Lichtspeer: Double Speer Edition Reviews

While it starts off as a fun flash-game style silly start and goes about as far as it can with it's mechanics about halfway through the game the boss fights become tedious rather than fun. The "difficulty" is purely in knowing when the devs have decided you can damage the boss, or perfectly parrying every shot they do. Once it reaches this point it starts adding "be perfect or die" attacks from the environment that feel less like they're testing my skill and more like they're doing their damndest to stretch out the game. It's an exercise in patience and rather quickly grates on my nerves. It goes about as far as it can with the mechanics of "Throw spear" and outstays it's welcome after the fifth level. There are better games to spend $10 on. Frankly if I hadn't gotten this as part of a humble bundle I'd be annoyed I spent the money.

Lichtspeer has something but the ludicrous neon-Viking setting with pseudo-Germanisms is only fun for a short while. It plays like a flash game centered around a single mechanic turned up to eleven. The game is well made but lacks polish and there is not much off it. The trailer reveals nearly everything the game has to offer. Overall, I don't think this is a total failure, the rage quite difficulty padding cannot keep me engaged. 2.5/5