Patch Quest Review (Steam)

For our Patch Quest Review, where we play The ONLY Roguelike-Metroidvania fusion where you can mount and ride EVERY monster in the game! Get ready to Leap, Glide, Tunnel, Bite, Slither, Websling, and Explode your way through a shuffling patchwork maze. Survival depends on bending the forces of nature to your own ends!

 

Patch Quest Review Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Full controller support.
• Set the controller buttons too – Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, or Steam.
• Graphics settings – resolution, v-sync, anti-aliasing, outlines, and fps cap.
• Colorblind support.
• You can change shot colors from both sides.
• Gameplay settings – lasso on defend, auto-aiming, show framer ate, gold rewards, and enable screenshot mode.
• Can rebind controls for the mouse and keyboard.
• 3 save slots.
• Discord sync (optional) earns you special roles.
• Character creator – eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. Male and female models along with random roles for each gender.
• Casual mode – on/off.
• Intro/tutorials can be turned on and off.
• PAC is your talking backpack friend who gives out tips and tutorials.
• Lasso an enemy/creature to capture them.
• Each enemy once caught can be mounted and have unique abilities and attacks.
• The act of the lasso is grabbing them and then running around them.
• 2D perspective. The game takes place in tiles so you can move all around it.
• Twin stick shooter controls when using weapons.
• After clearing or moving through a tile you can choose your next direction.
• Tiles and patches get randomized every time you go out.
• You have a home base.
• Pin press is a device that allows you to catalog the plants and inhabitants of the world.
• Find Totems where you can trade health for state upgrades.
• An animation window pops up showing what ability your new mount has.
• Very colorful and inviting.
• The map fills in as you play.
• Enemies can drop stats boosts and abilities.
• Find lore about the land and the people by deciphering stone tablet monuments.
• Gets very chaotic.
• Use your mount and level it up to unlock new attacks, abilities, and a super-powerful attack.
• Find fast travel points.
• Earn EXP from pin press entries and use the massive skill tree to unlock new permanent perks.
• Suggested goals are a list of optional objectives.
• Your home base houses all your discoveries.
• Unlock new areas/biomes by finding the crystal that is locking them.
• Play how you want.
• Plants/fruit play a massive part as they give ammo amd different ammo types like rapid fire, big shots, etc, plants can also grant temporary buffs when you brush past them.
• Records act like a Pokedex and show all monsters you have successfully mounted/lassoed/caught.
• Save and quit option.
• Enemies get stronger as you push forward in the dungeon runs.
• No game is ever the same.
• A lot of environmental hazards.
• Blend ammo types (fruit) together to make unique and powerful new ones.
• Easy to understand Ui, the left side is your ammo selection and the right side is your mount’s abilities and which button they are assigned to.
• A lot of fun to play.
• It just destroys your game time.
• Charms are buffs that only last that one run.
• Gopems are like mini-boss fights.
• Find shrines for one-off dungeon events.
• Captured mounts can be sent back to your camp and kept as pets.
• Pets will have a set of desires for you to collect.
• Your camp can be redesigned and items moved.
• Bigger or stronger monsters can take more to capture.

Patch Quest Review Cons:

• Cannot rebind controls for the controller.
• The runs are very long.
• The game is not great at explaining everything.
• Areas are very small making combat tedious.
• It takes a while to get going.
• The pin press tool is on a massive cool down.

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Patch Quest:

Official website.

Developer: Lychee Games

Publisher: Curve Digital

Store Links – 

Steam