The rest of the difficulties outside of Hardcore will serve as a solid enough experience. Easy delivers an experience that wouldn’t be out of range for a young child, say 4-10 depending.
The gameplay varies greatly depending on the chosen difficulty. Dust is certainly suitable for a younger audience, though it will not fail to entertain adults. The narrative paces along ably enough and is sufficiently compelling to hold up the game. The lively diversity of the environments certainly helps. Though the story is nothing revolutionary, it captivates with ease and certainly suits the genre and style. Your flying, wise-cracking companion, Fidget, and your talking sword, the Blade of Ahrah, join you on your journey, with many well-written NPCs to help or hinder along the way. Something terrible has happened, and you are at the heart of it. Everything throughout keeps a particular sense of loving craftsmanship, and though it does nothing to change the genre or bring anything new to the table outside of the unique level of artistic quality, it executes all these without major flaws.ĭust is our hero, an anthropomorphic swordsman (swordsfox?) who has been deprived of his memories. It wasn’t until I saw the credits that I discovered why I’d felt that the world was so sharp and comprehensively crafted: the entire game, save for the sounds and some elements of the story, were built by one Dean Dodrill (operating under the title of Humble Hearts).ĭust: An Elysian Tail, is a side-scrolling action RPG which has already spent a year on XBLA (it was slated for the Indie Games market, but was elevated to XBLA after winning several awards) and is coming to PC tomorrow. The game felt small in the sense that there was a tangible cohesion bringing every element together perfectly a close-knit singularity that came across through the aesthetics and the gameplay.
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