NARITA BOY GAMEPLAY PATCH
NARITA BOY GAMEPLAY CODE

Combat is somewhat chaotic, and-much like with level traversal-certain elements feel pointless. Rarely are there enemies just populating the world instead they only appear in scripted fight sequences. While by no means bad-with a large variety of moves and power-ups to utilize, and a variety of interesting enemy types- Narita Boy’s combat doesn’t totally feel intrinsic to its gameplay. Even the slightest flick of the stick will send him bursting forward and trying to platform with this greasy momentum will usually result in unfortunate pitfalls.Ĭombat suffers in a similar fashion. Where this is the most prominent, is in some of the upgrades Narita Boy gets, which allows him to bypass certain obstacles but is functionally pointless since there’s no real exploration within any of the levels-and it’s a real shame because the world is SO interesting that it’s just begging to be explored.įurthermore, controlling Narita Boy is a bit frustrating since he moves incredibly quickly, and his movements are incredibly slippery. This is what I mean when I say it feels less deliberate than Blasphemous, which committed fully to it’s Metroid style design. That may sound overly snarky, but it’s true-each area of the Digital Kingdom appears non-linear in structure, which consists of running around to find keys to open a doors but for the most part, the design of each area is linear and once you complete it, there’s no returning to it. Nartia Boy takes the form of a 2D platformer with the illusion of Metroid elements mixed in. Then there’s the gameplay, which again, appears similar to Blasphemous, but feels much less deliberate. Narita Boy’s story, as well as its world is overflowing with such striking imagery and symbolism that had it only given the player small pieces of the story and allowed them to interpret the rest, it could’ve made for a much more engaging game. It was the first way that I really wished Narita Boy could be a bit more like Blasphemous-in the way that Blasphemous draws its inspiration from Dark Souls and does a lot with a little.

NARITA BOY GAMEPLAY PATCH

Unable to remember and patch the corrupted lines of code, HIM and his army of rouge programs known as Stallions, seek to infect the Digital Kingdom dominating it’s three houses and destroying the balance of the “Trichroma.”

NARITA BOY GAMEPLAY CODE

Telling the story of Lionel Pearl, also referred to as “The Creator,” who, while writing code for his “Digital Kingdom” is accosted by a malicious program known as HIM-who reaches through the program and causes Lio to lose his memories.

Narita Boy’s story wears it’s TRON inspiration right on it’s sleeve. There is a lot to like about Narita Boy, but I think I would’ve liked it more, had it drawn even more from Blasphemous. On the other hand, you can see so much of Blasphemous’ influence in the game’s visual design, it’s atmosphere, and even the gameplay that it’s hard not to draw comparisons between the two. Find out more here.Talking about Narita Boy is difficult, since I want to avoid comparing it to Blasphemous-despite the fact that both games were published by Team 17-they were made by different developers, and as such I feel it a bit unfair to hold it to the standard of a completely different game. Narita Boy is being released on Steam, PS4, Xbox ONE and Nintendo Switch on March 30. That moment is representative of what makes Narita Boy such a unique and promising game: it has the ability to transport you. It felt like a scene out of a Miyazaki film. Occasionally I stopped, grazing on the grassy forest floor. This actually end up working really well allowing you to focus on other aspects of the game.įor example, at one point I morphed into a majestic computer stag and bounded through a beautiful forest, little mechanical animals at my feet. However, the game is noticeably more forgiving in terms of difficulty, and doesn’t feel quite as responsive as some of those titles. Narita Boy plays like a cool combination of platformers Hollow Knight and retro metroidvania-style games being obvious touchstones. However, my favourite attack is undoubtedly this grotesque ability where you rip your little monitor face off and blast everything in your path with a beam of highly destructive, limb-dismembering light. You wield a powerful artefact called the Technosword, with which you can slash enemies in a surprisingly varied number of ways.

Narita Boy drip-feeds the player an ever-expanding arsenal of attacks and abilities. However, I soon realised this wasn’t going to work. At first I thought I would be able to progress through the entire game by simply jumping and slashing my way through the various levels. The gameplay is deceptively complex for a platformer too.

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