Dust: An Elysian Tail

I wrote a First Thoughts on this game, which you can view HERE. But for some reason, despite the fact that I bought this game over 2 months ago, I haven't beaten it until now. I only played it a grand total of 3 times, and each time I played doe several hours each, topping out, according to Steam, at over 17 hours. Which means that if you don't go around trying to find every treasure, you can probably beat this game in 10-12 hours. It's short, but good.

Oh my god, this is one of the deepest games I have played since To The Moon. The storyline is awesome, the gameplay is fantastic, and furries!!!

This game actually started off as a movie. The design, the work, the game, the animations, everything, is almost all done by a single person's over 3 year long game creation process. Which is a LOT to say, saying that the graphics, animation, and story, are all beautifully made. The controls are easy to use, granted with my controller, I had a few issues. Mainly due to the fact that the controllers rumble triggered buttons to be pressed ^^;.

The story line is incredibly sad in many areas, and goes along with the opening theme, which is very somber. I have teared up in many areas, because as a game about war and death, you wouldn't expect much else. Your sidekick Fidget, the equivalent of Navi from Zelda, is hilarious, and brings the much needed humor to this sad tale.

It's a hack and slash game, which means that you will mostly be cutting away at monsters and walls. It's also a 2d side-scroller, which makes the best kind of games in my opinion. So you jump, slice, and drop your way through every level.

I'd definitely recommend this game to any RPG and Hack-and -Slash gaming fan.