Gazzel Quest, The Five Magic Stones Reviews

funny game, not so easy:) 3 dificulty level.

This is a 2016 of MSX's Knightmare or SNES Pocky and Rocky. It's fun to play and has most of the feel of these two games, just some of the some of the projectile sprites are a bit of ( 1st boss will get hits on me when the green projectile are not near me or my arrow will kill bugs when it's one sprite away) For the price this is a good buy.

The scroll speed at the beginning of stages, leading into mid-level challenges & the end of boss fight is incredibly unpleasant & feels so long & drawn out. The hitbox on projectiles is too big & there doesn't seem to be invincibility frames after taking a hit or they are so few frames that if you get caught in the '5 flying enemies in a row' pattern, you are basically a goner. The firing rate when you hold down a key is super slow & most of the weapons seem dreadful with the homing weapons firing so slowly that it was easier to just never use them. The 'phoenix' type weapon that 1 shots some enemies, doesn't do it for bonuses & the weapons don't seem to upgrade in any visually satisfying way. The first boss doesn't have a health bar, you just hit it aimlessly until you win. The second level seemed more interesting from a layout perspective with environmental traps & such, but the scroll speed. boring weapons/upgrades & necessity of spamming keys to get a usable fire rate did me in by the middle of the second stage. It's cheap, hope it improves because it's visually appealing & the music was fine; but it feels too oddly paced & unpleasant to play for me.