Ebenezer And The Invisible World Review (PlayStation 4)
For this Ebenezer And The Invisible World Review, we play a story-rich 2D Metroidvania adventure with breathtaking hand-drawn art, playing as miser-turned-hero Ebenezer Scrooge in a reimagined Victorian-fantasy based on Charles Dickens’s classic novel, A Christmas Carol. Enlist the help of ghosts to save the people of London before it’s too late.
Ebenezer And The Invisible World Review Pros:
- Decent graphics.
- 2.78GB download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Works on Playstation 5.
- Metroidvania platformer gameplay.
- Four save slots.
- In-game cutscenes with character portrait interactions.
- Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
- The map fills in as you explore.
- Save rooms can be found and act as a respawning point.
- Many hidden areas and routes are not always shown on the map.
- Signposts are littered around.
- Locations on the map are color-coded.
- Fully animated background.
- All set in a wintery London England.
- Befriend ghosts and have them join you by completing their side quest.
- Each ghost either grants a new ability or does a certain attack when equipped.
- You run around with a cane and have a spirit bar for using ghost attacks. (bar fills when fighting)
- Big boss encounters. many breakable objects like boxes, crates, lampposts, etc.
- Damage numbers pop as you attack.
- Many enemy types with some needing timing and countering.
- Coins drop from enemies and breakables and are used for buying from traveling vendors.
- A colorful cast of characters.
- The game on the whole moves at a fast pace.
- Beautiful art.
- Breaking a light makes the level darker.
- Heirlooms can be found and these do things like increase run speed or do more damage etc.
- Find and equip many unique and quirky weapons that change your stats and how they work so a spirit chain allows you to hit multiple enemies but can’t hit the smaller floor-based enemies.
- many different biome types with unique monsters and enemies.
- I really love the art and design of all the characters.
- When the game is flowing and combat is good then the game really shines.
- It could be argued that this is a Castlevania SOTN love letter with slight reskinning.
Ebenezer And The Invisible World Review Cons:
- Got stuck in menus unable to back out and lost a load of progress.
- The Flow of the game is slow.
- You don’t get much help with guidance and with so much open you do spend the first hour just roaming around aimlessly.
- Hit detection feels a bit off at times.
- Finding health items is very rare.
- Save rooms and fast travel points are so far apart and hard to find that you end up repeating large chunks of the game.
- Having to pick up items is less than ideal.
- Buying from the shop isn’t just money, it’s also items that randomly drop.
- I lost faith in the saving system working so I will sit at the saving door and do it like 50 times.
- The map doesn’t fill in with useful information like vendors.
- Had so many crashes and shutdowns that I feared moving rooms and still to this day I haven’t spoken to a particular character as the game crashes every time I initiate a chat.
- It could do with a lot more help with guidance.
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Ebenezer And The Invisible World:
Developer: Play On Worlds
Publisher: Orbit Studio
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