Windblown Preview (Steam Early Access)
Windblown Preview, Brave the Vortex and dash your way to greatness in this lightning-fast action roguelite for 1-3 players from the crafters of Dead Cells. Absorb the powers of fallen warriors, rebuild their weapons, and WIPE THE FLOOR with those Sentinels in search of that perfect run!
Windblown Preview Pros:
- Awesome cartoon-like graphics.
- Download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Full controller support.
- Graphics settings – display mode, resolution, target frame rate, v-sync, lock cursor, preset, anti-aliasing, shadows and lighting, clouds, environment, dynamics, and ambient occlusion.
- Accessibility options – no screen shake, and no vomit.
- Login with email and password or use Steam login.
- Blood effects slider.
- Can remap the controls for both the keyboard and the controller.
- Action roguelike gameplay.
- Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
- Four body choices – Axoloti, Basilisk, Bat, and Pangolin.
- A full 3D game world with 360-degree camera control.
- Dashing across gaps and platforms instantly puts you in the destination and makes zipping around the world a seamless joy.
- Hack and slash-style combat.
- You can see enemy health bars.
- Big vibrant colours that are very impactful.
- Many breakable objects may drop materials or resources.
- Full loot system, you get brief info on weapons before you pick them up.
- The game moves at a fast pace allowing for precision in attacks and traversing the game world.
- Hovering over weapons or abilities will show a pop-up video of the highlighted weapon or ability playing out.
- Fast loading times.
- The Ark is your main hub where you always respawn.
- Cogs earned on a run are kept upon death if you deposit them with the fish character found in a run, and used to buy permanent upgrades and abilities in the Ark.
- Such a beautiful-looking world.
- Take on quests for new gameplay options and world-changing effects.
- Highly addictive gameplay loop.
- Play how you want and attack situations how you see fit.
- You can equip and use primary and secondary weapons.
- Many weapon types.
- The bear part of the dashing to platforms etc is that you cannot fall or fail them.
- Locations and the game world randomize the layout and enemy placements etc each run.
- Find and rescue characters who will then move into the Ark and can add new options.
Windblown Preview Cons:
- Every time I click an option in the graphics menu it does it but sends me straight back to the main screen.
- No description of the body choices.
- Cannot pause the game.
- No voice work.
- Basic tutorials and some areas feel like they are missing or delayed.
- You cannot change what button icons show in the game.
- Any slowdown is really noticeable and knocks your aim off.
- You cannot change the camera distance and it can make judging attacks and defending really hard.
- All the colors mesh together in hectic situations and it’s hard to make out what is what.
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Windblown:
Developer: Motion Twin
Publisher: Motion Twin
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