Review: SuperEpic: The Entertainment War (Nintendo Switch)

SuperEpic is a satirical and humorous Metroidvania style action-adventure game, starring a raccoon and a llama in their quest to save an Orwellian society from the rule of an evil corporation. RegnantCorp is an enterprise which is controlling minds through abusive microtransactions.

Pros:

• Beautiful modern pixel art graphics.
• 449mb download size.
• 3 save slots.
• Catchy soundtrack.
• Metroidvania gameplay.
• Map-uncovers as you play and rooms of interest are marked.
• Info points-interact with it and it will put points of interest on your map.
• Unlock a roguelike game mode that is separate complete with its own set of save slots.
• Combat-you have 3 weapons for each direction.
• Toilets-save points.
• Game World is an interesting one as you start in a game Dev office then go through a garden place and a mechanical-looking factory.
• Boss encounters.
• Combo counter.
• See enemy health when attacking them.
• Merchants-blacksmith, upgrade, shop. They appear in different places.
• Currency-gold and gems.
• Death-you can choose to respawn at the last save point or lose half your gold and respawn straight back, only once per life.
• Unlock mobile/browser games and one of which is a tapper game whereby you can redeem codes in it to transfer gold to your game.
• Find and scan QR codes.
• Runs really well and at a fast pace.
• Safes-smash open for loot and gold.
• Earn new characters in tapper with game progress.
• Many hidden areas.
• The story is a humorous take on the joy of game Dev and the culture around it.
• Many enemy types.
• Can hit enemies into each other.

Cons:

• No tutorial.
• Can feel lost at times.
• Difficulty spikes but mostly on bosses.
• A lot of mechanics thrown at you like stamina, health, and rage for other attack types.
• A lot of tedious roadblocks.
• Can play for ages and get very little progress because you didn’t go to one particular room.
• Some enemy attacks are just straight up annoying.