XEL is an action-adventure RPG from Assemble Leisure. This top-down 3D recreation has loads of hack ‘n’ slash and puzzle parts to maintain you busy. However whereas it has a variety of content material, is it stable sufficient to spend hours enjoying?
Earlier than I start the assessment, I really feel it’s essential to notice the set off warnings. When first turning on the sport, an inventory of 5 triggers seem. I respect these warnings, however I’d have most well-liked they be included within the description earlier than downloading. A number of the triggers listed actually do hassle me. And, if I had identified beforehand, I’d have handed on the sport and let another person from the Pure Nintendo group take it. So, please take into accout the sport offers with some heavy subjects.
Let’s return to our frequently scheduled programming. You play as Reid, who crash lands on an unknown world referred to as XEL. She has no reminiscence of her previous or how she obtained to XEL. It’s time to discover the world, conquer dungeons, and defeat enemies.
General, it’s a stable story and intelligent thriller set in a science fiction-like world. There are nice cutscenes which can be absolutely voice-acted and animated. Sadly, the animation of those scenes appears to be one of many few facets of the sport that’s polished.
Largely, the voice performing is properly finished, as are the music and sound results. The issue is that I might barely hear any of it. The audio isn’t loud in any respect. I went into the sport’s choices solely to search out that the quantity was already on the max degree. I needed to flip my Change on max quantity, and even then, the audio was at a mean degree.
Sometimes, I take pleasure in hack-’n’-slash video games. I like how fast-paced they’re; there’s one thing satisfying about walloping a hoard of enemies. Nevertheless, XEL makes it onerous to have a great time with it. The frames maintain skipping when enemies are on the display screen. Even should you’re exploring with Reid and there’s nothing else on the display screen, she’ll clip via an object that you simply shouldn’t be capable of work together with or skip in her motion, slowing her down.
When the sport is working properly, it has good gameplay parts. As you progress Reid round, she finds weapons and different gadgets throughout the space. These assist her progress additional into the dungeon or her present location. The puzzles are stable, and a number of the battles are enjoyable. Each enemy has a sample of assault that it’s worthwhile to determine.
Nevertheless, a number of the battles are difficult due to the digicam. You can’t management it – you may’t zoom in, zoom out, or rotate it. This makes issues irritating if I can’t see a path I’m purported to take (I obtained caught within the first space for some time due to this), and it additionally makes some battles needlessly troublesome.
The dearth of digicam motion, the bugs, and even the lack to spice up the quantity made me really feel like I had no management throughout my playthrough. It didn’t matter how cool the graphics appeared or how superior the cutscenes had been. The cons closely outweigh the professionals due to a couple of bugs, which sadly ruined my enjoyment.
I do hope these bugs get patched sooner or later. Till then, this recreation is a go for me.