WTMG's Leo Faria: "Iconoclasts hit me in many ways I was expected and a lot of ways I definitely wasn't ready for. I was pretty sure I was going to enjoy its visuals and pseudo-metroidvania gameplay, but I wasn't expecting to be graced with a deep and thought-provoking story. Not to mention everything was done by one single human being!"
Iconoclasts is a lovely Metroidvania title by solo developer Joakim Sandberg that initially released back in 2018, and it was praised for its incredible storytelling, beautiful art style, challenging puzzles, and so much more. Jason Capp is here with the Nindie Spotlight on this excellent game.
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Daniel writes: "There’s a constant onslaught of Metroidvanias that seem to populate the store like rampant rabbits, so much so that it gets hard to decipher the quality from the scrap heap when searching through. Iconoclasts on Xbox One stands out from the rubble and manages to build itself into not only a great Metroidvania, but an amazing game with an identity of its own."
I love when a game comes out that is still very well done and received well and then you find out it was made by 1 or 2 people. A lot of them are smaller indies of course, but they can often times be better than these large studios.
Dust an elysian tale is a quality game, much better than a lot of even AAA games with massive studios. Still one of my favourite games.