https://indiegamerchick.com/2018/11/19/chasm/ Indie and Retro Gaming Reviews from the one and only IGC Sat, 22 Oct 2022 01:23:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://indiegamerchick.com/2018/11/19/chasm/#comment-62988 Sat, 22 Oct 2022 01:23:12 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=11851#comment-62988 […] writing, Dead Cells, is also randomly generated. But, as I’ve noted in reviews for games like Chasm (which I loved) or Cloudberry Kingdom (which I didn’t)m while I’m sure creating an […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2018/11/19/chasm/#comment-62983 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 18:07:34 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=11851#comment-62983 […] This Quality of Life ROM hack by master 8-bit chef NESRocks leaves the design alone and simply smooths out some of the “we made this in 1986/1987 and had no fucking clue what we were doing” clunkiness. The built-in map is altered to alert you of the presence of hidden items instead of just your location, which helps greatly with navigation. Once you acquire the two different pairs of shoes in the game (one lets you jump higher, the other lets you run faster), you no longer have to pause to swap between them. You can press select to switch between them. Most importantly, the confusing and somewhat tedious navigation through the point-and-click first-person rooms has had the point-and-click removed. You can navigate them entirely through menus now, which keeps the pace most consistent and just plain makes the overall experience more fun. These seemingly small changes make the already ahead-of-its-time Goonies II feel like a modern adventure game. Like, seriously, this isn’t too far removed from 2018 indie sleeper Chasm. […]

]]> https://indiegamerchick.com/2018/11/19/chasm/#comment-62414 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:13:09 +0000 http://indiegamerchick.com/?p=11851#comment-62414 […] something out of a first-generation Metroidvania. “Wait a second, didn’t you just like Chasm?” Yes I did. What’s the difference? In the time it took me to upgrade my weapon for the […]

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