Pure PlayStation: Super Daryl Deluxe is a weird yet wonderful little game. There's a cracking story with well-written characters that actually manages to pull of comedy without inducing the usual groans. Then there's the superb combat which is often a dazzling display of skill from the animators. Then there's the world itself which begs to be explored and then explored again. With so many secrets to uncover, moves to unlock, and bad guys to beat down, Super Daryl Deluxe will keep you busy for a long while, especially if you're a trophy hunter.
VGChartz's Evan Norris: "Only in the last four years, when independent game developers focused on the genre in earnest, has the industry observed some dense concentrations of great or near-great Metroidvania games in a single calendar year. 2015 saw Ori and the Blind Forest and Axiom Verge, among others; 2016 gave us Song of the Deep and The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human, to name a couple; and 2017 witnessed the long-awaited return of Samus in Metroid: Samus Returns, plus titles like Hollow Knight and Sundered.
None of these recent years quite compare to 2018, however. I would argue it's the single best year for Metroidvania adventures, in terms of quantity, quality, and variety. To make my case, I will revisit seven special games released over the last 12 months, each of which made a notable contribution to the genre."
How many of this were planned out, and how many were procedurally generated I wonder.
Super Daryl Deluxe is a RPGvania with a brawler-style combat system and hand-drawn comic aesthetic.
Jae checks out this eccentric RPG in his latest review.
