Cathedral Review (Nintendo Switch)
Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!
Pros:
- Decent pixel art graphics.
- 163MB download size.
- Can rebind controls.
- Metroidvania platformer gameplay.
- The map fills in as you explore.
- Four save slots.
- 2D perspective.
- Savepoints/checkpoints plenty.
- Simple hack and slash combat and you can jump and attack downwards.
- Puzzle elements throughout.
- Uses a heart system for damage.
- A lot of fun.
- Solid controls.
- Coins drop from enemies and loot chests.
- Upgraded gear to improve stats.
- Has a Shovel Knight feel to it from gameplay to the overall presentation.
- Death-you loses a percentage of coins.
- Big boss fights.
- Fast loading times.
- Weapons-you can find and equip multiple secondary weapons with fast swap buttons.
- Altars can replenish hearts and ammo.
- Clever boss fight mechanics.
- You can block projectiles.
- Play how you want.
- Find ammo capacity upgrades.
Cons:
- No touchscreen support.
- Difficult.
- Hard to read some of the icons.
- Checkpoints distances are inconsistent.
- Little in the way of guidance for progression.
- Big damage knockbacks.
