Review: Effie (Steam)

Pros:

• Bright colorful graphics.
• 7158mb download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Controller support.
• Can rebind the keyboard.
• Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
• Graphics-Display/resolution/frame rate/v-sync/motion blur/global quality/post processing/shadow/texture/view distance/view effects.
• Strong voice work.
• 3D action gameplay.
• Solid responsive controls.
• Full of character and humor.
• The opening area acts as a tutorial.
• Runes-collect shards to fill your bar and level up to increase your powers and stats.
• Shield-weapon, block attacks and surf the land!
• Open world style traversal.
• Big boss fights.
• The gameplay is a combination of platforms, puzzles, and combat.
• Unlock new skills and abilities as you play.
• The somewhat open approach so you can play how you want.

Cons:

• Mouse cursor stays even when you are using a controller.
• Can’t rebind the controller.
• Unskippable cutscenes.
• Checkpoints are far apart.
• Loading time after death is a long one.
• A lot of one-hit kill scenarios.
• Collecting runestones gets boring as it takes so many to level up and with that, the screen is full of them, it’s just a bit empty feeling.
• Combat feels a bit sloppy at times.
• Tedious set pieces.