Разработчик: Sabotage
Описание
WATCH "THE MESSENGER" EPISODE OF BEHIND THE SCHEMES
Об игре
Армия демонов осаждает родную деревню молодого ниндзя, вынуждая его отправиться в проклятый мир, чтобы доставить свиток, от которого зависит выживание его клана. Игра, поначалу кажущаяся классическим экшн-платформером, оказывается масштабным приключением, полным путешествий во времени, переживаний, сюрпризов и шуток.
Динамический, акробатический геймплей и минималистическое управление – достойное решение для эпического приключения ниндзя.
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Тщательно проработанные 8- и 16-битные спрайты, анимация и фоны в духе старой доброй классики.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, german, spanish - spain, simplified chinese, traditional chinese, japanese, korean, portuguese - brazil, russian
Системные требования
Windows
- ОС *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or newer (64 bit)
- Процессор: Intel core i5-4210 1.7ghz
- Оперативная память: 2 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: Intel HD Graphics 4400
- Место на диске: 1200 MB
- Звуковая карта: Onboard soundcard or better
Отзывы пользователей
The game is tough and has a very old school feel to it, but after enough tries I finally get the rewarding payoff of beating a tough boss or reaching the next checkpoint. What makes this game seem so old is the enemies, who are reborn if you return to the spot they were killed, as soon as their tiny area comes back on screen. The way they move and look also seems to remind me of some old Sega games. But the levels are interesting, and there is a more modern upgrade system and I'd say level of polish to the game that makes it deeper in scale and fit for play today.
I loved this game it was overflowing with creativity and non stop challenge
Fun and challenging game with some pretty difficult optional content. Some annoying points in exploration and certain bosses, but a solid package overall. The weakest point for me was the writing. It wasn't for me, but others might enjoy the sarcastic tone.
Even though I hold some disdain for the way this game's (and many other indie games') writing often makes fun of itself in overplayed meta-comedy, I cannot deny that The Messenger is a very fun, visually striking platformer, with a commitment to simple mechanics, that does not overstay it's welcome. The soundtrack is also fire.
A really great Metroidvania with difficulty in a really sweet spot. The love the devs have for the genre and influences really comes through in the design, music, and art. There's some really nice callbacks and commentary from the 8 to 16 bit shift in everything including how game design has evolved since the 80s. Love Ninja Gaiden? Love Metroidvanias? This is the game for you! Can't wait for a sequel!
The dialogue is hilarious. The twist is unexpected, I suggest you play it blind as well, ignore the page's tags to manage expectations. The music is EXCELLENT, sounds muffled when underwater, what a treat. The stories the NPC shares is thought-provoking. Overall WONDERFUL. Except for that 1 achievement (DLC, you'll know it when you get to it).
DO THE THING!!!!
I can't count how many times i just wanted to rage quit and never come back bcs of what absurdly hard platform and insane amounts of backtracking. Like, why couldn't you just make teleport between gates? Why would you make pits instakills (it's like in old games, i get it, but still can't figure out how this makes game any better)? So, for me (especially collectibles) was a hell of a exprience. So it is clearly not for me or anyone who dislikes hard platforming and games that try to mimic old ones in one or another way, but i can't deny how well it is made.
Fast paced metroidvania with a twist and an awesome soundtrack. I love it so much I bought for PC and Switch!
Amazing soundtrack, graphics, level design, the list goes on. I genuinely can't think of anything negative to say about this game. It's like $4 on sale, just. buy. it. Refund it if you don't like it, but I honestly think it'll hook you long before those 2 hours are even up. Insanely fun and fair. When you die, it really feels like your fault--something totally avoidable. Sure there's some hard bosses, but 1) the music makes even dying seem worth it, just to hear to soundtrack. 2) The satisfaction of finally killing that hard boss outweighs everything else. Hands down THE best metroidvania I've ever played. If you're into these types of games, you won't be disappointed. Also, the writing is just amazing. The shopkeeper is always fun to listen to, as are the other blue robes. The story is compelling without overstepping its boundaries, it's just a good time all around. I have way more to say, but I'd just be repeating myself.
At first glance this game might seem like a retro throwback to sidescrollers from years ago, but ends up having one of the coolest end games for a single player game around. Being the first game from Sabotage, plus the follow up Sea of Stars, I'm starting to think at this point they can do no wrong.
The best platformer I've ever played in my life, music is super catchy and the mechanics are really fun.
The jokes were gold too.
10/10 would mess with reality and time again
Played this on Xbox Game Pass and then bought on here. This is a really really good 2d side scroller. BTW this is one of the best sound tracks ive ever heard in a video game, top 5 for me.
I did not enjoy what this game becomes after the opening few hours, but I could see plenty of other people really liking it.
The first moments of the game are great, but it turns into a really mediocre and boring metroidvania partway through. I played around 3 hours of the metroidvania portion before dropping the game.
In those three hours, I did not find a single interesting item that improved my character's abilities, I did not get to fight any bosses or new enemies, but I sure did get to replay the same level segments I just played an hour ago all over with minimal changes!
The art, music, and dialogue are all great. The gameplay for the first couple hours is as well. I just wish I was able to enjoy the rest of the game as much as those parts.
Great experience and humor. Sometimes it's really hard (especially in dlc) and i broke my gamepad. 10/10
The backtracking gets so annoying. You never get the ability to warp to checkpoints so even for a tiny thing you gotta clear entire levels again and again and again and again and again and again.
The game has good contents for the most part. The upgrades, the enemies are fair and we have a good story there. The reason why I dislike the game, is because of bad controls with the double jump ( Cloudstep ) mechanics with the Wingsuit activated and the too slow grappling hook ( Rope Dart ) .
The issue with the grappling hook is the fact that it follow the player position. On a moving platform and while falling, many time I miss the target, because it don't go in a straight line. The grappling hook move too slowly for aiming while moving. There are some areas where there is no floor and some flying enemies to target with the grappling hook. Grabbing something cause the player to move very fast. Those area are almost impossible to passthrough without dying multiple times, or by pure luck, unless you have lighning reflexes. There is an area where you are on the side of a moving platform, forcing you to fall down to the pit if you dont go away. The target to aim with the grappling hook is far and you need to wait for the moving platform to move toward the target. When you are in range of the target with the grappling hook, the platform change direction to up side. If you trigger the grapplig hook while the platform change direction, you will miss the target, because the grappling hook take too long time to reach the target and miss it by few pixels above it, because the grappling hook follow the player position, causing the player death by the ceiling.
The other issue is related to the double jump with the Wingsuit. The position where you slowly fall and slash down. After doing multiple moves in midair, the double jump sometime doesn't work. Many time I fall into a pit, or into spikes, because the double jump doesn't trigger when I press on the jump button when the double jump icon is present. I dont get any problem double jumping without the Wingsuit. There is another issue with the Wingsuit . Its too easy to trigger and untrigger. To trigger it, you must press the jump button twice in midair and hold it. It doesn't trigger if you hold the jump button after triggering the jump, or the double jump. There are so many functions with this jump button that sometime you can end up slashing in the wrong direction, causing your death. If you want to activate the Wingsuit again after a double jump, you need to press twice the jump button. There are multiple areas where the Wingsuit and slashing are needed multiple times in midair. Those areas dont have any floor, or filled with spikes all the way.
Trying to hit an enemy, but missing it and getting hit instead, because you slash in the wrong direction with the unexpected Wingsuit activated, or dying when trying to trigger a not working double jump, is what make me hate the game. Thats include those areas with no floor, forcing you to do multiple double jump, paired with the slow Rope Dart which follow the player position.
The gameplay was great, the music was awesome, and the story was funny and clever 9/10
An amazing platformer that has that nostalgic feel with modern elements. It also has difficult yet fun platforming and bosses. For the price it's well worth it
I finished this game on PS4 many many years ago and think about the story from time to time and how insane this game actually is. If you liked inscriptions story telling please play this. It's crazy and so much fun.
having first played this game on the switch and played it many times, including a no upgrades run which was very challenging, id give this game a 9/10. worth buying at full price
If your looking for a 2d platformer you'll get it here. While the story is basic that does not make it bad, while many of the characters are basic, the ones that are expanded upon are good, and the platforming elements and especialy the ones in the later half are well thought out. On a whole, I'd give the gameplay a 4.5, the story a 3, and the characters a 3.9.
With the discounts this is definitivly worth a look.
Amazing game, completely recomended for every fan of old school NES era games, quite hard but keep trying, amazing OST also.
This has to be one of the greatest games I have ever played, Tight controls, good platforming, and an amazing soundtrack, If you have it on your wishlist don't hesitate. you wont be disappointed.
For me this was such a challenging yet satisfying game. Haven't really played many platformer/metroidvania games but I enjoyed this game enough to go for the 100%
What the hell is this game? It's full of cheap instant death traps and unfunny meta humor, furthermore the gameplay is repetitive. You just whack the bosses with your basic attack until they die, and the levels are simple and linear. Maybe buy it on an 80% discount if you are a masochist.
genuinely incredible and full of amazing bosses, plot twists and charming characters
I often find myself dying because I intend to get into glide mode to kill the enemy below me but cloud jump decides I'm moving upward 2 meters into the waiting arms of an enemy. This leads to me then entering damage state, desperately trying to tech and enter glide state just to plummet to my death cause floors are a luxury we can't afford. Why do these two mechanics have to be on the same button. Glide stance really should've been on Right Bumper.
All achievements! 2 playthrus
Easily the best 2D action platformer I ever played. Really good 8/16 Bit OST. Insanely fun boss fights. Challenging platforming and combat. Very retro-y UI and sound FX. Excellent writing!
I want a sequel, pls. I need more of this
・Disabling Vsync caps the game at 60fps, enabling it allows for higher
・Default controls could use a rework. Having all the main action commands on the face buttons when I only have 1 thumb makes controlling it very difficult
9/10 - Tough but fair tribute to 8- and 16-bit eras
Very nice Ninja Gaiden/Metroidvania pastiche. Difficult, but beatable - there's plenty of checkpoints, and there were only few times I wished they were closer to each other. More frequent checkpoints would be especially nice when you glitch inside a wall and have to reboot and do a major part of the level again... This only happened to me once or twice, though.
The music and graphical style(s) are on point. The controls, which are crucial for a game like this, are extremely precise. The game doesn't take itself too seriously, taking jabs at some tropes of the genre; it's quite subjective whether you like the humor or not, but at the minimum it didn't bother me. And at it's best, it made me smile.
This is a great game after playing hollow knight. Very good humor and lots of satisfactoin. Highly recomend if you like hollow knight.
best dialogue i have ever seen from a game it cured my anxiety And taught me the key to happiness
10/10
I'm sorry. This is a very beautiful game with beautiful graphics but some of the mechanics are just way too infuriating for me to give it a thumbs up in good faith. The reason I bought The Messenger is because of its connection to Sea of Stars. I don't regret my purchase as it was on sale when i bought it. The dialogue is really good.
The problem is that all of the positives are overshadowed by how aggravating it is to repeat certain areas over and over again just because you didn't make a series of PERFECTLY TIMED JUMPS with PERFECTLY TIMED STRIKES on lamp posts that are TOO FAR AWAY in the air to reach unless your movements and jumps are ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! And even if you make it through all of these nightmare acrobatics, if you fall JUST ONCE in a gap (there are many, i promise you) you have to start the entire area ALL OVER AGAIN!
I suspect that the developer did not have this game beta tested with players to discover that too many areas were too frustrating.
It makes me sad to have to leave this bad review because otherwise this is a very good game! The developer should have had more consideration for those of us who don't want to have to use jedi reflexes just to get from one area of the game to another.
Yes yes an yes loved it so much I played it all on the switch and then on Steam so worth it.
Great plaftormer and great music. Love the shopkeeper.
Good luck with the 5 win in a row for the hardest achievement was such a pain but I did it!
The messenger is quite similar to the original shovel knight, just refined in a lot of ways. But considering just how frustrating shovel knight is, it takes a lot more than just refining in order to not want me to tear out my hair in some sections. Overall though, it's still a really neat game that I'd very much recommend. It's got very cool and creative platforming, hands down some of the funniest dialogue in any video game I've ever read, and even a couple cool surprises along the way :)
Just do be aware of the very occasional bullshit and jank, and maybe pick it up in a sale if you're stingy with money (like me). Also, be aware that the game's story does end off on a cliffhanger sadly, but the conclusion is still satisfying nonetheless
amazing platformer, lots of intense segments! the music is godtier too, love it!
platforming in the game is brilliant, but the metroidvania part could be improved with more exploration, items/upgrades and RPG elements (NGL I missed the witty dialogues with the shopkeeper in the second half).
nonetheless, it's a great game with the best humour and dialogues I've seen so far, smooth gameplay, sick boss fights, well-balanced difficulty, beautiful musics and art style, and the sweet touch of switching between 8-bit and 16-bit feel. everyone who's into 2D side-scrollers must give this gem a shot!!
It was decently enjoyable. It actually gets a little worse when it opens up because it becomes a little aimless, but tightens up near the end again. Best when it is a more straightforward platformer and not a metroidvania, methinks.
This game made me realize that classic games from the 80s/90s were popular for a reason. I used to think to myself that they seem so boring and archaic, and for many that's not the case. This game is obviously not Ninja Gaiden but is deeply inspired by it, and its really a lot of fun. the traversal and combat are super smooth and exploring the game is fun. Super dope, highly recommend.
Also the music fucking SLAPS
is a nice short game (it says 20 hours for me but its more like 10-12) well written and music slaps a lot. a nice spin of platformers and exploring
A lot of fun! Action platformer/Metroidvania with a vintage feel but a lot of modern sensibilities. The movement is really fluid, and using all the tools in your kit to navigate the levels feels great. Difficulty is in the sweet spot for me, where many of the tougher fights took me a few tries and I felt like I was improving on each attempt. Music and pixel work both fantastic. The tongue-in-cheek writing might not be for everyone but I enjoyed it.
If you need a reason to fold your keyboard in half or transmute your controller into origami, that's the game
10/10 gameplay, great story and my neighbours enjoyed more than half of the game with me... well more like experienced than enjoyed, but they were for sure happy when I finished it
Watch out for octopus on octopus action tho
fun game but Temple of Time so bad and boring
At first i thought it wasn't anything special and honestly after playing it for a bit i forgot about the game for awhile. Eventually i saw someone talk more about it on Youtube and decided to dive back in. I'm quite happy i did.
TL:DR - Took a bit to get going, but once i was hooked it was hooked.
I really enjoyed this, especially once it opened up about half-way through. Played on the SteamDeck and was a relaxing high quality platformer with lite-metroidvania elements. The music is the absolute best. Found game a little easy in the end, as except for right at the end, you can pretty much brute force all the areas by attacking any projectiles and repeatedly jumping.
That said, a classic. Worth playing through if you haven't and enjoyed some of the other classics like Celeste.
Agile gameplay where combat & parkour often merge together, a lot of secrets to find, beautiful art styles & music, fun character(-writing), a good challenge, an absolute pleasure to play!
The Messenger is a masterful blend of nostalgia and modern design, paying homage to classic side-scrolling platformers while introducing clever twists and a unique sense of humor. You start as a simple ninja on a straightforward mission, navigating tight, responsive platforming challenges that feel like a love letter to the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. The game's transition from 8-bit to 16-bit graphics as the story progresses is a highlight, with beautifully crafted pixel art and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack that perfectly matches the retro aesthetic.
What sets The Messenger apart is its mid-game shift from a linear action platformer to a more open, exploration-based Metroidvania. This twist adds surprising depth but may feel a bit jarring for players expecting a purely linear experience. The new exploration aspect, while rewarding, requires some backtracking that can slightly disrupt the pacing, especially if you're used to the game’s initial momentum. That said, the level design, hidden secrets, and new abilities make the exploration worthwhile for those who embrace it.
The humor in The Messenger is another standout. The writing is witty and often self-aware, breaking the fourth wall in ways that feel both refreshing and endearing. Dialogue with NPCs, especially with the Shopkeeper, is surprisingly rich, making the game’s world feel lively and humorous without overdoing it.
All in all, The Messenger is an impressive retro-inspired platformer that brings a fresh perspective to the genre. While the gameplay shift might not suit everyone, fans of old-school action games who are open to some exploration will find The Messenger a rewarding journey filled with charm, challenge, and clever design.
Zone Score - 8/10
Having recently replayed the game to get 100% achievements, I can definitely say that this is one of my favorite indie games of all time. The writing, visuals, music and moment-to-moment gameplay all come together to create a stellar experience that I've thoroughly enjoyed — especially the witty humor which never ceased to amuse me.
I also noticed that there was a lot of room for personal skill expression on repeat playthroughs (fresh save or NG+), where you can traverse some rooms ludicrously quickly if you are well-versed in the movements tools at your disposal — which I had a great time with. Despite this, the difficulty curve is well-paced and is thus friendly for people new to platformers.
As such, I would highly recommend The Messenger for both those who are well-versed with platformers and people looking to get into the genre for the first time! If you get gifted this game by a friend, do yourself a favor by not letting it languish in your backlog.
I thought I was done with gaming. Nothing could hold my interest anymore—I’d start a game, play for ten, maybe fifteen minutes, then drop it, feeling empty and unmotivated. It felt like I’d outgrown the thrill of it all, like I’d hit a peak I’d never reach again. Then I found this game, and everything changed. Suddenly, I felt engaged, challenged, and genuinely entertained. It’s not just fun; it’s a reminder of what I loved about gaming in the first place. Thank you for reigniting that passion and making me believe in gaming again.
1 really good game split into 1/2 decent linear platformer and 1/2 decent metroidvania. 0.5 decent + 0.5 decent = 1 really good???
The movement could be better and the game is mostly pretty easy, but it was very fun and the characters were some of the funniest I've seen in a game/film etc
100% is worth it.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Sabotage |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 22.01.2025 |
| Metacritic | 83 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 93% положительных (4143) |