Current Events > Anyone here play Iconoclasts? I heard it has a cute smelly girl character.

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I heard good things about it a year or two ago but never got it cuz had too many games to play.

Then I heard one of the main characters is a cute smelly girl, and my interest has been renewed, especially since the Switch drought is staggering right now.

Is it cool? Is it worth buying? Or does it just feel like a requisite generic indie retro throwback game?

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As a metroidvania it isn't bad. Combat is pretty solid, the art style is bright and colorful. There's a reasonable amount of backtracking, although not a ton. The music is forgettable but not bad. It suffers a little bit in terms of level design in that sometimes it can be difficult to know what to do next and there's one particular puzzle tower that goes on for way too long and makes it hard to remember where to go after flipping switches.

The only real downside is that every single character is aggressively unlikable and the story is hilariously one-dimensional but trying SO HARD to be deep. If you're the type of person to mash through dialogue then you'll probably enjoy it, but if you want to actually know what's going on you'll find yourself hating everybody and their causes and having no motivation to continue.

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s0nicfan posted...

If you're the type of person to mash through dialogue then you'll probably enjoy it, but if you want to actually know what's going on you'll find yourself hating everybody and their causes and having no motivation to continue.

Ooh, that's a little bit of a downer. Like, I enjoy lore and story, but not when it tries too hard to be taken seriously.

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That's a shame. What problems does it run into down the line? Is the story that bad?

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LostForest posted...

That's a shame. What problems does it run into down the line? Is the story that bad?

It's just... really cliche. The basic premise is "underclass is oppressed by upper class and being a mechanic is banned. Main girl is secret mechanic that gets ousted and has to flee/seek revenge." But then it does the "oh, but maybe they're not all bad, and maybe some of US are bad!" twist that's trying to show that there are shades of grey but in a really flat way. Each faction has some ideology that's obviously critically flawed so we can have that moment where someone explains where they're wrong. It's like Bioshock 1 and 2 put together but written by a grade schooler.

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It fun

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"smelly" girl character? what?

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Ewwww
s0nicfan posted...

It's just... really cliche. The basic premise is "underclass is oppressed by upper class and being a mechanic is banned. Main girl is secret mechanic that gets ousted and has to flee/seek revenge." But then it does the "oh, but maybe they're not all bad, and maybe some of US are bad!" twist

Ewwww.

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LordFarquad1312 posted...

It fun

You're the only one with a positive take on it so far. What'd you like about it?

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LostForest posted...

Ewwww.

Do you remember how long it was by any chance?

You can beat it in 10 to 15 hours, which is a decent length for an indie metroidvania.

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nfearurspecimn posted...

"smelly" girl character? what?

From what I read, one of the characters, Mina, has a recurring gag where people remark that she stinks, even though she's a hottie.

And I like characters that are smelly girls. They cuties.


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Bump. Still can't decide whether the game is worth checking out. Sounds like the story is really bad, but the gameplay is cool.

I wish it had a demo on the Switch eShop. I think you can play a little of it on the game's website? I would have to go dig up my 8bitdo controller though, wherever it is.

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s0nicfan posted...

As a metroidvania it isn't bad. Combat is pretty solid, the art style is bright and colorful. There's a reasonable amount of backtracking, although not a ton. The music is forgettable but not bad. It suffers a little bit in terms of level design in that sometimes it can be difficult to know what to do next and there's one particular puzzle tower that goes on for way too long and makes it hard to remember where to go after flipping switches.

The only real downside is that every single character is aggressively unlikable and the story is hilariously one-dimensional but trying SO HARD to be deep. If you're the type of person to mash through dialogue then you'll probably enjoy it, but if you want to actually know what's going on you'll find yourself hating everybody and their causes and having no motivation to continue.

Great description. Gameplay is fun but the story makes the game a chore.

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