Iconoclasts

Amazing art, great gameplay, compelling story. I don't why but I like this game a lot, enough to play it 3 times, it's very charming. Royal my goat.

Reasonably difficult game, where quick/clever problem solving is more important to reflexes. Story is a little bit simplistic, but the characters are interesting and complex. All in all, very good for a 2D platformer, with solid game design.

The mechanics of Iconoclasts are nothing special, the things that are unique are medicore and the things that are good have been done to death. However, if you like gorgeous pixel art, intriguing world building and mediocre metroidvania/platformer/boss-rush gameplay, you'll enjoy it enough to be worth it.

I love this game. Is it perfect? No, but the positives outweigh the negative. I found the gameplay fun, I liked exploring, and there were moments in the stories that were burnt into my brain. The reason I'm writing this review though is because it took me almost a decade to play this game. I wanted to play this game so badly before it even came out, because the art style was so cute and I love metroidvanias...but when it came out, I was still in the mindset that if a game wasn't overwhelmingly positive or had negative reviews then maybe I should pass. I mistake a regret, because I would have loved this game back in the day, just like how I love it now. Now, times are bad, so getting a game is riskier than ever, but don't let perfect score get in the way of something that you were eager to play.