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It’s these kinds of minor issues that limit the game's full potential. I spent a good few hours stuck in one area because I hadn’t levelled up the right thing, even though the game gave me no form of indication that I needed to. The right way to progress can often be unclear leading to frustration. The game expects you to do it quite a lot, which is always going to be a big issue in a 2D game. It’s also worth noting that one of the biggest issues with Metroidvania title is also present in Headlander: Backtracking.
Given the game's comedic aspect, there could have been some really great dialogue. The character is basically demoted to making facial expressions, while every other character around him does all the talking. One thing that I feel lets the game down is the lack of character in the main characters, there’s the obvious reasoning that the lack of lungs basically makes it impossible to talk, but it feels like they’ve missed out. There a real satisfaction to flying over to an enemy and just ripping their head from their shoulders: it often serves as an excellent way of neutralizing a room full of enemies shooting your way. There are a few different enemy types, all of which you can jack by removing their head and stealing the body. Headlander cheapens this sense of discovery, which is a real shame.Ĭombat is fun and responsive: most shots you fire often reflect of walls and ceilings, meaning you can be a little more intelligent about aiming your bullets.
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It’s a shame as the hidden secrets throughout the entries in the Metroid series are both a challenge and a delight to hunt out. In true metroidvania style, there are loads of hidden passages filled with power ups, unfortunately the map marks every single one of them down for you, so there’s no real feeling of discovery. Gameplay comprises of a 2D map in which your characters must solve puzzles whilst also fending off the enemy forces looking to repel you from travelling deeper into the city. This is why it’s no surprise that Adult Swim decided to publish the title it fits in with their library of sarcastic millennial targeted comedy perfectly.
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This mixed in with movie references and witty dialogue, makes for a refreshingly funny, comedic experience. Straight from the off, the game is unashamedly comedic, telling players they can perform dances based on whatever body the human head is currently occupying. Once all of the humans uploaded their consciousness a naughty A.I enslaved them all, and there you have it, a good guy, a bad guy and a story to tie it all together. The head in question is the last human alive in the universe, given the fact that the rest of humanity decided to upload its conscious to the cloud, as far as societal satire goes, this is pretty on the nose. The gameplay revolves around the use of a detachable head that you, the player, controls.
Headlander is an attempt to bring metroidvania style shooters back to the forefront, using 1970’s inspired sci-fi as a backdrop. Headlander is the new title from famed developers Double Fine, a studio that has previously brought us Broken Age, Psychonauts and the recent remaster of Grim Fandango. Reviews // 6th Sep 2016 - 5 years ago // By Thomas Hughes Headlander Review