I can see why people would think this game hasn’t aged well to today’s standards, but I feel there’s a certain standard to expect when playing gameboy games. Obviously you shouldn’t expect the quality of Hollow Knight or Celeste when you go back in time like this, but I just started playing this game last week, completely blind and having never played a Shantae game before, and I’m really impressed! Like stated in the article, they’ve done some pretty innovative things for a gameboy game at the time. I actually like the music, the level design is great, challenge is decent, gameplay is smooth, and I like how you navigate the towns from the different perspective. I would have expected this game to get a higher score than the internet have it.
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Re: Review: Shantae - A Dated Dance That Completes The Set On Switch
I can see why people would think this game hasn’t aged well to today’s standards, but I feel there’s a certain standard to expect when playing gameboy games. Obviously you shouldn’t expect the quality of Hollow Knight or Celeste when you go back in time like this, but I just started playing this game last week, completely blind and having never played a Shantae game before, and I’m really impressed! Like stated in the article, they’ve done some pretty innovative things for a gameboy game at the time. I actually like the music, the level design is great, challenge is decent, gameplay is smooth, and I like how you navigate the towns from the different perspective. I would have expected this game to get a higher score than the internet have it.