The Messenger's Quality Of Life Update Will Be Ready "Sometime" This Month

First. Oh and I heard that controls are a bit wonky in this game. Waiting for the update before installing!

"Be Ready" or Be Released ???
HUGE difference !!!

@ActiSwitch Really? I thought the controls were tight.

How does that improve the quality of my life?

Surprised I haven’t purchased this one yet. There’s so much releasing for Switch that I actually forgot about it! With that said this game looks fantastic and I’m sure I’ll buy it at some point especially if there’s a sale : )

Can they make the demon general stop murdering me? My death count is getting embarrassing...

Edit: just beat him and the plot twist was well done. Also just realized that the stories the shopkeeper tells are in the game.

I was wondering about the suped up shurikan. I collected all those things for this?!
Haha

@Ryu_Niiyama
That is whee I am stuck. Though I am going to try it again soon. I find with boss fights like that if I take a break and come back I do better than if I just try over and over again.

After I finished this amazing game I was shocked there was no new game +
I loved the game and would return but backlog.

@Ryu_Niiyama That's where I got stuck too. I haven't gone back to it which is disappointing as I was thoroughly enjoying the game.

Edit, just watched a video of someone beating the Demon King and they made it look so easy. I'll have a crack at it later.

@ActiSwitch The controls are definitely not wonky, far from it.

The controls are pretty great, I guess they'll just give the option to change the button layout, if you prefer a different one.

I'm currently in the beginning of the backtracking section and I feel that could use some work. Unlike other Metroidvanias you need to do a pretty good chunk of running around for simple tasks. The clues, while understandable, are a bit on the "Simon's Quest" side.

Otherwise, I'm absolutely loving it! Brilliant writing and fun gameplay!

@ActiSwitch
I think the controls are pretty tight.

@Vriess @OorWullie On consoles they are. Redefining controls is made mostly for PC, because some controllers pick up weird, and the keyboard layout is a mess. But since they make it on there, it will simply work on consoles as well.

Sweet! I love this game! I didn't think I'd be replaying it for a while, I squeezed the life out of it. It's pretty meaty for its genre, though not so complicated to achieve 100%.

@ActiSwitch controls are good, really responsive I just didn’t like the button mapping. It’s a good game but the best part for me was the music which was EXCELLENT, I really want the soundtrack.

This game seems decent for what it is but it's a style that doesn't really interest me anymore.

Developer seems to be good though, updating their game like this is worthy of praise.

The controls are actually really good. The only problem I had was when I would accidentally grab the wall instead of jumping and vice versa. Though that was more from my error than the actual game itself.

Several months ago I was juggling Metroid: Zero Mission, Hollow Knight, and this game. Every time I opened a new game it took me 5 minute to readjust myself to the control sceme. Needless to say, playing multiple metroidvanias at once is not recommended.

I really hate that "quality of life" phrase. It usually really means "options we should have had in the game in the first place".

Also Nintendo needs to get with times and allow system level button swapping.

Oh wow, I wasn't expecting any more updates for this game! There was a small bug fix update a while back, but that was it. This is my favorite indie game this year, at least that came out this year (I also played Hollow Knight and Hyper Light Drifter for the first time, but they didn't come out this year). New Game+ sounds great...and relevant windmill shuriken? I'm guessing that means the windmill shuriken is getting buffed? That's good because I always thought it wasn't as overpowered as the game claimed it was.

Jukebox is kinda useless for me though as I already have the soundtrack on my phone.

Hoping with this comes a price cut. I'll be buying this either way but I have alot to play at the moment.

Awesome news. By far the best Metroid clone ever! Unlike garbage like Hollow Knight that every brain dead person loves.

@needmorecowbell Dude, this game is amazing. Buy it immediately!

Good, I've just beaten it with all the shards. Not sure if I would invest more in this, it took me 18 hours already.
Anyway, this game is a blast, it delivers great enjoyment until the very end.

Never pulled the trigger on this one.

@harrystein
Whoa! Hollow knight was great

@harrystein Garbage Hollow Knight? Sounds like a personal problem.

lol quality of life

I'll say one thing, this and Celeste refuse to go on sale, lol.

@harrystein Was Hollow Knight too hard for you? The Messenger is a great game, but you don't need be such an idiot.

Relevant windmill shuriken! thank god maybe it will be worth a dams now! yea i played this game to death all green coins and all! waiting for qol.

@MisterMan
Nope just boring as hell and way overrated. The environments were all so similar and no stand out music. So many better games besides The Messenger in the same style that are far superior. Steamworld Dig 2, Guacamelee, and Blaster Master Zero to name a few.

@janpampoen Only because the QOL improvements are arriving this month, I’ll def scoop it up when those hit (plus who knows there might be a sale to draw attention). Great that this game delivers!

Seriously the Switch’s offerings are massive even with its library in its current state (and there’s a small title releasing on Dec. 7th a few ppl are excited about). Legit Star Fox and F-Zero outings and honestly I’d be set lol.

@harrystein are you high?

That's cool to see them do that. I need to go back to this game, I quit a little after the "surprise" turn to a Metroidvania as that really didn't do much for me. Actually it turned me off the game. Loved the first half though.