Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider has whatever you would certainly desire from an indie homage to 16-bit action platformers: there’s thorough commercial pixel art, crispy fatality computer animations, as well as lots of spike pits. It’s quick but nitroglycerin, as well as would certainly be right in the house in any type of ‘90s arcade cabinet hidden in the back corner of the pizza parlor or bowling alley.
Out January 12 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, and PC, Vengeful Guardian is the latest retro homage from JoyMasher, a Brazilian studio founded by Danilo Dias and Thais Weiller. The indie duo’ s last game, Blazing Chrome, was an excellent love letter to run-and-gun side-scrollers like Contra as well asMetal Slug Vengeful Guardian is an in a similar way meticulous but commemorative nod to the past, this time around obtaining greatly from video games like Shinobi as well as Ninja Gaiden with a tip of Mega Man X included. It’s not a lot …
