Micetopia
SCORE: 71
Micetopia is a retro 2D side scrolling
Metroidvania style of video game. We are a mouse from a mouse village.
While we are out of town the citizens get kidnapped. It is up to us to
save them all from their captors. How do we do this? With violence of
course. We hack and slash our way through enemies. As we progress in
Micetopia we earn additional skills. Look around for secrets because
they are around in Micetopia.
I appreciate that Family Friendly Gaming was given a digital download
code for Micetopia on the Nintendo Switch. Families can also find this
version of Micetopia on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One. There are no
physical copy versions of Micetopia available in the United States at
the time this review was written. I would love to see some cover art of
Micetopia personally. I think that would be pretty cool. Maybe it will
arrive in the future.
Micetopia is only forty-six gigs in size. There are decent graphics and
animation for such a small memory size. It is very easy to die in
Micetopia. We do not start with a lot of health in this game. The good
news is we keep our gold and respawn at the last continuation spot.
Sometimes that is the entrance to the dungeon. This helps us grind for
the money we will need in Micetopia. I was really happy once I unlocked
the double jump in Micetopia.
I did not expect much from Micetopia honestly. I thought: “oh boy here
we go, yet another indie game that wants to be Metroid. The industry is
swamped with these games.” The more I played Micetopia the more I got
into it. I felt like Micetopia was more like the 2D side scrolling
sections of Zelda II The Adventures of Link. There are definitely way
less role playing elements in Micetopia. The feel of the game reminded
me of that 8-bit franchise.
Some of the enemies in Micetopia will try to camouflage themselves in
the backgrounds. I learned to memorize where the enemies were on each
screen in Micetopia. The map is a very handy tool in Micetopia. I
learned to use it consistently to chart my path through the dungeons. I
also used it to try and decide which direction to take next when I was
presented with more than one path. That will happen quite often in
Micetopia.
- WMG
Graphics: 65%
Sound: 750%
Replay/Extras: 75%
Gameplay: 70%
Family Friendly Factor: 70%
System: Xbox One/PS4/Nintendo Switch(tested)
Publisher: Ratalaika Games
Developer: Ninja Rabbit Studios
Rating: ‘E’ for Everyone SIX and OLDER ONLY {Mild Fantasy Violence}
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