When comparing Catacomb Kids vs Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery, the Slant community recommends Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery for most people. In the question“What are the best pixel art games?” Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery is ranked 10th while Catacomb Kids is ranked 40th. The most important reason people chose Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery is:
A detailed aesthetic, a great score and an intriguing narrative together create a world that engrosses you from the very beginning.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Simple, but nice pixel graphics.
Good animations, good pixel resolution, effects with physics here and there.
Pro Enviroment cues matter
Basic example: The player can knock over a cauldron of fire on an enemy that's below the same player (affected by real physics, not pre-made animations)
Pro A LOT of content for you to discover
At the beginning one won't know what to do, but as one plays, the player will discover a lot of mechanics, surprises, etc.
Pro Movement super fluid. It's as good as Dishonored movement mechanics, could be even better!
The movement its really satisfactory. It wont let down.
Pro Game feels alive
With a wide variety of enemies, even when the player is not in a room. The player can notice sometimes how they fight with each other, how they activate traps, etc.
Pro Hard as hell
Being a rouge like, expect to die and retry a lot. Some people love it, some people will find it frustrating.
Pro Excellent atmosphere that compliments the engrossing story
A detailed aesthetic, a great score and an intriguing narrative together create a world that engrosses you from the very beginning.
Pro World enveloping puzzles that build upon the last in order to keep the player interested
Puzzles in this game are not too difficult and usually can be quickly figured out by being attentive of your surroundings. But they are not supposed to be hard, they are meant to bring you further into the world. It is through these puzzles that the player will feel more and more connected to the world and story of the game, making for an experience one will remember.
Cons
Con Slow developement
It's being developed by one guy. Updates come slow. But he streams every week to show you he is working.
twitch.tv/fourbitfriday
Con Being hard as hell can come frustrating some times
One can be doing perfectly fine in a run, and then it's possible that with one mistake can end the run in less that a second.
Con It has some bugs here and there
There are screenshots of people encountering bugs, RUN ending bugs. This reviewer haven't really encountered any of them. The only game-breaking bug he found it's a really specific bug.
But yeah, you can expect in most of your runs will be bug free.
Con Doesn't work on modern Android
Crash loop.
Con Costs too much money
Con Subpar gameplay
The gameplay often times feels convoluted or just too high concept. Art in the place of gameplay, which some may enjoy, but those looking for deep game mechanics should look elsewhere.