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- E10+
- NEOPOPCORN Corp
- E10+
- NEOPOPCORN Corp
- E10+
- NEOPOPCORN Corp
- E10+
- NEOPOPCORN Corp
3000th Duel
Released On: Feb 19, 2020
71
8.4
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
71
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
75% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
71
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
75% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
3000th Duel is a great play through and truly a hidden gem on the Switch. The more time I put into it, the more I enjoyed it. Despite my one small complaint, I enjoyed seeing what I would discover next. Metroidvania fans should certainly give this game a playthrough.
Slowly progressing through 3000th Duel's intricate world makes for a supremely rewarding adventure; a must-play for Metroidvania fans.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 64 User Ratings
8.4
83% Positive
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
6% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
11% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 64 User Ratings
8.4
83% Positive
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
6% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
11% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
The first impression made me think of Salt & Sanctuary. Because it's 2D Dark Souls.
But classical game-style bosses are the charm of this game.
The tempo of the battle is fast and not stuffy.
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Nintendo Switch
If you like metroidvania or souls-like, you will love 3000th duel.
It's perfect blend of metroidvania and souls-like.
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Nintendo Switch
3000th Duel is an amazing action-adventure game that pulls out all the stops to give us the experience of nostalgic gameplay with current videogame nuances. With a rich world to explore, visuals and audio hints that make you believe that the world is constantly evolving, and boss battles that shake you to the core, this is a must on the Switch.
It may lack in originality, but 3000th Duel manages to merge both metroidvania and soulslike styles with great results. If you like games like Hollow Knight and Bloodstained, you'll like this one too.
The combat is fun and strategic, the hero has a good weight to him/her and control is responsive and fluid. It’s not perfect but it’s enjoyable. It will appeal to the kind of gamer (like me) who enjoys punishing combat in a game that, through practice and sheer force of will, can be overcome and winds up feeling great.
3,000th Duel doesn’t do a lot new for the Souls-like Metroidvania hybrid genre, but its satisfying combat and various customisation options make for an enjoyable experience which makes up for a lot of its familiarity.
The game initially fails to garner more than a reaction of indifference, but satisfying combat and progression reward those who can put up with the ho-hum presentation. Metroidvania fans looking for another good fix–and have exhausted superior alternatives–should be more than pleased with Neopopcorn Corp’s pleasant surprise of an action game.
Having completed the main game and DLC together in 50 hours, I'm ready to share my impressions. 3000th Duel definitely deserves more player interest than it does right now. The game has a huge number of well-implemented ideas and mechanics. At its core, this is a successful evolution of retro arcade gameplay with a soul philosophy sauce. The level design is interesting, not boring, diluted with good puzzles and metroidvania elements. The enemies are varied and balanced. The icing on the cake is the boss fights - they are great. Separately, it is worth noting the excellent fantasy ambient. Thanks to the developers for this wonderful game.
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Nintendo Switch
I did not get into this game before the wise ones dlc, so now I had the pleasure of experiencing this hidden and underrated masterpiece in its full form. Performance is amazing on Switch and the game is so well crafted in every aspect.
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Nintendo Switch
2Dшная закалка ануса духотой и посредственностью на 15 - 20 часов. (PC версия)
Из минусов:
- возможные проблемы: кривое определение геймпада, из за чего прохождение становится невозможным и приходится юзать клаву, авто-минус кайф от прохождения.
- максимально унылая музыка, которая вызывает зевоту (пришлось врубать своё музло, чтоб происходящее на экране стало не таким скучным).
- фича с возвращением потерянной кармы путем её добивания просто отвратная и мешает играть, неоднократно это руинит игру в проблемных ситуациях на локациях и с боссами, это не добавляет сложности геймплею, это вызывает духоту...
- респаун мобов, стоит только на секунду покинуть территорию и вернуться, как все мобы снова появляются (за некоторым исключением), что дает возможность к бесконечному нубо фарму и проебывает ощущение импакта от зачистки локи, зачем убивать всех мобов, если они нон стоп ресаются и можно просто пробежать? Одно дело когда умираешь и происходит рес, с другой когда этот рес ради реса. + духота в копилку.
- ужасный лвл дизайн и плохие телепорты (особенно в DLC). Телепорты расположены по карте максимально анти-юзабилити, чтоб ими воспользоваться нужно бежать через всю локу, а то и две или три локации полные мобов и ловушек, а если я хочу вернуться к торговцу? Окей есть камень возвращения, но как вернуться к точке с которой ТПшнулся игрок? Почему нельзя было сделать телепорты на местах сохранения, как это обычно делают в соус лайках? Зачастую возникают ситуации, в которых нет возможности прокачать оружие или заклинание.
- скучный дизайн боссов и посредственная сложность. Трудности могут вызвать 2 - 3 босса из основной игры и DLC.
- даже учитывая DLC игра преступно длинная, надоедает уже на 11 часу и в дальнейшем не дает ничего интересного.
- бесполезные статусы, которые редко срабатывают на обычных мобах и совершенно не работают на боссах.
Из плюсов:
- отличный баланс, даже если будешь пылесосить все локации и убивать всех встречающихся мобов персонаж (без отдельного фарма) не будет ощущаться перекаченным, не будет резкого повышения или понижения сложности, игра идет вровень параллельно прокачке персонажу.
- сносная и полезная прокачка, хочется вкачать всё или почти всё, не забегая вперед по ветви.
- нет авто-лвла мобов, если вернуться в ранее закрытые участки, то в них враги будут изначального уровня, из за чего импакт от прокачки не улетучивается.
- разнообразный визуал локаций.
- почти каждая локация имеет свой пак уникальных мобов, как на визуал, так и на атаки.
- отдельного плюса заслуживает финальный босс DLC, самый динамичный и интересный босс файт за всю игру с достойной сложностью - победа над которым приносит удовольствие.
5ть воспоминаний из 10ти.
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Nintendo Switch
3000th Duel is a punishing 2D Metroidvania with 3D graphics. The world can be fun to explore, though backtracking can be tedious before you are able to reach some of the teleporters.
After the first few bosses, the boss design goes downhill a lot in some cases. For example, the Undead Monarch boss' second phase just phones it in. To up the difficulty in that final part of the fight, the designer takes the lazy road and just starts spawning other enemies in. This makes the fight feel cheap and not so fair. You’re not much of a designer if you're just going to do lazy, cheap stuff like that without bothering to balance it.
The game has a habit of putting long paths between save points and boss rooms, wasting lots of time when you die and have to try again. The Tower Master boss is a great of example of both this and the previous point about bosses. This guy is super-fast, unfair, will kill you very quickly a lot, and every single time he does you have waste time traversing your way back to the boss room due to poor world design. This is completely the wrong way to design a hard game. These developers need to learn lessons from titles like Super Meat Boy. The player should be able to retry right away, not be forced to waste time watching an unnecessary death screen or traversing a needlessly long path back to the boss' room. Both of these things are known to increase frustration in players.
Some actions have a pause at the end, during which you cannot do anything else. This makes the controls feel clunky at times. Another issue is that sometimes the player takes damage while doing the dash move, even though a skill acquired early on makes you invulnerable during the dash move. This happens most often in boss fights on occasion. One other thing would be that player's level is capped at a max of 99, which means you cannot unlock the entire skill tree in a single playthrough. This is another not-so-good design choice.
It is a pretty safe bet that players that don't like games like Dark Souls will almost certainly not like this one.
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Nintendo Switch
A "not even bad" addition to the souls-inspired metroidvania. Most of the issues stem from feeling unrefined - like ores, not manners - most obvious in the awkward HUD, staid combat, and derivative story. It's noticeable when side-by-side with Hollow Knight or Blasphemous. But if you're hungry for the genre, you can do worse.
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Nintendo Switch
Summary 3000th Duel is action-adventure game that has speedy, exciting battles as its charm. Fight against monsters with your own style of battle to travel an unidentified world and discover a secret hidden.
Rated E +10
for Everyone +10
Platforms:
- PC
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Feb 19, 2020
Developer:
- NEOPOPCORN Corp
Publisher: NEOPOPCORN Corp
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