Super Daryl Deluxe

Gnarly Graphics Bro
YOU LIKE TO JUMP?
YES YOU DO.
Old school SNES vibes but modern improvements.
Level up. Have Skills, Many Skills, Kicking Skills, Punching Skills, Fire Skills, Secret Finding Skills, Lock Picking skills, Dancing Skills, Talking Skills, Running Skills, Fighting Skills, Glasses Skill, Stunning Skills, Locker Skills, Mopping Skills, Shocking Skills, Item Skills, Trapping Skills, Shopping Skills to just name a Few of the many Skills you have in this game and unlock if you play it.
Set in school, Super cool play it or be less skilled. 8.3/10

This is a well-polished Metroidvania that leans more heavily on combat than exploration. The writing is some of the most engaging and original stuff I've seen out of a game in a long, long time, and it will inevitably become a cult classic in 20 or 30 more years.

I cannot stress the amount of love poured into this title. Everything is so genuinely crafted in ways that are unexpected and hilarious. I would stress to look up as little as possible before diving in. And for 3 dollars you cannot ask for more value. A truly under appreciated gem that demands more people to play it.

I can't believe I didn't hear about this game until nearly 6 years after it was released. Super Daryl Deluxe is a ridiculous, goofy, surreal RPG adventure side-scroller. As a lot of other reviewers have mentioned, the plot and writing has a very comically irreverent, South Park style of humor to it. There were plenty of ridiculous moments that had me laughing throughout the ~30 hours I took to 100% complete the game. The combat is nice as you can assign any skill to any button. There's a decent enough challenge in combat and in exploration that doesn't demoralize you like Dark Souls but still keeps you on your toes. Just remember to save frequently, which you'll want to anyway since it fills your health. Some quest chains got a bit tedious with a lot of running back and forth, but no worse than things you'd see in other games. Honestly, the worst thing about the game is that there is kind of a small community - heck, there are no guides on Steam as of writing this.
Super Daryl Deluxe was definitely worth a shot. If you're on the fence, grab it during a Steam sale. It's sad this this game seemed to have gone unnoticed.

I remember hearing about this game from someone else and I finally got around to playing it.What a fun, totally normal gaming experience this was. Something about how "dumb" the game is in terms of it's humor had me wanting to continue experiencing it. That and i'm always a sucker for games that give me a wide arsenal of skills to toy around with. I can def recommend this if you like "dumb" humor and rpg-like elements.

Buy it. Please. It has been a long while since I played it, and I can't belive I didn't leave a review back then, but I do know it was a kickass game.
I am grumpy that somehow this game, of all games, one that is so visually stylish and full of personality, a game like which I have never seen again, has been unrecognized for how cool it is. Yes, it can be hard to get a grasp of what the game is in its early hours, but once you get familiar, it's pretty much smooth sailing. It's such a vibrant game, where you can tell the pouring in of pure passion that went into it. I love it.

It's a metroidvania-lite. Lots of backtracking, but not necessarily because you can get to previously inaccessible areas. It's just long enough that it doesn't overstay its welcome and the sense of humor (for me at least) is spot on. The combat remained fun throughout (and there's a lot of it, I also needed to grind for a couple of things I was missing towards the endgame and it didn't feel tedious). Well made throughout and it makes me sad that this didn't get more publicity when it came out. Really is a hidden gem.