Eastward

1. Strohbi

   Nov 3, 2021

   10

   Amazing Game! Never played anything like it.
   Put Zelda (even Majoras Mask dare I say), Earthbound and an jrpg together to tell a deep andAmazing Game! Never played anything like it.
   Put Zelda (even Majoras Mask dare I say), Earthbound and an jrpg together to tell a deep and meaningful story that boggles your mind and you got Eastward I guess. It oozes of charm, actually made me laugh out loud and is super trippy. The controls are so smart and they push them at times almost like a Mario would. There were moments were some missions felt a bit like busy work but they were none the less charming and in hindsight it actually makes sense for the story telling. But the closer of this one is a true firework. Just a shame that cooking ingredients where so rare in the last parts but maybe I just didn’t find them. A true Gem! Man, if this are Chinese games now I’m here for it!… Expand

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2. Larxi

   Feb 13, 2023

   10

   Eastward es uno de los juegos cuyo estilo Pixel-Art es de los más bonitos y trabajados que he jugado en la vida.
   Es un Road Trip ejemplar queEastward es uno de los juegos cuyo estilo Pixel-Art es de los más bonitos y trabajados que he jugado en la vida.
   Es un Road Trip ejemplar que no para de darnos sorpresas y momentos divertidos, emotivos y épicos, con un manejo de la tensión y los tiempos magistral. La dupla que hacen John y Sam es una maravilla, de las mejores duplas que he conocido en el mundo de los videojuegos sin caer en las cosas típicas paternofiliales que caen las súper producciones ahora. La BSO es una maravilla, su ambientación es espectacular, sus personajes están muy bien escritos y muy bien diferenciados haciendo que guardes en el recuerdo a cada uno de los que encuentras y te preocupes por ellos (William, Daniel, Lee, Solomon...)
   La jugabilidad recuerda a los Zelda en 2D y el continuo homenaje a Earthbound hacen ver que sus creadores querían dar una carta de amor al mundo de los videojuegos y vaya que si lo han hecho. Su historia es súper interesante y siempre tiene un gancho en todo momento que hace que vayas adelante para saber que es lo qué pasa y qué es lo que ocurre.
   Necesitamos más cosas como Eastward que se salgan de lo normal y que a la vez que hacen un homenaje a la historia de esta pasión que nos une logran ser productos imprescindibles en el género.… Expand

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4. Witchearts

   Sep 19, 2021

   10

   A masterclass on pixel art, fantastic soundtrack, and touching storytelling gives Eastward a 10 from me. A wonderful introduction to Pixpil,A masterclass on pixel art, fantastic soundtrack, and touching storytelling gives Eastward a 10 from me. A wonderful introduction to Pixpil, well worth the wait, and leaves me excited to see what they have for us next!… Expand

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5. fmartins

   Sep 20, 2021

   9

   I really liked it, although I haven't finished it yet. It is a relly cool game - just a few quirks i didn't like. I just wish I could skipI really liked it, although I haven't finished it yet. It is a relly cool game - just a few quirks i didn't like. I just wish I could skip some scenes (I die quite frequently so I kinda waste time rewatching content before getting to a boss) and maybe some dialogs. But otherwise it is a very fun game.… Expand

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6. Subject98

   Oct 6, 2021

   7

   Was looking forward to this and finished with mixed feelings. I thoroughly enjoyed the story, music, visuals, atmosphere etc, the only strikeWas looking forward to this and finished with mixed feelings. I thoroughly enjoyed the story, music, visuals, atmosphere etc, the only strike I'd make against the story is that it's a bit overwritten at times. Stretches of dialogue are not uncommon to last over an hour or even close to 2.
   
   Where this game lacked for me is the gameplay. Coming from Zelda titles, Alundra, Crosscode etc, the dungeons here in Eastward seem to have been designed without much care. Linear, straightforward and require very little thought, finding a key is a minute detour every single time, and the majority of them are over in 20 minutes. I guess if you hate dungeons then you'll like the game more for being that way.
   
   To highlight a dungeon I liked, one of the first ones 'Ancient Ruins' was probably my favorite. The manner in which it was constructed made it fun to explore. You're not just following a straight line through sewer tunnels, you're exploring the floors of a long abandoned shopping mall. I was hoping this feeling of urban exploration would be expanded upon in future dungeons and I could have forgiven the simplicity of the level design if so, but there were only 1 or 2 others that were interesting. To pluck out one more positive though, there is a dungeon theme they start using later on that's one of the best I've ever heard, called 'industrial'.
   
   The combat is okay but nothing particularly special. At best it's passable, at worst, being so sluggish can make rooms full of enemies feel like a big mess. Since you have two characters who can both take damage, your partner following you can still take damage even if you successfully avoid an attack as the one you're controlling, which makes it feel pointless to do anything but have a DPS race with the enemies.
   
   The bad stuff aside, I did really enjoy the boss fights pretty much across the board. Some were better than others but none of them sucked, and for the most part they became crazier and more fun to fight the further I got.
   
   On the whole I would still recommend this game even if it has some blemishes where gameplay is concerned, because the experience is such a wild emotional rollercoaster ride all the way to the end.… Expand

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7. spencerplewe

   Jul 29, 2022

   6

   Narratively dense and tedious, but with gameplay that works well enough, Eastward is an impressively detailed modern 16-bit-adventure, but oneNarratively dense and tedious, but with gameplay that works well enough, Eastward is an impressively detailed modern 16-bit-adventure, but one that has a nasty habit of leaving too many plot threads dangling.… Expand

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8. NFTLINS

   Sep 30, 2021

   0

   The story has a lot of problems and It was very frustrating... I just left the game.

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