift, Ctrl, and Alt can't be used as controls (more of a personal gripe, but their use is integral for optimizing the default control scheme), and the lack of control over individual sources of volume (ie: sfx, music, cutscenes). Overall, the game is a poorly optimized, buggy mess. " The fact that these issues haven't been fixed after all these years is frankly disappointing, and should be considered a mark of shame. Seriously guys, fix your game.

loved it, easily the 2nd best shantae game after pirate's curse. charming, fun, and energetic. i love rottytops

Man, I really loved this game. It's currently my favorite Metroidvania, and it might even be my favorite Shantae game.

Not as good as Half-Genie Hero. I liked the bigger, open world at first, but it quickly became a pain to navigate due to there being very few warp points. Enemies seem to do way more damage than in previous Shantae games but they don't balance this out by giving you better attacks or armor or anything, unless those things pop up much later in the game. The boss fights are terrible. Most of the boss fights in Shantae are dull but this game takes everything I disliked about Shantae bosses and pushes it further. Bosses are hit-sponges and you have very narrow windows to do damage to them. Additionally, the game has crash twice now on the same boss. I still like this game better than Risky's Revenge, but I think this game is much less well designed than Pirate's Curse and Half-Genie Hero. It's an okay game but I don't feel comfortable recommending it.

Gameplay wise, this is marginally below the pirate's curse in a good way. The abilities you unlock are smooth and feel natural, no need to pause to dance for your transformations this time around. It is also a proper metroidvania this time, no level select. Everything is interconnected.

7.5/10 this game has shantae omg hi shantae Pretty decent metroidvania, cool aesthetic, good designs, good music, cool girls with cool clothes and they finally fixed the check points problem from the previous 2 games (massive improvement)