Разработчик: WayForward
Описание
Key Features:
• Shantae’s trademark moves return! Dance to transform into all-new and classic creatures, or summon magical attacks! Over a dozen dances to discover in all!
• New Relic System allows players to unlock new powers and customize moves for Shantae and her many forms!
• Conquer arcade-style action stages that unfold into a full world to explore. Fast action and quest-style exploration rolled into one!
• When Shantae’s story ends, you’re just getting started! DLC Modes introduce new characters, levels, and bosses!
• Huge Bosses, humorous dialogue, and the wonderfully weird Shantae cast return, now in fully animated HD!
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain, japanese
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
- Processor: 2.2 GHz Dual-Core CPU with Hyper Threading
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 310 or equivalent (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0) with at least 1GB of display memory
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- OS *: Windows®8 or Windows®10
- Processor: AMD Phenom(TM) II X6 1035T Processor @ 2.6GHz / Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.4GHz or higher
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or higher
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Отзывы пользователей
10/10 Best game EVER! i'm Always RET-2-GO When booting this up. The DLC's are fun to play, My favs being the Risky one and the friends till the end. truly inspiring game, and will be getting more hours on this! :3
Played this fresh off of Pirate's Curse, and changes are definitely prevalent. Still a game full of cute girls. Exactly what was expected, and exactly what was wanted.
*This is thoughts after a normal mode play-through*
Game play is similar to that of Pirate's Curse, in the sense of combat and basic movement. The similarities then end there. While Pirate's Curse allowed for many different movement options thanks to the pirate weapons/items, the movement in 1/2 Genie Hero is severely limited when compared. You have simple and basic running and jumping, with other movement options unlocked throughout the game, in the form of dance transformations. While yes, some of these are great, such as the monkey and the harpy, some of them (such as the harpy) are unlocked so late in the game that they more or less become obsolete and have little to no use. If you want a game with fantastic and satisfying movement, play Pirate's Curse instead.
Combat was only a little bit of a downgrade from Pirate's Curse, in the difficulty sense. In PC, bosses get progressively more difficult (as in most games) and require faster reactions and reflexes in addition to coordinating different types of attacks. In 1/2 Genie Hero, you kind of just stand there and whip, with the exception of Giga Mermaid. Some jumping, yes, but due to the lack of an easily accessible double jump or hat glide, bosses don't move around much and aren't very difficult. If you want a challenge, I suppose you could try and beat every boss with a quarter of a heart left, but even then it still isn't super hard. If you want truly difficult, but not Souls-like bosses, play Pirate's Curse instead.
Next thing: upgrades. I love the idea of the magic meter; it's fun and very useful. The only thing is, I didn't even realize what it was for until about 75% of the way through the game. You aren't taught about it, and due to the way items worked in PC, I didn't know that it was meant to activate things such as the pike ball or bubble shield. In addition, the game is already easy enough that you can surely beat the entire thing without activating a relic once. Sure, the scimitar was incredibly useful once I used it, but I could have easily beat the game without it. It is cool, however, that you can upgrade items to more powerful forms, such as the fireball to the flamethrower, or the bubble shield to the invincibility shield. The only letdown is that these awesome items are almost useless. If you want a game where you absolutely need to use items, play Pirate's Curse instead.
Next, health. You can have up to 14 hearts in 1/2 Genie Hero, in contrast to the maximum 10 in PC. In PC, you more or less found Zelda Heart Pieces in the shape of [living] squids that you then melt down (smash together into a mush) to create what is essentially a new heart container. Now, the cool thing in PC was that you didn't automatically create a new heart container when four are collected, rather you had to take them to be melted down. In 1/2 Genie Hero, you can easily find these "Heart Holders" which give you a full container on the spot. Health more or less becomes of little concern once only a mere 6 hearts are collected, combined with the Bikini Armor (still funny no matter what), allows you to tank just about every attack several times over. I only healed a few times during the final boss because I kind of just stood there to take all of the different attacks. Conclusion: it is far too easy to find extra health, and health items are dropped far too frequently. If you want a game where health is very difficult to find and you'll often be on the verge of death, play Pirate's Curse instead.
Finally, the story and music. The story is quite simple, takes nothing from the previous games, and therefore this works as a standalone game. I'm not too invested in the story, much less the lore, but I may dabble in it in the future. The soundtrack is great. I love it. As a music theory teacher and pianist, I can say that this soundtrack is very well written, and brings back modern renditions of classic Shantae tracks. I can't say I like the Scuttletown theme nearly as much as in PC, but I still bop to it when it plays. If you want a game where you tap your foot or nod to the beat without realizing, any Shantae game will do. This one especially.
You may notice that I've recommended this, but keep referring to Pirate's Curse instead. This isn't a bad game. I've yet to play the DLC, or Hero Mode, so I can't say my opinion is final. These are simply my initial thoughts after completing the game on Normal difficulty, right after grinding Pirate's Curse. I still loved this game. The art style is cute, the girls are cute, SQUID BARON IS MY MAN, and the game play was overall a lot of fun. Can't wait to play Seven Sirens... as soon as it goes on sale. Shantae is best girl!
CAN I GET AN AMEN FOR SQUID BARON!?
cute and silly ^^
Definitely my favorite of the series. The platforming feels great, and the transformations are unique and interesting.
Good, but not the highlight of the series. Does suffer from some issues.
It seems to want to return to the series “walk to the right” roots while also have the exploration and backtracking from the previous title. Which would be okay if they included a map for tracking stuff you can't get at yet. It's very common to unlock a transformation from level C, go back to level A to unlock a new ability for a different transformation, then use that ability in level B for a plot critical item.
There are also too many transformations, and most of them only have one purpose. Often to the point where you only need them for a single challenge and then never use them again. You'll often find yourself constantly transforming back and forth for some challenges, which gets tedious quickly.
Most notably with having two different ones for underwater, and having to surface to switch between them.
The game also lacks a central villain for most of the game. You're just beating every bad guy from all the previous games in their own self-contained stories, while also helping Uncle Mimic finish a machine in the background. It would have been nice to have all these adventures be connected in a more solid way.
Overall I did enjoy it. But I still feel like Pirate's Curse was better. And biased on some reviews I've read Seven Sirens does fix a lot of these issues.
I LOVE SHANTAE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewing this after first playthrough on main mode.
This is a significant visual upgrade over previous entries in the series now in vector style from pixel art. They added some minor voice acting on some dialog.
I'm not sure if it is good or bad but this game seems way easier in comparison to Pirate's Curse which I admit gave up the last stage cause the platforming was way too hard. I'm not sure if having the game. I remember in Risky's Revenge which iirc has no difficulty option, I got myself killed multiple times of the first boss (I think) the Squid Baron. I got passed all bosses with no issues which makes me wonder if this should be played hard mode from start.
The game has other arcade style modes with Shantae of different outfit. There's a mode all for Shantae's friends and one for Risky Boots. However, as mentioned I touch the main game so I cannot give other details. I might revisit this game for the other modes if the platforming itch comes.
If you're into platforming, metroidvania and such; the Shantae series is worth checking out.
the main story is a bit short, and becomes wayyyy to easy after a collecting a lot of heart containers, but still has that clasic shantae charm, cant wait for shantae advance 2025!!!
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | WayForward |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 22.01.2025 |
| Metacritic | 76 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 90% положительных (1111) |