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Vlad, the Vegan Vampire

By loganou974

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3.756
Fun4.006
Innovation3.756
Theme3.006
Graphics4.506
Audio3.256
Humor4.256
Mood4.006

Comments

zee 2017-07-31 23:56

Funny, I played this right before I had dinner! I dig the art style, really gives off a storybook feel! The opening was a nice touch, and adds charm to the game. I wish there was an ending to go along with it!

The game-play kind of reminds me of Super Mario 2, and works well. It's always fun throwing enemies about, and eating the enemies to spawn med-kits (or fruit) is a neat way to heal. The game has a good length for a dare game, without feeling needlessly bloated or reusing content. Something new appeared every wave, which was a nice touch.

The controls were a little off at first. It took a couple of tries before I noticed the beam of light, and understood you had to hold the direction you wanted to grab, and that you didn't just grab whatever is in front of you. Once I understood that, the game became much easier, and much more fun.

The flying controls on the other-hand were somewhat inconsistent, and seemed to ignore my button presses at random intervals.

The game also had some small bugs. The shop keeper's text would sometimes cut off before the end of the sentence, and other times, when you grab an enemy, it'll stay over-you can you can't eat or throw it. I once had 3-4 vegetables over my head! But thankfully, nothing game breaking.

Other then those two complaints, it's a great package! I really enjoyed it!

loganou974 2017-08-02 06:47

Thank you for playing and commenting such a nice review ! I really enjoyed making this buggy game ahah :) ! Cheers !

kr4ft3r 2017-08-04 16:11

Nice, original gameplay, story and AI all in one. Pretty decent graphics too. It took me a bit to figure out that Vlad will fly in direction opposite from the cursor. Oh, once that potato looking thingy with a hat pushed me so far of the screen I never fell back lol.