Pronty Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

For our Pronty Review, we guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defends the once-great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.

Pronty Review Pros:

  • Decent cartoon graphics.
  • 1.7GB download size.
  • Own in-game achievements.
  • Four save slots.
  • Can rebind controls.
  • Four difficulties.
  • Choose a game skin (theme), you get two but can unlock a further three.
  • Opening tutorial with ongoing pop-ups.
  • You play as Pronty and have a fish friend called Bront who does your attacks, picks up items, helps, etc.
  • Scan items of interest to add them to the encyclopedia.
  • The map fills in as you play.
  • Twin stick shooter combat.
  • Animated comic book cutscenes.
  • Frontier outposts act as save and respawn points.
  • Unlock fast travel points by paying for them.
  • Materials that drop from enemies and breakables sparkle.
  • Play how you want.
  • Memory boards can be found and you can equip a set amount via the terminal in the outposts.
  • Big boss encounters.
  • Build your own character via the memory boards.
  • Kill a nippy little red fish to get a temporary health bar boost.
  • A boss reward is a choice to increase your stamina or your health.
  • Excellent lighting works as you change color depending on where you are.
  • The world really opens up after the first major boss.
  • Hidden rooms and Collectibles.
  • Mark enemies by torpedoing through them then shoot Pronty at them.
  • A training area can be found and used, it plays like a wave-based arena with unique rewards.
  • The M.I.N.A character allows you to buy new rewards, scan inventory, chat and learn some story, and adjust and spend your GRT and EXC.
  • It’s a game that just keeps going and going.

Pronty Review Cons:

  • Small text.
  • It really doesn’t get going until you have beaten the first boss.
  • It gets very reflex-heavy.
  • Slow burner.
  • A lot of the first hour is stop-start gameplay.
  • The majority of the game is all about obscuring your view.
  • The controls can hurt your hands eventually.
  • Boss fights are tiring and you cannot see health.
  • The combat can get very twitchy.
  • A lot of downtime between combat and story progression.

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Pronty:

Official website.

Developer: Happinet

Publisher: Happinet

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  • 8/10
    Graphics - 8/10
  • 7/10
    Sound - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Accessibility - 7/10
  • 8/10
    Length - 8/10
  • 8/10
    Fun Factor - 8/10
7.6/10

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!