A captivating and approachable music-themed platformer.
Symphonia is an easy platformer within the vein of Celeste and Tremendous Meat Boy, the place you make your approach by way of giant areas divided into particular person rooms and teams of rooms. It skews just a little bit simpler in comparison with the aforementioned style standouts, however its musical theme and charming presentation mix to kind a satisfying expertise. Whereas the combo of gradual upgrades and optionally available traversal mechanics lend themselves to an journey that’s each higher because it goes alongside and will be tailor-made to fit your playstyle and expertise, frequent softlock-type glitches and an absence of standouts moments maintain it from reaching the heights of different platformers.
Followers of the style will take pleasure in the way in which by which Symphonia stays true to its orchestra-themed world all through. Cogs, levers, and pulleys give option to windmills, trumpet tunnels, and an array of platforms, some breakable, some rotating, and others button-activated. The audio-visual parts of the sport are memorable and are what distinguishes Symphonia from its contemporaries.
You wield a violin that can be utilized initially to achieve additional leap top like a Scrooge McDuck pogo stick leap (DuckTales, Woo Hoo!) or performed to activate gates and platforms. You additionally acquire a splash and hook shot in later areas that assist you to resolve the distinctive challenges that these more difficult rooms comprise. Secret rooms and out-of-the-way cash reward you with new strikes that may be toggled on and off from the primary menu or the crumbs of a narrative unraveling the wheres and wherefores of the sport world.
Despite the fact that the minute to minute gameplay is strong, there have been quite a few events throughout my playthrough the place my character would softlock after enjoying the violin. The enjoying animation would fail to vanish and my motion can be locked in a single course, with all buttons rendered ineffective. The one answer when this occurred was to reset the sport solely, however frequent auto saves have been a saving grace right here.
Symphonia represents a welcome start line for gamers who wish to reduce their tooth on a extra approachable precision platformer. Its issue curve is a mild one, so these in search of one thing a bit extra fiendish might wish to skip this live performance. The softlocking was irritating however I loved my time with the pretty brisk marketing campaign.
