Primal Light (2020)
Fat Gem
Inhabit Krog, a mysterious blue creature in a red loincloth, as he traverses a labyrinth of ladders, levers, traps, and monsters. Explore the nooks and crannies of a bizarre and evocative world as you hack and slash your way to victory, leaving a graveyard of grotesque bosses in your wake.
Platforms
Linux Mac Switch PC XONEGenres
Adventure Fighting Indie PlatformThemes
Action Fantasy
Languages: English and 13 more
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Media
Critic Reviews
Starbit
By João DiasPrimal Light scores points when it comes to the visual ambiance and art style portraying a horrific, evil world. Its level design is less thrilling, though, and combined with enemies that get tiresome too quickly, the levels end up feeling like a burden, with the bosses providing a welcome highlight. Its punishing difficulty will put off less experienced players, though.
Nindie Spotlight
By Justin NationA great pixel art look gets dragged down by decidedly old gameplay sensibilities and aggravations
Screen Rant
By Jacob ZerankoThis is how nearly every combat encounter feels, and changing the difficulty does nothing. The bonfire-like checkpoints offer no help either, as they don't restore any health or allow Krog to buy extra lives. All these things really bring down what is otherwise a great game, and its best features are its level design, art, music, and platforming. Much like the original release of Primal Light, there are some who will see these shortcomings as challenges and have a blast trying to overcome them, but most will likely find the overall experience a frustrating and disappointing one.
