Review: Ravva and the Cyclops Curse (Steam)

Unleash your summoning powers to defeat the Cyclops Lord! Along with four unusual companions, you must journey through a dangerous land to save your mother, who suffered a terrible curse. A challenging adventure awaits!

Pros:

  • 8 Bit graphics.
  • Retro soundtrack.
  • Puzzle platformer gameplay.
  • Graphics- Resolution, and V-Sync.
  • Optional tutorial.
  • Steam achievements.
  • Controller support.
  • Gameplay- You have four familiars that you can hot-swap between. Each does different actions and you use these to solve puzzles and finish the level.
  • The four familiars- Blue- Freezes enemies, Red- Shoots at an angle, Green- Does high close range damage and Yellow will show any hidden platforms/breakable blocks.
  • Three lives- Game over restarts progress on that level by booting you back to the map.
  • World map level select.
  • Collect coins for points.
  • Powerups- Invisibility and stronger attacks.
  • When you die you respawn where you died instantly.
  • Cool animations.
  • Challenging.
  • Can replay levels.

Cons:

  • Short- Just a couple of hours.
  • Little replay value.
  • Loses its charm after a while.
  • Basic graphics options.
  • Little enemy variation.

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!

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