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But worse is that a lot of these bosses end up feeling like padding, and some are barely disguised as anything but. That's okay you'll get past most of them with some smart re-jigging of your gear. The combat is fun, but some of the boss fights themselves are frustrating, mostly because the arenas you fight in are quite small spaces, and the 2D hit boxes of some attacks aren't quite precise enough to allow for proper last minute dodges. 10/10 for drawing, I'm putting that on the fridge. There are loads of cool details like that in the art. And if you look closely, you can see that each room on the map has a tiny drawing of what it looks like in-game on it, which is wonderful. Underneath you can see the start of the extensive crypt system. Here we see the map of your castle, the Red Keep.

These rats are way better builders than you'd expect. You can also increase your health bar by finding ingredients for slap-up meals back at your castle, or find exotic weapons or blueprints, rewarding thoughtful exploration of the sewers and crypt tunnels that make up a lot of the map space. Moments of bravado can still be brutal, but you're rewarded with deliciously gory kill animations for each boss fight.

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Meanwhile, your estus flask-equivalent is full of bug juice (which you can collect from bugs you've just killed for a delicious, body-temperature drink), and save points at blue lanterns are frequent. Balancing the weight of your gear vs your defence and attack ratings will affect how you play, for example (I always prefer being fast so I can roll in and out of danger, rather than tanking it), but you also have a two-handed heavy weapon you can auto-switch to, allowing you to beast shielded enemies. Tails Of Iron has more nuance than you'd expect from a game that looks like Baby's First Lordran, but it is more forgiving than its Dark Souls inspirations. I switched from using a sword to a spear, so I had more range on my melee attacks, and tooled up with a crossbow - it was heavier, but it did more damage than a bow. I stalled for ages on a fight with the mosquito king until I realised that putting on moz-resistant armour made a massive difference. Different fights demand different builds, and it encourages you to mix things up rather than settle on a favourite build or go for something more all-purpose. You can find and craft a variety of weapons and armour, but there's a welcome sense of variety in how you spec Redgi out. It's satisfying to dodge and parry attacks successfully, and get a big hit in afterwards, and should be a more enjoyable experience for anyone who's struggled with Dark Souls proper in the past. It's also well-mapped to a controller, which is the recommend way to play it.

There could be more variety in some of your enemy's attacks, but in general the combat itself is fun and more manageable than your average Soulslike. A variety of frogs will attack: spear frogs, arrow frogs, frogs with big shields. There are mosquitos that buzz around above you and have pointy bums. On the way to each big boss fight (which range from big frogs with maces, to a beetle brood mother who flies and spits explosive eggs at you) you will encounter smaller enemies who can knock a chunk of your health off. You save the town, the rangers and farmers through similar means. You rescue your brothers by finding and killing the frog warriors that have captured them. I'll 'ave you.Īs Redgi works to win back his throne, his duties as king are almost entirely slaughtering, and slaughtering adjacent. These rats are cute, but also u wot? U wot? Say that again m8. Slice open a frog belly and see the guts spill out. Time to kick this RPG into a side-on soulslike experience.

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Little 2D inhabitants of a feudal rat kingdom, where they get milk from insects that look like cows, and royal succession is determined in trial by combat - which you, Prince Redgi, win, and shortly thereafter become King Redgi when your dad is murdered by frogs right in front of you.

Rats have lovely little pin-prick hands and feet, and they will give you wiffly-nose kisses while they assess whether your hair is worth exploring or not. I've not had pet rats myself, but a bunch of my friends have. The combat and world are both detailed and good, so it's a shame about all the padding in the middle.Īs enquiring minds already know, rats are very cute. Tails Of Iron is a fun 2D Soulslike that will really tickle anyone who loves Redwall.

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