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Imagine, if you will, a platformer that takes the shadowy graphics of Limbo or those cool Donkey Kong Country Returns levels and combines it with creepy wildlife reminiscent of Where the Wild Things Are or Critters. What you just pictured is probably a...
FEIST is at first glance very reminiscent of Limbo , checking all the boxes in terms of its dark visuals, lonely atmosphere, eerie music -- it even has the same creepy, hanging crates and doom spiders. Despite the similarities it's a much more fast...
Feist is, at best, uneven. It is presented with rarefied beauty. In parts, it displays admirable creativity — twists and turns that I'd love to see other games learn from. But as a whole, it lacks cohesion. It is built on masochism but lacks the attendant pleasure that's supposed to follow in pain's wake.
Feist isn't the first 2D platformer to handle unscripted physics-focused skirmishes well, but there's a purity of vision in its savage scenarios. Like the similarly brief Hotline Miami, Feist is one of those delectable morsels of a game that remains just as entertaining to revisit as it is the first time around.
Un design incantevole e meccaniche piuttosto originali sapranno far felice chi cerca un prodotto atipico, in cui immergersi per un pomeriggio, nella migliore delle ipotesi. Feist è breve, sarebbe stupido negarlo, ma la qualità c'è e, anche se non siamo...