Saturn Quest: Blast Effect

Unfortunately, this is a very difficult game to recommend to anyone outside of the Arkhouse cult, and not for the usual reasons - even as a diehard fan of his games, I must admit it's not his best work. First of all, this is a follow-up to the Shadow of Planetus which is a pretty hard game to complete, and you should be playing that one first because of the valuable context at the end. I thought the first game was...

18 found this helpful, 2021-01-13

Big improvement over the first game. Combat is much more enjoyable and the boss fights actually have some interesting patterns and design. I had some issues with taking damage when being too close to the boss which was frustrating but not too huge of an issue. Boss patterns felt fair and it felt like I really learned the fight in and out by the time I beat them. Personally I found the overworld a bit less visually...

7 found this helpful, 2021-01-13

Saturn Quest: Blast Effect is a direct sequel to Shadow of Planetus which changes up the gameplay a bit focusing primarily on more top down gameplay similar to Zelda & YS but still have some Shadow of the Colossus & shmup elements from the first game. Difficulty wise the game is more forgiving to where not only you take three hits instead of just one but some bosses & non boss enemies actually telegraph their attacks...

3 found this helpful, 2022-06-01