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Ghost Song Switch NSP Free Download GAMESPACK.NET Over the past decade, the Metroidvania has seen a tremendous resurgence in popularity. And yet, it’s easy to forget how far we’ve come. If we rewind the clock back to the year 2013, the Metroid and Castlevania franchises were on ice and the indie Metroidvania scene was only just beginning to take off. That’s when Matt White launched a Kickstarter for a Super Metroid-inspired game, titled Ghost Song, which smashed through its original funding goals and went into full production. Now, nearly a decade later, Ghost Song has finally been released on Nintendo Switch, and it is a wonderful homage to some of the genre’s greatest entries, although Switch perhaps isn’t the best place to play. In the first few minutes of the game, you’ll immediately notice that Ghost Song has two primary inspirations. Level design, enemy designs, and atmosphere influences are clearly based on Metroid. Single-block vertical platforming reminiscent of Super Metroid and the primary enemy design looking eerily similar to a Chozo will make any Samus fan feel at home. As for gameplay, however.TOP/BEST ADULT VIDEO GAMES IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

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Ghost Song instead draws heavily from Dark Souls. You lose your currency when falling in battle, having to trek back to where you last died in order to reclaim them. Using those, you can choose to level up certain stats, like health or damage, at statues around the map. There estus flask equivalents, which can be used at any time and refilled at save points. Arguably the biggest Soulslike inspiration comes from the game’s difficulty. In Ghost Song, there is very little room for error. Enemies hit very hard and very fast, and you have little in the way of invincibility frames. More often than not, you can easily get trapped in a corner with an enemy repeatedly attacking you until you die. And because you lose your currency after each death, the difficulty can get incredibly frustrating. Thankfully, there is an “explorer” mode you can select before starting the game, which is perhaps preferable for first-timers or people who prefer to drink their Metroidvanias without a large slug of Soulsborne. Upon dying, you retain your currency, and simply respawn at a checkpoint. Without question, we’d recommend most people start with this when playing for the first time, as it doesn’t make the gameplay and combat less difficult, but it does make dying far less punishing.

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Although Ghost Song pulls heavily from its inspirations, it also has several ideas of its own. One of the best additions comes from your combat options. At all times, you will have access to both your gun and a melee attack, as well as a third slot to add a secondary weapon. What makes the combat stand out is how the game encourages you to switch between weapons on the fly. Using your blaster too much will make your arm glow red, meaning your firing speed is reduced and your blaster deals less damage. But, when your blaster is glowing red, your melee attack will do significantly more damage. However, your melee attack has a stamina meter attached to it, meaning you can’t abuse it either. This risk-versus-reward element of battling makes combat far more interesting, since you are constantly changing your strategy mid-battle. Your third, equipable slot can be filled with any number of items you find throughout your journey. This ties into the parts system, where, rather than always finding permanent upgrades throughout the world, upgrades need to be equipped.Jin Conception Switch NSP

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These can range from powerful missiles to a melee upgrade or the ability to see enemies’ health bars. Since you can only equip a certain number of upgrades at once, you never truly become overpowered, but the system does give you flexibility to craft your loadout to your own unique playstyle. There aren’t a lot of video game genres I struggle to click with, but Souls-likes have eluded me for over a decade. The slower paced combat and poorly explained systems do nothing but frustrate me, and I really wish this wasn’t the case. I want to wax lyrical about Dark Souls and Elden Ring like my peers, but at the time of writing I struggle to see the appeal. One Humble game may be the first step toward me seeing the light, and that’s the MetroidVania with a sprinkling of Souls known as Ghost Song. In a dark and foreboding alien planet, our protagonist Deadsuit wakes up with absolutely zero memories. With nothing to do but explore the moon known as Lorian, she sets off on a dangerous mission of self discovery and makes a few friends along the way. The first thing you’ll notice when playing Ghost Song is just how lonely and intimidating the world is.

Face challenging foes.

I’m not sure a world has ever felt more alien to me than this one, and once you start to stumble across some of the nightmarish monster designs you’ll actually be nervous about what’s around the next corner. Ghost Song instantly makes a striking first impression. A somber tone, melancholic soundtrack and beautifully illustrated environments immediately set the stage in creating an atmospheric world, that you will be tasked with exploring in a non-linear fashion. The opening screen, fading from black, will see you take control of a long dormant Deadsuit. The Deadsuit, inhabited by an unsure protagonist, starts off with an arm cannon, and some basic platforming abilities. With no immediate objective, you set off, scratching the surface of Lorian, an inhospitable moon. Beginning down the cave systems, the game initially takes a stand off approach, not holding the players hand, allowing for a greater sense of oppressive solitude, which is a must for a game of this genre. Introducing you to the basics of games systems, where you can shoot from distance until your weapon overheats, which deliberately charges up your melee to get in close and deal big damage.Max The Curse of Brotherhood Switch NSP

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This system works really well, especially as you unlock more firearm and melee variations, allowing for different combinations. Initially, I took to using a scattershot primarily for a firearm when up close and personal, whilst using a spear for melee which made me approach enemies differently, but equally as satisfying as the other variations available. As I got deeper into the game, my favourite load out was a combination of the rocket launcher, and using a wheel-like melee weapon to throw at the enemies, allowing me to manage most combat situations from range. The more powerful firearms along with the melee attacks, have a meter in the hud that will need to recharge, so you will need to manage that during combat, which makes for the right amount of balance, as to not make things too simple. Deadsuit is armed with a few weapons to deal with the horrific creatures lurking on the moon though, with a blaster and a melee attack. Your firearm works similarly to Samus’ beam cannon, with the ability to hold down a shoulder button to target more directly when needed. What’s really cool about your weapons though is how they interact with each other.

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You see the blaster overheats after prolonged use, but when this happens the heat of it provides a damage boost to any melee attacks. This means you’re encouraged to switch between the two regularly to maximise damage, adding an interesting twist to the combat. Of course I already mentioned that this is a MetroidVania, so your equipment will be changing drastically throughout Ghost Song. All the staples are here, from air dashes to double jumps, alongside powerful new weapons like a rocket launcher that breaks walls lined with red eggs. By the end of the game Deadsuit will barely resemble the struggling survivor you started as, and you’ll be taking on all manner of nasties with ease. Okay that may be a bit of a stretch, because Ghost Song is a tough game. The bosses especially are absolutely brutal, requiring you to learn each one’s attack pattern and make the most of the small window of invincibility your dash brings. Every single one of these encounters is a delight though, and really got my heart pumping as I desperately tried to take them down.

Incredible bosses are nowhere near the only similarity to the Souls games here. Everything from the deliberately slower movement of Deadsuit to collecting “souls” and levelling up is reminiscent of the FromSoftware megahits, and these elements add so much to the game. The one thing Ghost Song doesn’t take from the genre though is the confusion of upgrading your character. There are only three stats to put your upgrade points into, and they are all explained simply with a line of text. One option boosts your blaster damage, one your melee and the other increases the metre you use the special abilities. It’s a simple system, but one you’ll have to think carefully about before pumping your currency into it. Alongside all the horrendous monsters you encounter on your adventure, you’ll also meet other wandering survivors. These colourful characters are more often than not behaving a bit oddly when you first meet them, struggling with their own fates and confused about who our hero is. After a while though you’ll learn to love these NPCs, and there were some I really emotionally resonated with. From the android who suddenly developed consciousness to the inventor girl with zero self confidence.

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all of the characters you meet have a backstory and a personality that always made me happy to bump into them in a dank cave. Once you’ve explored a little you’ll discover a camp of NPCs trying to repair their ship to escape the moon, and agree to help them. This mission takes up a lot of Ghost Song, and sees you finding ship parts strewn across the map and bringing them back. What’s really cool about this though is what happens when you have a ship part in your inventory. The first time you make your way past a brutal boss and grab a ship part there’s a huge sense of relief that you’ve made it past the games’ toughest obstacles and progressed forward in your mission. But neither life nor Ghost Song are that easy, because when you’re carrying a ship part ancient machines come to life and will stop at nothing to take you down. The pure panic I had as I tried to cling on to my last sliver of health and make it to camp was something I haven’t felt while playing a video game in some time, and after catching my breath I couldn’t wait to do it all over again. Soulsland Switch NSP

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