Swords And Bones Review

<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;ve read my previous articles and reviews&comma; you should know that I love all things Retro&period; I play my old systems as often as I can&comma; and I jump on an opportunity to play any game that is an homage to a classic&period; <em>Swords and Bones<&sol;em> is one of those games&period; Immediately when I saw some of the pixel art&comma; I knew that this was going to be a <em>Ghosts and Goblins<&sol;em> homage and I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t wait to play it&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>The Story<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;176203" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-176203" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-176203" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;09142125&sol;FLC2ZBDUUAEA2Ec&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-176203" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Swords and Bones<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; SEEP&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Every 500 years the demon world invades the human world&period; This time though&comma; the latest enemy is one of the fiercest&period; The Wolf Demon succeeded in killing the King and overrunning the City of Vestus&period; You are an unnamed warrior&comma; fresh off the boat from another war&comma; here to save your hometown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From then on you start running to the right fighting demons&comma; ghosts and zombies with your sword&period; Being a 16 bit knock off&comma; there really isn&&num;8217&semi;t TOO much to the story&period; Just like <em>Ghosts and Goblins<&sol;em> all you want to do is save your woman from the Devil&period; Nothing Oscar worthy here&comma; but just enough to get you rolling on the levels&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>Controls<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;176278" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-176278" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-176278" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;11135746&sol;ss&lowbar;8449764b3531e2c61b58feca3d6479eaabc66d49&period;1920x1080&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-176278" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Swords and Bones<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; SEEP&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The controls in this game are relatively simple&period; A is jump&comma; X is attack and B is magic spell&period; Not too difficult&comma; right&quest; That&&num;8217&semi;s right&comma; once you purchase a spell in the store the game becomes much easier&period; Prior to that hacking away at the ghosts that attack you at weird angles is very difficult&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The magic spells are purchased from the in-game store&comma; along with items that will reveal walls&comma; activate double jump&comma; extend your HP and your MP&period; The spells are unique though&comma; purchasing one of the four allows you some extra zip when you play the level&period; One is long range&comma; one shoots up&comma; one helps you heal and the fourth is a very powerful short ranged spell&period; The caveat though is the fact you can only take one spell with you when you enter the level&period; To find all the secrets you have to replay levels over and over&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To buy these spells and upgrade you have to replay the easier levels over and over&comma; which to my surprise&comma; wasn&&num;8217&semi;t as boring as I thought it would be&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s fun to OP your guy and tear through levels&period; When you&&num;8217&semi;re OP you can get all the chalices which allow you access to the epilogue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>The Look<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;176472" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-176472" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-176472" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;17120526&sol;large&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-176472" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Swords and Bones<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; SEEP&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Seeing that I grew up in the 80&&num;8217&semi;s and 90&&num;8217&semi;s I&&num;8217&semi;m use to non-photo realistic graphics and simply love newer games that throwback to the good ol days&excl; The World Map will zip you right back to your childhood if you&&num;8217&semi;re my age&period; I love seeing maps like that where you can move the cursor and go to the newly unlocked area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Each area has a distinct design and distinct enemies&period; However&comma; those enemies do haunt you through all levels of the area&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll grow a little tired of killing the same things over and over&comma; but it is rewarding when they drop loot&period; I enjoy this retro look and feel to the game&comma; and it increased my pleasure in beating level after level&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><strong>Overall<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;176476" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-176476" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-176476" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;17233413&sol;large-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-176476" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Swords and Bones<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; SEEP&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>I really enjoyed this title&semi; I&&num;8217&semi;m not going lie&period; <em>Sword and Bones<&sol;em> is a nice title to just sit down and veg out with for a little bit&period; The levels are short enough that you can bang out three or four in about ten minutes&period; The game will leave you hooked and wanting more once you power off your Switch and go about your day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game has lots of replayability as well&period; You need to replay many of the levels that are high in riches so you can buy keys to get more riches&comma; buy more spells&comma; buy life and buy magic&period; I spent a lot of time in the first area growing my bank account so that the later levels weren&&num;8217&semi;t terrible to me&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For people who are fans of old hack and slash&comma; platformer type games then Swords and Bones is the game for you&period; I was reluctant at first to play this because I hold Ghosts and Goblins in such high esteem&comma; but I was not disappointed&comma; and you won&&num;8217&semi;t be either&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>This review is based on a key provided by the developer<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;