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:

Official website.

Developer: Play On Worlds

Publisher: Orbit Studio

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