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Clunky Hero Free Download GAMESPACK.NET Developed by Chaosmonger Studio, Clunky Hero has been in Steam Early Access since 2021. Now the game’s ready for its full release landing on consoles and PC. I had the game described to me as The Monty Python meets Hollow Knight, and in some ways I could see it – maybe if I squinted. Overall though, I was excited to dive into a Metroidvania-style game as they more often than not land well with me, but I guess clunky is the optimum word. The game opens to a medieval/fantasy setting that breaks down the start to the game through an orotund old-English voice-over as most epic tales do. Rufus, the peasant protagonist lives his pleasant life with his wife Brunhilde (who’s described as someone who’s not exactly “pretty” and “the boss of the house” on the Steam page). However, this isn’t the happy ever after they were hoping as The Evil One Who Should Not Be Named – I guess Voldemort didn’t trademark that – grabs Brunhilde from their home and turns her into… “some sort of hideous duck face girl”. Rufus reaches for a bucket, placing it on his head. Then grabs Brunhilde’s broom and sets out on a quest to save her. At this point, I was already thinking to myself that these are pretty out of touch 2010s-era of online misogyny, but whatever – comedy right?TOP/BEST ADULT VIDEO GAMES IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

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However, it doesn’t get much better or funnier in any regards. Rufus is an unlikable, obnoxious, arrogant, dim-witted protagonist and I loathed to see what his dialogue was next. Out of place commentary of a Priest character being an unflattering stereotype with no basis. Random “SJW” rhetoric. Fourth wall breaking that I wish I could plaster over. The comedy lands perfectly to pre-teens who think that punching each other in the nards and telling women to “get back in the kitchen” are the peaks of hilarity. I’d give it a pass if maybe Rufus wasn’t posed as this hero that we’re playing as – but he is – we’re supposed to be rooting for him. The game ends exactly how you expect it to making it an overall grating, predictable story that I couldn’t find any redeeming qualities about. Which is a shame as the gameplay has some qualities that made my time with Clunky Hero not completely unenjoyable. As I previously mentioned, Clunky Hero is a 2D Metroidvania. Progressing through the game and completing quests from NPCs will garner you new abilities. Some of these are new methods of offensive abilities such as a ground pound, ranged attacks whilst the others are new traversal mechanics like a double jump, wall cling or dash. The early game is rough when all you have is attack and jump.

Humorous dialogues and funny items/weapons.

On top of this, the only way of discovering maps to show your location and the surroundings can only be found through exploration or buying them from shops. This made the claustrophobic camera angle that focuses too much on the character, and not enough of the level hard to navigate if you don’t have said map. They’re also all broken up by separate screens, so if you were to go to a different stage in the same area, you’d have to find that map too. I felt discouraged to explore despite it being a core feature. As well as that, the only way to protect you from dying and losing all your progress is finding a save point, which end up being far and few between. In some instances, I needed to progress with no healing items and only 2HP left, meaning I needed to get through almost a whole area littered with enemies and traps before potential safety; and if you’ve not got a map to navigate, you may find yourself unintentionally doing a no-hit run of the game. However, when the abilities are unlocked from boss fights, the dopamine of using your new powers in areas you’ve been through already starts to hit. You’ll eventually get a ranged ability where you’ll use your armpit stink to shoot at enemies. Though the bulk will be spamming ‘X’ till they dies. The best method of fight is to be in a specific range where your attack hits but the enemy misses.Insomnis

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It’s a little mindless and the only times I was bested were when enemies spawned in as I land from above. Boss fights get a little more interesting as they’ll usually have three different attacks where you can read their pattern to know which one it’ll be. But without a boss HP bar you’re just blindly attacking till it’s over. The platforming elements are okay, the Clunky Hero does control with pin-point precision with a jump and then double-jump that makes traversing through the areas satisfying. However, the level design usually squanders it by having strange sized areas that makes your jump collide into the ceiling, blocking your trajectory, then potentially missing the moving platform and dying in a pit. It didn’t happen too often, but when other elements aren’t firing at 100% as well, it makes situations like this stand out even more. Clunky Hero’s Steam description states that it has lovely hand-drawn-looking graphics. The levels look potentially hand crafted, with neat looking background vistas that enhance the visual art style. There are 9 different areas to explore, all distinct enough from each other but it doesn’t necessarily set itself apart from other games. The Clunky Hero himself – Rufus – sports a unique Conan the Barbarian style look, if Conan wore a bucket over his head.

Nearly 50 levels set in 9 different areas.

It’s not explained why, I guess just funny. Platforms you traverse on most of the time just wind up being a floating pole structure in thin air, which feels a little lacklustre. Other levels have proved to be better designed by integrating the environment with the platforms like the Dark Forest using vines as platforms. Although, the biggest offenders are the enemy types. Wow. From flannel-wearing-“hipsters”, to Pumpkin Jack rip-offs to literal blobs. The enemies are so uninspired, derivative, out of place sometimes, but all have such grating death screams. When the majority of your time spent is killing them, it really got on my nerves. With that said, the music in the game successfully fulfils the medieval fantasy. Flutes, lutes and driving drums enforce the epic journey you’ve embarked on. It’s by default quiet but it swells during the boss fights giving the game a huge sense of scale. It was the most immersive factor about the game, a tone I wish proceeded in other aspects. My criticisms of Clunky Hero were not to tear down the work that Chaosmonger Studio has done. Whilst all comedy is subjective, certain ground rules are in place for balance and an even playing field. Most of the comedy just punches down and makes weird criticisms that aid in diminishing any progress we’ve made in the field.Vendetta: Mafia Wars

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I’m not on a soapbox claiming to be king of comedy, but tonally we don’t need out of context societal critics in a fantasy land that ideally doesn’t suffer the same shortcomings because it’s not real. It comes off as too jaded or contrarian to really get the Beavis and Buttheads to snort. Calling yourself ‘Clunky Hero’ is like squaring up to reviewers and saying “have a go if you think you’re hard enough”. Developers Chaosmonger Studios are lifting up their shirt, waiting to be punched in the gut, staring us dead in the eyes. It’s as ballsy as calling a game ‘Crap Game Simulator’ or ‘Just Another Metroidvania’. Clunky Hero doesn’t have an auspicious start. It can’t get its story-ducks in a row. Sometimes, the plot is that your wife Brunilde has been taken captive; other times, she has been transformed into a duck-faced selfie-taker. Even with an opening cutscene, it’s not clear because, well, the developers are more interested in popping jokes about how ugly Brunilde is. Clunky Hero is definitely a wisecracker. You can chat to people in Clunky Hero, often about your wife, and dialogue will run for far longer than you might expect. Too long, if we’re being honest, and we pride ourselves on reading all dialogue in a game. But our biggest gripe is that it feels like it’s been written by the lovechild of Andrew Tate and Butthead.

Defeat tough bosses.

When a fart, poop or masturbation joke isn’t slithering out of Clunky Hero’s mouth, it’s a rant about SJWs or why women just won’t do what they’re meant to. And you can probably guess what Clunky Hero feels that they are meant to be doing. You might argue that Clunky Hero is a character, and that character has every right to be a deluded and unlikeable bigot, but the world doesn’t take him down a peg. He’s mostly allowed to froth away. And we’re the ones who have to spend time with the grumpy bucket-head, which we’d rather not. But we are fluffy liberals, so take it with as many pinches of salt as you fancy. Game-wise, Clunky Hero is that most popular of genres, the Metroidvania. Some things from the template are dialed down while others are dialed up: there’s less focus on guidance, as you’re given free roam of a reasonably sprawling world; and there’s fewer paths that can’t be crossed without a future upgrade. You won’t have to do a huge amount of memorising of the map, when it comes to “where on earth was that chest that needed a double-jump?”. But there’s plenty of combat. The formula will be recognisable by anyone who’s dabbled in indie games from the past five years. This is a 2D game where you stray into larger areas that are themed around swamps, dungeons, towers and forests. Within are plenty of enemies to skip past or kill.

As well as secrets (mostly tucked in the corners of each room), and maps that will reveal the full area on a quick press of the Pause button. Your task is to keep pushing at the edges of the map, and gain access to new areas to continue your adventure. Eventually, you will hit the fringes of the map where a boss awaits you, and killing it will – more often than not – lead to an upgrade that you can then use to backtrack and open up a whole new part of the map. The process continues, with bigger, harder enemies and plenty of opportunities to use that new double-jump, dive-smash or swimming ability. Lanterns act as save points, so you’re not constantly dying and having to retread your steps, while, very occasionally, you might trip over a molehill which acts as the fast travel. With a few coins you can zoom back to the opening hub (shops, the odd quest giver and some smaller dungeons), which is mostly useful for restocking your inventory of breads, beers and fart juices, which top up your health, MP (useful for casting your own projectiles) and activating the odd special ability. Oh, and there are ‘tit mountains’ which can be suckled on to recover every stat. Whether you laugh at that is a good barometer of whether you’ll get much fun out of Clunky Hero. Combat is the lion’s share of Clunky Hero’s gameplay, and it’s okay at best. You have a single attack for the first half of the game, and it’s a tad stumpy.

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You’re mostly judging the reach of your enemy, and making sure you’re standing just outside of it. Some enemies have a projectile or larger swing, so you’re watching for an – admittedly well telegraphed – tell, so that you can walk out of the way. There’s no roll or evade, really, so it’s not what you’d call a ballet. Latter upgrades help a bit, like a magic blast that uses up your MP, but they’re implemented a little – gulp – clunkily. Firing while you’re mid-jump, or firing anywhere other than directly ahead of you while standing on a flat surface, is a shoddy experience. Whether you cast it at all is erratic, and it has lag that isn’t seen elsewhere. The platforming and exploration, though, is all fine and actually quite enjoyable. The areas are lengthy old beasts, and are split up into five regions or more. Grabbing a map item in a treasure chest is always a joy, as you can tally your experience of the area with the one on paper, and see what you have missed. There are plenty of treasures to find, and some are attached to quests, which offer up cash, booze or new weapons. Always welcome. It’s the rules around exploration that we’re less enamoured with. Move into another region and the enemies will respawn. Die, and they will respawn. Fast-travel, enter an NPC’s hut and perform any interaction that doesn’t involve simply hacking or walking, and they will respawn. We understand why, but it does mean that there’s a lot of mulching the same enemies over and over in rather joyless combat.Spelunky

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