Review: Venture Kid (Nintendo Switch)
Venture Kid – an 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes It shines with excellent level design, highly entertaining action levels, responsive controls and a great variety of bosses.
Pros:
- 8 Bit graphics.
- 8.9mb download size.
- Own achievement system.
- Touchscreen support for the menus.
- Two Button control system.
- Five control presets.
- Platformer gameplay.
- Three game modes- Classic, Adventure, and survival.
- 3 difficulties-easy, normal and hard.
- 3 save slots.
- 8 locations each with a unique collectible.
- Classic mode- set lives, play level by level.
- 8 weapons to collect.
- Survival mode- roguelike with randomized levels.
- Adventure mode- pick any level and play.
- Stats for each mode.
- Pellets- currency and can be used to buy power-ups and upgrades from the store in the pause menu.
- Power pellets- replenish weapons as they ha e a charge limit.
- Megaman Esque in its design and the way it plays.
- Big boss battles.
- Difficult.
- Retro atmosphere.
- Chiptune soundtrack.
Cons:
- Difficult.
- No tutorial.
- Harsh checkpoint system.
- Basic gameplay.
- Feels repetitive.
- No way to tweak settings.
- Earning lives is a long random process.
- No online integration.
