An amazing and twisted metroidvania
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
Every ability is gained by killing a boss and stealing their skull. These abilities allow you to transverse the world in new and exciting ways as well as help you destroy your opponents.
Zapling is an alien asylum seeker, part of a hivemind that transfers consciousness through touch. After fleeing your home-world you land on a new one, completely blind to the nature of this new planet, but with a need to populate and call it home. Embrace both new and old challenges as you learn about the world around you, communicate with the skulls of your foes, and fight the deadliest foe of all.
Features:
- Amazing pixel-art.
- Tight but fair precision platforming.
- Rewards exploration, with hidden secrets around every corner.
- Piece together the history of an alien planet, while fighting off a foe from home.
Fact Sheet
Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5
Release: March 9th, 2023
Genre: metroidvania, exploration, horror, adventure
Subtitles: English
Players: 1 player
Developer: 9FingerGames
Price: US$ 12,99 / 12,99 €
@ps3blogdotnet
Zapling Bygone is a fun Metroidvania that pays homage to the genre while doing its own thing in a macabre way.
@xboxmaniac_es
Zapling Bygone is a fun Metroidvania that pays homage to the genre while doing its own thing in a macabre way.
@NextNnet
A good choice that will appeal to fans of the genre who do not have an aversion to tentacles or a somewhat macabre atmosphere.
@comunidadxbox
Zapling Bygone is the classic metroidvania of a lifetime with an original plot and a story and way of telling it that traps you.
@ps5country
Zapling Bygone is a fun enough metroidvania that somehow left us feeling a little underwhelmed.