Patch Quest Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · March 6, 2023

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.