Mystic Gate Review (PlayStation 5)

For our Mystic Gate Review, When a mysterious gate created by the gods suddenly appears in the human world, adventurers gather to face the trials that await them on the other side. It is said that those who manage to overcome the gate’s challenge will be rewarded by having their greatest wish granted. Take the role of a wanderer and his robotic companion as they travel beyond the gate and attempt to master its secrets! Dash, dodge, and take aim at hordes of enemies through procedurally generated dungeons that make every run feel unique.

Mystic Gate Review Pros:

• Decent pixel art graphics.
• 259.6MB download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
• Own in-game achievements come via the Adventurers Association tasks that give rewards.
• Three difficulties with two (normal and hard) available straight away and the third difficulty despair needing to be unlocked.
• Twin stick shooter gameplay.
• Roguelike game loop.
• The idea of the game is you go into a dungeon and pick up weapons, kill enemies, find three keys to open the boss door, and then move on.
• Every time you find a new weapon it gets entered into the Knowledge Seekers book, you get gems and can see the gun’s stats.
• The adventure association tasks give gem rewards.
• Every run is randomised as is the boss of the trial.
• Coins drop and are used for in-run shop purchases.
• Smash bottles and boxes for possible loot.
• Enemy rooms lock you in until they are cleared.
• The skill instructor is where you go to buy passive and active skills using your gems.
• Gems carry over from run to run and nothing else.
• End of run breakdown of performance and you get told what killed you.
• You have a robot sidekick who occasionally shoots enemies if he feels like helping.
• Nice locations.
• The map fills in as you explore.
• Rooms once cleared will leave a fast travel point and you can freely and instantly jump between found fast travel points.
• Dropped guns, health potions, and boss doors are marked on the map.
• Big boss encounters.
• You can carry up to two guns and one unlocked active skill.
• The main hub is where you interact with all the vendors and characters.
• You can see enemy and boss health bars.
• Handy unlimited use dodge button that can go through enemy bullets and across holes in the floor.

Mystic Gate Review Cons:

• Cannot rebind controls.
• The tutorials are very basic and are just a conversation with a reference guide in the menu.
• When in an enemy room it gets very chaotic and it is very hard to see yourself and dodge bullets.
• The Characters are not that likable.
• It feels like the same music track on a loop.
• The room only fills in on the map once you get to the center of it so you have a period of time where your icon on the map is in an empty space.
• Even with randomization runs start to feel the same so it must be a small pool of room tiles.
• No shortcut unlocks so you always start at trial one.
• You always start with a crap gun.
• When finding guns you don’t get told any of the stats straight away so you have no idea if it’s better or worse than what you have.
• Having to go in a menu to see if a gun is good in a game like this doesn’t fit.
• No actual game Options.
• The loop just gets boring.
• You end up seeing and replaying the same encounters over and over.

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Mystic Gate:

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Developer: Zoo Corporation

Publisher: Eastasiasoft

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