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- DANGEN Entertainment
- DANGEN Entertainment
- DANGEN Entertainment
- DANGEN Entertainment
Lost Ruins
Released On: May 13, 2021
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7.4
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
88% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
59
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
88% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Lost Ruins is a very simple, but still exciting game, which offers a complex magic system and exciting opponents. Probably, by the release on new consoles, it will become even more polished, and some animation flaws and sections with jumps on platforms will be corrected. But even now, Lost Ruins delivers a lot of nice emotions and fun.
I wouldn’t immediately recommend Lost Ruins in the way that I might with other Metroidvanias, but it’s still a fun time overall. If you’re looking for a different kind of Metroidvania and don’t mind intentionally awkward controls, then give Lost Ruins a try. It’s honestly a nice feeling when you get all the way through it.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 User Ratings
7.4
47% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
47% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
7% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 User Ratings
7.4
47% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
47% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
7% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
I played Lost Ruins for at least 50 hours and even then I feel like I wasn't able to consume all the content the game has to offer, the visuals are impeccable, the story is captivating and the gameplay is simple, this is magnificent, a game that really resonates with me. surprised with its final plot.
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as a old gamer ( from atari ) i say
The Excellent game only bad part abou this game is if u dont play it on easy? funcation ( checkpoints ) wont heal u so only thing heal u is potions items
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Lost Ruins manages to stand out from others in the genre and establish itself as a unique experience. The masterclass of pixel artwork alongside the conceptually engaging gameplay ideas more than shows that much effort and care went into this adventure. Still, implementation is everything, and sadly, Lost Ruins doesn’t seem to have a clear idea of what it wants to be. Opting instead to throw everything at a wall and see what sticks.
The visuals are strong and most of the elements are competent, but this is a middle-of-the-road game that squanders its potential with some baffling decisions.
Lost Ruins is nothing more than a cumbersome, unnecessarily frustrating and unbalanced video game. In short, it is a jumble of excellent ideas thrown to the wind, but which at least is a feast for the eyes.
Lost Ruins is a retro-inspired cautionary tale. For every Metroid or Double Dragon back in the day, there were a hundred clones that just did not get it perfectly right. Even 30 years later, developers can’t always figure out the secret sauce or how to make it all work. In some ways Lost Ruins is a proper testament to the classics, they were just so much more nuanced than their visuals let on. This game has some great ideas and a concept that works on paper, and from time to time it works in the game too. But all too often it stumbles when it should have soared.
Can cute/sexy anime girls be mixed with the dark fantasy world of Dark Souls and the like? Sure… but that's no promise of a fine product. Now, there are many indies out there that try to sell through fanservice alone, but Lost Ruins is actually not one of those. Yes, it has waifu bosses with big bouncy assets, and they drop swimsuits as the reward, but to be perfectly honest this isn't the main thing here. Actual effort has been made during this title's creation, with the fanservice (or whatever you want to call it) being just the cherry on top of it all. It's just that the end result isn't really a good, or finely polished game, with the slow, cumbersome combat definitely taking the biscuit.
Overall, very fun, would have somehow liked more, and I think after a certain point, the magic / weapons you use can make the game significantly easier, so my first play through started hard / expected kind of difficulty, and finished almost too easy.
The game at first is important on really managing your items, and the damage you take, while learning about properly timing attacks and patterns. This is not a game where you're going to dodge everything with i-frames, but rather play around attacks and when you can. Don't come into the game expecting to dark souls roll into every attack to dodge it.
Once you get used to the combat it feels very satisfying, especially given the different weapon types you can use.
Story is interesting, and you get small clues to stuff, but I wouldn't call it anything over the top special.
The special part to me were the visuals, they are quite great especially if you like the weeb/anime aesthetic. The bosses and overall enemy types are all visually great, and have good fights if you aren't feeling over the top powerful. example being, on the last boss for myself, I was easily able to just loop one of my spells over and over and not really take any damage.
TLDR: Visually great, Combat is good and especially rewarding on the harder difficulties, could have been a bit longer, but big recommend if you really do love the weeb/anime feels.
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SUMMARY: If you're a fan of cute and sexy, anime-inspired pixel art with decent-to-good souls-esque metroidvania gameplay, you should probably just play it, because the game is at the very least an enjoyable time with lots of visual flare that'll last you about 5-7 hours depending on your playstyle.
Decently fun metroidvania with a lot of charming (however, not particularly deep) characters as well as well designed, cute bosses! There're a lot of skills and upgrades to find, however, they are not particularly well balanced and some combinations are blatantly stronger than others. This leads to a pretty challenging and really fun early game, though the lategame suffers if you are a min-maxer, since you will inevitably fall into an overpowered build and steamroll the second half of the game.
The game gets some flak for being oversexualized, though I never felt like this sexualization was a detriment to the personalities or designs of the female characters as their other qualities usually outshined their overtly sexual visuals. Some of the characters are parodies of pop culture tropes and cultural phenomenons and it never feels excessively derogatory or detracts from the overall vibe of the game, so you just end up having a good laugh here and there. In short, the characters are definitely sexualized and appeal to the horny weeb crowd, but it never feels silly or like it's the main focus of the game. Basically, if you'd shy away because of the sexual themes, I wouldn¨t worry about it.
The game looked beautiful and you could really tell that the developer(s) put a lot of time and effort into making the game look polished. The spritework is great, the designs are fun/cute and it all flows together really well.
The story was decently enjoyable. It had some fun ideas and it was pretty well executed, but it was not fleshed out nor was it deep, I have no real complaints about the story but I'm bound to forget most of it within weeks of finishing it. Basically, it was okay.
Music was fine. I can't recall any of the songs as I finished the game a few weeks ago, but I never felt like it was lacking. Unremarkable, but by no means an issue.
If you enjoy cute girls and are not bothered by sexual tones and some mild degeneracy, this game will definitely scratch that metroidvania itch if only for a little while.
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Gracz wciela się tutaj w młodą dziewczynę, która nagle budzi się w zupełnie nieznanym dla siebie miejscu. Nie pamięta ona, jak się tutaj znalazła ani kim jest. Bezimienna heroina, chcąc odzyskać pamięć, nie ma wyjścia i musi przemierzyć ten niezbyt przyjaźnie wyglądający świat w poszukiwaniu prawdy o sobie. Cała historia jest tutaj opowiadana przez odnajdywanie przeróżnych notatek/dzienników oraz interakcje z napotykanymi postaciami. Rozmowy pozwalają na lepsze zrozumienie otaczającego nas świata, z kolei słowo pisane buduje całą jego otoczkę, która może być zabawna, przerażająca lub mocno emocjonalna (zależnie od tego, kto pozostawił dany dziennik/notatkę). Fabularnie tytuł prezentuje więc całkiem poprawny poziom, nie jest to jednak historia, którą można byłoby nazwać „niesamowitą”. Jest to raczej treść, która dobrze została dopasowana do samej rozgrywki, jednak dość szybko się o niej zapomni po zakończeniu zabawy.
Rozgrywka jest tutaj połączeniem platformówki i klasycznego hack’n slasha. Zadaniem gracza jest pokonywanie kolejnych korytarzy wielkiego labiryntu, eksterminacja pojawiających się przeciwników i zmierzenie się z kolejnymi bossami. Walka prowadzona może być tutaj za pomocą klasycznego oręża (miecze, łuki, sztylety itp.) lub dość zróżnicowanej magii. Na późniejszym etapie zabawy nie obejdzie się bez umiejętnego łączenia obu form walki, w celu szybszego i efektywniejszego pokonywania oponentów.
Dość istotną rolę w samej rozgrywce i walce pełnią również zróżnicowane lokacje. Zależności od danego otoczenia walka może być zupełnie inna i należy nie tylko wykorzystywać atuty lokacji, co pamiętać o pewnych podstawowych zasadach fizyki. Stanie w łatwopalnym oleju i używanie magii ognia to nie jest zbyt dobry pomysł, tak jak na przykład korzystanie z zaklęcia błyskawic stojąc po pas w wodzie. Oczywiście tego typu akcje można, a nawet trzeba wykorzystywać na swoją korzyść. Umiejętne opanowanie środowiska gry to tutaj co najmniej połowa sukcesu. Co i tak nie uchroni gracza przez liczną śmiercią (nawet na najniższych poziomach trudności).
Spora ilość zgonów wiąże się tutaj niestety nie tylko z wymagającymi przeciwnikami, ale również pewnymi niedociągnięciami samej gry. Młoda bohaterka reaguje na polecenia gracza z pewnym opóźnieniem. Dotyczy to zarówno samej walki (np. machanie mieczem czy korzystanie z zaklęć), jak i niektórych fragmentów platformowych. Na całe szczęście na niższym poziomie trudności dość dobrze rozlokowano postumenty zapisujące zabawę i leczące bohaterkę. Nie zmienia to jednak faktu, że tytuł w kilku momentach rozgrywki potrafi być frustrujący, a do sposobu walki trzeba jakoś przywyknąć. Pewne problemy można mieć również z samymi bossami, którzy niekiedy nie dają graczowi żadnej nawet najmniejszej szansy na obronę. Dużo zależy tutaj od szczęścia, bo jedna walka z bossem może sprawiać nam nieziemską trudność (ze względu na jego zdolności), a np. podczas powtarzania potyczki nie będzie on stanowił żadnego wyzwania. Ponarzekać muszę również na system zbierania przedmiotów, które w przeciwieństwie do złota nie podnoszą się automatycznie. Nie zawsze są one dobrze widoczne na podłożu i niekiedy można przegapić coś „ciekawego”. Można się tutaj również „zaciąć” i nie bardzo wiedzieć gdzie teraz się udać (mapa nie zawsze dobrze pokazuje wszystkie możliwe przejścia).
Wizualnie lokacje, które tutaj przemierzymy na myśl przynoszą 16-bitowe klasyki. Miłośnicy pixelartu powinni być więc zadowoleni, chociaż taka oprawa ma też swoje minusy (chociażby wspomniane problemy z widocznością niektórych przedmiotów). Do pixelowej grafiki dochodzą jeszcze wspomniane na samym początku zapożyczenia z segmentu anime. Podczas dialogów oczy graczy radują ładnie przygotowane ręczne rysunki bohaterów, które wyglądają jak żywcem wyjęte z Japońskich animacji. Nawiązań do tego typu popkultury czy samej Japonii jest tutaj znacznie więcej. Zarówno w prowadzonych dialogach, nazwach przedmiotów, odnajdywanych tekstach czy wyglądzie bohaterki/bossów. Jest to również podstawa całkiem przyjemnego humoru, który powinni docenić miłośnicy anime.
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Lost Ruins isn't a bad game (easy mode with controller). The story is pretty good although the ending is a bit flat. The fighting is ok. Nothing revolutionizing but well done. I really like the levels in general. Nice 2d drawings too. The side quests aren't very interesting and they provide some loots that doesn't really serve a great purpose into the game. The autosave only works one time, you have to go pretty far from it to work again. That badder me a couple of times especially around the end. The music and sounds are fine. Jumping sync is a problem on longer jumps. I give 71%. Nice game with a dark tone (not for children) but with some issues here and there.
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Summary Lost Ruins is a 2D side-scrolling survival action game, where you play as a young girl that has awoken in a strange and foreign place without her memories. Explore a dark and dangerous world, battle hideous monsters, and topple incredible bosses.
Platforms:
- PC
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 5
Initial Release Date: May 13, 2021
Developer:
- Altari Games
Publisher: DANGEN Entertainment
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