Witcheye Review (Steam)

Set off on an adventure as a mild-mannered witch who transforms into a flying eyeball of vengeance after a smarmy knight and wizard steal her spell ingredients.

Pros:

• Decent pixel art graphics.
• 394mb Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Controller support.
• Game settings-timer/ghosts and rumble.
• How to play section-short playable tutorial.
• Easy to learn controls-use left stick to move and press a button to stop.
• Four modes-normal (story), boss rush, mini-boss rush, and speed run.
• Kill enemies by hitting them, some are hit anywhere, hit underneath, or hit from behind.
• World map level select.
• Four gems to collect on each level. 3 green and one special blue one.
• Fun to play.
• Bite-sized levels.
• Big boss battles including mini-boss encounters.
• Varied enemy types.
• A lot of replayability.
• Clever flowing level design.
• Gems drop from enemies or breakable blocks.
• Pick up health (hearts) from enemies blocks or they appear randomly.
• Gems drop to the bottom and disappear whereas hearts go up the screen.

Cons:

• No graphics settings.
• Only one controller layout.
• Slight learning curve.
• Can’t skip levels or get any assistance.
• The slight learning curve with the controls.
• Boss battles can be difficult as you work out what to do.
• Small window to collect gems or hearts.
• Stingy checkpoints with a lot of the time you start again.
• Doing precise movements is frustrating.
• Can only play the other modes when you unlock the relevant boss/levels.