The Garden is an action role-playing game about a young hero on an epic quest to find his family, and discover why his world is in chaos. Join John Marshall on this story-driven adventure as he stabs and shoots his way through powerful enemies, on a search for his loved ones. Along the way, he’ll encounter an even bigger problem…an adversary that threatens all of humanity!
Features:
• Retro-style 2D Action RPG
• Story-driven single player adventure
• Explore a ravaged world, filled with interesting friends and vicious foes
• Take down unique enemies with a shotgun, powerful abilities, and your trusty pitchforks!
• Puzzles, secrets, and easter eggs!
• Epic boss fights
• Original soundtrack by Ben Miles
• 360 style controller supported…and recommended!
• Presented in beautiful 16X9 widescreen!
Game Discussion
Steam User 2
It really surprises me that this game doesn't even have reviews. It's not that great, but for $1, it's still a decent time sink.
Graphics - The graphics remind me of an old 90s indie game. It's not very good, but it works well enough. No fancy stuff here.
Music - Decent, but feels a bit too similar to many other classics. It could have used more originality, but it's still good.
Gameplay - This is where the game can take quite a hit. Specifically, hitboxes. Pay attention to where your feet are, and use that to help determine whether you can hit your opponent or not. In fact, I beat the final two bosses with very little damage by getting slightly below and to the side, where I could hit them and most of their own attacks would miss. Other than that, the game has a decent progression, some basic puzzles, and an okay plot. Nothing special, but not bad either.
At this point, I've beaten the game (I decided to do so before reviewing), which only took about 3 hours. It's short, the hit boxes are wonky, nothing really shines, and even the UI is pretty bad at times (health bar, I'm looking at you). So, why do I still recommend this game?
It's $1. For the price of a combo meal at your standard fast food joint, you could buy several games at that price. So, since it's not like I ended up frustrated or bored out of my mind, I'd say it at least makes up for it's problems by being priced right. ;p
Steam User 0
I downloaded this recently as it was so incredibly cheap to buy. I've only played the first 20 minutes so far but I really like it so far. It may be a little cheesy looking compared to what is available on the big consoles, but it has its own charm. The controls are very easy to pick up; which is great for a PC gaming noob like myself. I would certainly recommend this game to anyone considering it. It's a fun little game with an intriging story behind it. I actually WANT to find out what's happened to the guy's family!
Steam User 6
Very good game! Great story telling, great sounds and superb music. Easy to use controls yet challenging bosses and puzzles.