On 06/01/2018 at 01:15 PM,
by
Matt Snee
Well, I bought Owlboy along with a Earthlok and Galaxy on Fire: Manticore, and I think I already told you I was disappointed with Manticore. Anyway, I'm a bit disappointed with Owlboy too. But there are also things I like. First of all, it's not a platformer - you pretty much fly all the time, and you don't have to flap your wings either, you just automatically hover, and you can control where you go. Owlboy has a couple of moves of his own, but you'll usually be carrying another character whose skills you control. In the beginning of the game, you carry Owlboys friend who has a sort of raygun that you fire. It's not so good... the fire rate is weird, and while you can fire in all 8 directions, it's very awkward and hard to control. The game seems to have neat ideas and mechanics, but they don't really work too well for the most part. It IS clever, but it just doesn't add up in the end. I wouldn't recommend it.