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Pankapu
Jump into a neo-retro adventure with Pankapu : a taste of 90’s platformers in an oneiric world. Pankapu is a narrative action-platformer that takes place in the dreams of Djaha’rell, a child troubled by a tragic incident. Upgrade your skills, find new competencies, switch your Aegis in real time in order to get rid of Nightmare's invasion: 'Fight for the safety of your land, dear Dreamkeeper'
Told in the manner of a fable read to a child, the game has two levels of reading: the tale of Pankapu, epic and naïve, and the one about Djaha’rell's life, in the real-world, dark and tragic.
Steam User 3
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How Metroidvania is it? Barely Comparable. Pankapu is a level-based platfomer. You get some permanent power upgrades that improve your mobility, and you can use this to go back to previous levels to unlock optional upgrades and story content, but it's not required for game progression
Curator Review
Pankapu is an underrated linear platformer with a gorgeous dreamlike atmosphere and some Metroidvania elements to enjoy. Technically incomplete, but the story vagueness may be a feature.
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Steam User 1
I recommend this game, with a mixed rating. It has good art, and but the experience seems very much aimed at a younger audience. Other than the art and presentation, everything else is decidedly average. I would consider this a great game to introduce platformers with metroidvania elements to a budding new gamer.
The early game was too much of a slog for me to push through to experience some of the more challenging elements noted in the trailer. It has a decidedly slow introduction phase, which was offputting enough for me to put the game down after 15 minutes.
Steam User 1
Even though the game is not perfect it has many pros like the beautiful graphics and music, the story that is interesting enough, RPG elements, slight metrodvania style and reasonable difficulty. What I have found negative is the variability of enemies, not so precise control with necessity of having controller and also the environment could be more variable. The game is not violent so I can recommend it to children but they should be able to read to enjoy the fairy tale and to understand instruction.
Pros: - graphics
- music
- story
- RPG elements
- not so linear
- difficulty
Cons: - variability of enemies
- variability of environment
- control
I liked the game so I am giving it Thumbs Up and 7+ out of 10.
You can find my video review here:
Steam User 1
The gameplay is great early on, but becomes a bit more mixed later. Your character has three forms that switch your jumping, attacking, defense, and specials.They are fairly all solid on their own, but I find it hard to manage switching between three of them and often just use one as much as possible (usually the archer, because ranged and double jump is hard to beat).
The levels feel well-balanced with the optional grabs being more difficult. Waypoints are often right where you wanted them to be. The bosses on the other hand were mixed. I liked the earlier bosses, but the later bosses become brutally difficult compared the levels. One of the last bosses (with constant moving platforms) took me three or four hours to beat. I died a ton through the game, but the levels never felt punishing like the late bosses.
The art is fantastic. Each map area is unique and beautiful. The story is cute and has a lot of potential, but the ending leaves it incomplete.