Sunday 25 December 2011
Review: Equestria Daily: The Game
This simple side-scrolling platformer is still being worked on - Nitrous is going to add many things to it, including an Android and IOS version. But you can play the current version now at the link above. Find out more after the break!
The gameplay here is extremely simple. You take the role of Cereal Velocity (well, his pony). Your goal is to destroy as many evil gmail messages as possible, and make it to the end. Simple as that. There are 5 levels as of current, and they do get harder and harder as you go along. The controls are fairly standard: WASD with spacebar to shoot, C to switch weapons (you have an assault rifle and a pistol with infinite ammo), and P to pause.
The graphics, as you can see by the game's banner, are 8-bit inspired. The backgrounds, however, are of a higher resolution. The mix between the background and foreground works great, in my opinion. All in all, the art is very nice. Although the physics as of current are a bit wonky, Nitrous plans on fixing them up in later versions, as well as adding a whole bunch of new content (more characters, enemies, weapons, etc). The entire list of planned features is listed on the DeviantArt page.
| Those envelopes sure look threatening. |
Equestria Daily: The Game sure has promise, although it's in a very rough state at the moment. I'd still recommend giving it a play and supporting its creator, though, and I for one would definitely get the IOS version when it comes out.
And as a side-note, I, Enigma9994, am one of the new authors on Equestria Gaming. XTUX345 and I will try and make sure that posts come around a bit more frequently. Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate it, and everyone be sure to have a fantastic holiday season!
- Enigma Sage
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