Attacks felt hard and it never seemed daunting to use the right controls when I needed to. I found the combat to be extremely fluid and satisfying. This rings true for the different armors for which Redgi can don as well.

And while there are a few different kinds of attacks you have through these weapons, it’s a simplified experience that lends itself perfectly to calculating attacks on the fly.Īside from using the weapons, there are different variants of them with differing stats which can be found on fallen enemies or by completing quests. Like combat, you’ll gradually earn the different weapon types as you play, with each one organically making its way into the game through story beats. It’s also important to note that pacing is expertly done here as you aren’t given all of your weapons or enhancements all at one. This title is most definitely a test in memorization and reaction but I feel that it goes above and beyond in the steps it takes to make it fun and not just difficult. There are many enemy types and memorizing each one is particularly important. There are many enemies that you’ll come in contact with that will make you want to tear your hair out and the endless fodder enemies that oftentimes can kill you because you let your guard down.

That’s not to say that this game is necessarily easy though, because it’s not. Instead, ToI is a pretty forgiving title that allows players to learn from their mistakes much quicker, thus gradually becoming more comfortable with how combat flows throughout it. While it hangs heavily on the gameplay we’ve all come to know from the Soulslike sub-genre, it’s married beautifully to few Metroidvania aspects.ĭodging, parrying, and countering enemy attacks is imperative to gameplay but it doesn’t limit the window of space to a millisecond-like reaction time as you might find in other titles in the genre. As I said above, Tails of Iron does a fantastic job at making itself an extremely accessible game in just about every way.

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