Review: JackQuest: The Tale of The Sword (Steam)

A fast-paced fantasy action platformer, JackQuest wastes no time with its quick combat and steady progression, guiding players through a single-interconnected world full of secrets, collectible gems, and hidden challenges that are sure to keep completionists engaged for hours on end.

Pros:

• Pixel art graphics.
• 46MB Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Controller support.
• Action platformer gameplay.
• Responsive controls.
• Big boss fights.
• Checkpoints.
• Save points that auto trigger but can manually be triggered.
• Tight level design.
• Unlock new weapons and abilities.
• Gems- Collect to power up your special attack.
• Coins- Used to buy items from the shops.
• Difficult.
• Break crates for loot.
• A lot of depth, As you get new abilities and weapons new hidden parts of the level present themselves.
• Bare bones tutorial.
• You have a talking sword. I mean its more a haunted sword but.

Cons:

• Only video options are window size and fullscreen.
• You earn hard saves. Basically, save points are more like a temporary save or a checkpoint. This is annoying as you assume it saves and it actually doesn’t.
• Difficult.
• Jumping feels a bit off/weight in a weird way.
• Can get stuck in a loop of low health and boss fights or swarms of enemies.
• More a basic approach.