What do you get when you fuse elements of Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, and Hades? Probably a game that's too hard for any human to ever complete, but also, you get Skul: The Hero Slayer, a roguelike about a diminutive skeleton who has to kill a bunch of bad guys. Just your usual, you know.
The stylised pixel art and the hack-and-slash mechanics look skeletons of fun, and lil Skul can even swap out his regular skull for a different head to give himself new powers and abilities. We do have a bone to pick with Skul, though: how is he wearing that cloak? Does he have a neck? How is the neck connected to the shoulder bones?
Skul: The Hero Slayer will be slashing his tiny way to Switch in Summer 2021, although it's already out on Steam if you want to give it a go (with over 17,000 reviews!).
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Now THIS is 16-bit pixel art inspired done right: rich, colorful and with the right amount of modern additions/touches, to give it that extra bit of atmosphere, to make it stand out from the below par 8 and 16 bit inspired dross that is all too prevalent, nowadays. Insta-buy, far as I'm concerned.
This is the one that caught my attention the most in today´s presentation. Never heard of it before, and critics for the Steam version are ok altough they make clear that this is not Hades/Dead Cells. Anyway, I´ll give it a shot
Definitely an absolute highlight of the indie showcase. Seriously considering buying this!
Seems cool ,,, now how is it going to play with the 90 (?) different heads to utilize,,, hoping it’s no Balan
The first time I've seen this game, and I'm perhaps already convinced for Day 1.
I swear the protagonist briefly took on a Beheaded (Dead Cells) appearance during today's trailer, too.
Yeah. This is a Day 1 buy for me. Looks like the type of challenge I’m into.
Why is the headline calling this a metroidvania? This game is nothing like that.
It’s a 2d rogue like where you clear the enemies of every room, no exploration or secrets, though the game is fantastic. I have it on steam
When I say that I love pixel art, I really mean pixel art done like this. This is what all those "retro" inspired games should aim to look like, as a minimum requirement.
@Shadeon_Koopa Yup. During the trailer shown at the indies world direct the beheaded was on screen for a second or two.
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