Review: Two Bit Hero (Steam)
Two Bit Hero is a classic retro metroidvania – a retroidvania if you will – that sees you taking on the role of hero. Citizens have been trapped inside a skyscraper and you have to get in, power up, defeat the bad guys, save the people, and get out again. But be careful when you encounter a glitch in reality, for it will transport you to a different reality altogether.
Pros:
- Retro 8 Bit graphics.
- 190mb download size.
- Easy and hard mode.
- Classic Chiptune soundtrack.
- Controller support.
- Metroidvania platformer gameplay.
- Save points to find that also replenish health.
- Can turn music on or off.
- Simple controls, jump, melee, and shoot.
- Plays out on a screen by screen basis.
- Gimmick-find a portal that flips the color so walls become doors and doors become walls.
- Black and white palette.
- Multiple endings.
- Map, well I say map it’s more a zoomed out view as you can still control your character.
- Miniboss style encounters.
- Unlock new abilities as you find them.
- Health upgrades to increase health.
- Instant death upon restart.
Cons:
- No tutorial.
- No graphic options at all.
- No guidance on what powerups do and are, the whole portal mechanic and basically anything to do with the game.
- Have to work the controls out yourself.
- Xbox One controller, the d-pad works but not the sticks.
- Easy to get lost.
- A lot of back and forth.
- Says two maps but it’s just one with the second no more than a few different routes.
- The small number of enemy types.
- No story to really speak of.
- Enemies only spawn back when you flip the world’s color palette.
