Don’t be fooled by the apparently obvious, Cathedral is more than a copycat to that other medieval themed game you might’ve played before.
TGG says: "Cathedral is an enjoyable retro styled Metroidvania but also doesn’t do a lot new that we haven’t seen before in the indie space. It will challenge you and there is a ton of secrets to find, puzzles to solve, and quests to busy yourself with as you explore this world."
In this in-depth, 2000+ words review, we take a close look at the recent PS4 release of Cathedral — a game that could have made backtracking at least a little more tolerable through more consistent powerup progression, but the game doles out its movement upgrades at an agonizingly slow rate.
Players get access to a double jump fairly early on, but they won’t obtain the dash ability until around halfway through the game. This wouldn’t be so bad if the player character’s base movement speed was up to the task, but unfortunately, our hero waddles his way through the world at Shovel Knight speed, which is to say, way too slow for a game like this.
"The Gothenburg-based (Sweden) indie games publisher Elden Pixels and
Helsingborg-based (Sweden) indie games developer Decemberborn Interactive, are today very happy and excited to announce that their -like metroidvania/adventure game “Cathedral” is coming to the PS4 via PSN on April 12th, 2022." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
