Voidwrought Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

by Jim Smale · Published October 30, 2024 · Updated October 30, 2024

Voidwrought Review is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.

Voidwrought Review Pros:

Decent cel-shaded cartoon graphics.
2.8GB download size.
Four save slots.
Metroidvania platformer gameplay.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
2D gameworld with 3D backdrops.
Mini map along with a big map that uncovers as you explore and fills in points of interest and you can put your own marker down.
Hack and slash-style combat.
You see enemy names when fighting them.
Find and use save rooms that also replenish health and potion uses.
Unlock and discover shortcuts throughout the world.
Memorable and beautiful looking areas within the world.
Enemies will respawn and can drop random items and materials.
Earn new abilities from exploring the world and defeating bosses making inaccessible areas accessible.
Breakable objects in the background that have a chance of dropping materials or items, banners, and plants can be cut down along with other things.
Slight puzzle elements are sprinkled around the game world.
Awesome-looking animations.
The world is open enough that you can play how you want.
Health bar system and you have X amount of potion used to restore it.
Save rooms emit a purple color on the door.
You don’t lose anything upon death.
Collect shards of Vitae to increase your potion usage.
Downward swipe to bounce off spikes.
Meet some interesting characters some of which give great advice or story snippets.
Big boss encounters.
Find vendors and buy items and gear with your solid from enemies.
Mission markers help keep you somewhat guided.
Relics can be equipped (two at a time) and these typically add buffs.
Souls are special attacks and abilities that you equip to quickly use slots.
The game does boast a great world with a story and lore that is as interesting as it is intriguing.
Fantastic biomes and locations.
Once you get some new abilities the game really opens up and it is fun to explore and platform around.

Voidwrought Review Cons:

The performance of the game is not as smooth as it needs and has slowdown and juddering happening a lot.
You cannot remap the controls.
The rooms you travel around are quite small meaning a lot of black screen loading times, it’s not long loading times but enough that you notice there are a lot of them.
Signposting is not that clear.
No real game settings or accessibility options.
You have no camera control which makes drops a gamble every time.
No game difficulties.
You don’t lose anything upon death.
No voice work so it feels flat and Lifeless, especially in the first hour, it’s very plain and uninteresting.
Does fall guilty of a lot of backtracking.
Loading is just long enough to be a pain and not ideal when playing handheld.