Aureole Wings of Hope Review – A Flight Worth Taking?
Aureole – Wings of Hope Review Pros
- Decent graphics.
- 1.28GB download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Full controller support.
- Graphics settings – window type, resolution, frame rate, and v-sync.
- Interface options – tune and progress.
- 3 save slots.
- In-game cutscenes and character interactions.
- 2D game world.
- Endless runner style gameplay.
- Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
- The game is you play as a Halo ring and you can aim and charge the jump of the ring. When you hold down jump or charge time stops and you can aim and let go.
- Hitting the floor resets how many jumps you can do.
- Collectible books and items as you play.
- Aside from jumping, you can slam down on the floor to hit switches.
- Go past flowers to make them bloom.
- Meet a wide cast of characters.
- Rings will be in the world, and they can help you progress by resetting jumps or giving a much-needed speed boost.
- Big colourful world to explore.
- Simple, easy to learn controls.
- Constant checkpoints with instant respawning when you fall off the level or hit spikes.
- You have a main hub where you can choose which level to play and each level shows your best time (if applicable) and any found collectibles.
- Earn a Bronze, Silver, or Gold ring by beating the target clear time.
- End of level breakdown showing deaths, max speed, jumps, and ring blitzes.
- High replay value for score chasers as the game has full online leaderboards support.
- The game surprised me with how much casual fun I had.
- Upbeat, happy music that reminds me a lot of Sonic 1’s musical treats.
- If you ever wondered what Sonic rings do when Sonic isn’t around, this could be the answer.
- A colourful level progress bar can be turned on that fills up with flowers as you progress.
Aureole – Wings of Hope Review Cons
- Supports many controllers but only shows the Xbox buttons.
- You cannot remap the controls.
- No accessibility options like Colourblind support or Invert axis, etc.
- The game goes for grunts and noises rather than voice work.
- A lot of talking and it slows the pace of the game down, and to be honest isn’t that interesting.
- Trying to be accurate in Tight situations is really tricky.
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Aureole – Wings of Hope
Developer: Team Stargazers
Publisher: JanduSoft
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Atomfall Wicked Isle DLC Review
Summary
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