Loplight Reviews

Scumhead is incredibly talented & creative. The problem with most of their games, this one included, is that it is completely lacking in polish. I completely understand that it's difficult to finish something when you have so many new ideas all the time. I get it. But you need to have some self control or you will never make anything truly great.

If you decide to play this game, you should know that to select the "New Game" menu option you should press the E key as the game doesn't tell you that, and of course the common selection inputs such as spacebar and Enter and left click do nothing: if you ever come back, you should use the W/S keys (no, of course you can't use the arrows keys or your mouse) to move the cursor from "New Game" to "Continue" before pressing E, unless you enjoy erasing your one and only save file without confirmation. Once you actually get in the game, press Enter to pause the game and show the controls: no you can't rebind them, yes the game doesn't have mouse aim yet attacks are bound to mouse buttons, no the game won't hint at the controls or how to see them in any way. You can also use the Esc key to switch between fullscreen and windowed. As for the game proper: [list] [*]The screens are too small for how large character and bullet sprites are, fighting is annoying and if you can it's better to dash past enemies. [*]Normal enemies respawn every time you enter their screen, as if you needed more reasons to dash past them. [*]One health pip = one hit, but sometimes a projectile double/triple hits , sometimes a projectile ignores your usual immunity frames, and sometimes both happen at once on the last phase of the final boss and you get one-shot from full health, isn't that fun? [*]Manual saves only on a single slot, don't forget to use every save point you see. [*]Sometimes you'll get stuck on the edge of the playable area when moving between screens, there is no way out except quitting the game and then continuing from your last save, hope you didn't forget to use that save point :) [*]You can't go back to the screen you just left without first moving away a bit from the screen border, so if you accidentally go back to a screen full of enemies you'll probably die before being able to correct your mistake. [*]This is a strictly linear game, with the exception of a single optional scene with no impact on anything else. [*]The best "strategy" for boss fights is to tank everything and spam heals, not like you have many other options with how little space for maneuvering there is. [*]The game is pretty short, less than 2 hours, and it's still not worth that much of your time even if you refund it afterwards. [*]The story is super generic once you look past the alchemy references. [/list] The art is ok, but absolutely not enough to salvage everything else.

Dont do ths to yourself. There is effort here but the price is not justified in any way shapeor form. The gameplay is INCREDIBLY easy and unisteresting, more like an excuse not to call it a visual novel or some crap like that. The art is far inferior to many other things... so what is the selling point of this game, the tone and the story, which after going though a sludge of a game, just when you are about to go meet the final boss, you encounter a game breaking bug, you get stuck between 2 stages, the ONE enemy who could kill you to go back to the save point just goes away off screen and since there is no "load" mechanc, nor can you end yourself, you close the game.... and when you fire it up again "new game" is the only working option. DONT DO THIS TO YOURSELF