Afterimage

Not just a pretty face: Afterimage is not only a beautiful metroidvania, but also a very competent one, clever in taking inspiration from the right sources and able to deliver a world that you never get tired of exploring. Good thing too, considering how big it is.

Afterimage feels like a very well-crafted Metroidvania with spectacular vistas, solid combat, and deep character progression system. The only minor issues, like the colliding damage, that I had with the game are just design choices that probably can’t be addressed. I really enjoyed exploring the world of Engardin, searching for new weapons, fighting interesting bosses and trying to find the best weapons for Renee. I can’t say that the story was truly captivating, but it was serviceable enough to keep me going.

Although not without flaws, Afterimage manages to stand out in the panorama of 2D adventures in metroidvania sauce, thanks to its wonderful backdrops, good level design and playful structure. Augoron Shanghai's efforts to make the journey interesting from start to finish are evident, and we believe that fans of intricate stories, labyrinthine maps and important boss fights should not miss the opportunity to step into the shoes of young Renee.

If players are looking to play a new Metroidvania while waiting for Hollow Knight: Silksong, Afterimage captures some of the best elements that the genre has to offer.

Afterimage is a valiant effort in the Metroidvania genre by the developers over at Aurogon Shanghai. Built upon a solid foundation for combat and world design, unfortunately, it is still noticeably rough around the edges. It sorely needed a couple more passes in the editing board for overall level flow and story presentation, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s still an enjoyable experience.

Afterimage's world will assault your senses with beautiful graphics and great music, at the cost of a certain classicism when playing.

I would have liked to see Afterimage get at least six more months in the oven before being released to the world and my recommendation is to wait and see what the developers decide to do with the title. Because more work is clearly needed here to really do the game's potential justice and bring it to the finish line.

Only 5 hours in, but enjoyed every second so far, I dont get the critique that this shouldnt satisfy a hardcore gamer, as this game offers tons of weapons and enemies are tough. Blasphemous is also a great game and is in my opinion easier and has no build variety compared to this. Try it out yourself its a beautiful game

Finding a metroidvania that matches your tastes can be difficult.Afterimage is one of a kind, for better or **** my opinion, this game is loved most by people who lived through a specific era of gaming: the age of magazines and the early **** game never holds your hand. You are thrown into the world with a hint of lore, and from that point on it is just you and a massive map to **** have to find the NPCs in each area and follow their quests, figure out how to complete some of them, and work out how to unlock all the **** can decide when to take on the final boss fight, and you can even choose to complete the entire game before doing **** combat feels genuinely unfun at first and the difficulty seems very low, but eventually a whole world of equipment and weapon arts opens **** you are the kind of person who enjoys the "I need to look up a guide and a map to keep going" mindset, then this is a wonderful game packed with secrets.Otherwise, it can be very **** universal flaw is the map system, which is sometimes annoying to navigate due to clunky zooming and a limited number of available markers.A major strength, on the other hand, is that the game is not punishing: you can die without worrying too much, which strongly encourages exploration and makes the very sparse checkpoints far less frustrating.I think anyone who plays metroidvanias should give this game a try.

While the combat, platforming and overall controls are fun. The story is too hard to follow.

Afterimage is a metroidvania which it's good just for being a well developed game. In summary, I would say this game should not satisfy a heavy gamer, but could be enjoyble for a new player in 2D adventures. The visual impact its indeed some piece of art, but the today standards are a little bit higher. We cannot apraise a game just for beeing well executed, because this is an obligation with the consumer. After played several metroidvanias, Afterimage doesnt inovate in any aspect to keep him interesting. The lore its a bit confusing and not captivating for the player to discover more. The transportation system doesnt make any sense to be so scarce. For a large map like that, you sould have more options to do more freely. Even Metroid Dread who doent have fast travel has a better way to navigate. A minimap would help the player to explore more easyly, because of that I have paused the game more then I have to jump. The difficulty progression its so so, the talent tree does't make much diference and the skills could do some more damage than the regular attacks. The majority of the bosses doesnt reward you enouth. Some are way to hard and they doest drop something to make you more powerful then you already are. You should be able to sell your equipment, otherwise why I have 10 woodden swords in my inventory? And you should have some interest points on the map to help you know where are the NPCs to talk to. It looks like it was done on purpose to make the gameplay last longer, making the player walk alone with no guidence. And the final frustration that make me fell my time was wasted are the Endings, or the lack of it. They put 10 diferent endings that has no good way to know, you achive by luck, but gess what is your reward for it: a good old SCREEN SHOT AND A TEXT. Just it.

!5 minutos a la derecha= camino bloqueado 15 minutos izquierda= camino bloqueado ¿Hacia abajo? Bloqueado ¿quizas arriba? nope. Y así todo el rato, el juego tiene varias cosas buenas y bastantes malas, pero el tener que dar vueltas por el escenario sin avanzar genera pereza y frustracion. Hay mejores opciones en el genero.