With Panzer Paladin, the Montreal studio specializing in the retro game Tribute Games wanted to modernize a classic still too little revisited by the industry: The Legend of Zelda II : Link’s Adventure. How? ‘Or’ What ? By making them oppose giant robots and hordes of evil demons. And adding some amazing features to it.
In the near future, swords, axes and other cursed weapons that hitherto drifted in space crash into Earth, summoning hundreds of demons. The event had been predicted – but hidden – by the Vatican. Flame, an android specializing in rescue missions, offers to confront these demons using her big red robot, Grit. The completely crazy scenario does not make for lace, but, fortunately, Panzer Paladin don’t take yourself too seriously.
The game is two-dimensional with a side view and shares the aesthetics of games from the Nintendo Entertainment System era. Surprisingly, Grit doesn’t fight demons with the guns, cannons, and other missiles we’re used to, but with a series of limited-life melee combat weapons like swords, sticks, or pipes. water. A hundred different weapons are to be discovered. Certain narrow passages sometimes require Flame to come out of its cockpit, a bit like the classic Blaster Master. Flame is more agile than Grit, but she is also much more fragile.
In interview at Duty, Jean-François Major, co-founder of the studio behind Flint Hook and Ninja Senki DX, says his small team of 14 has surpassed itself with its sixth game, the release of which is greeted with the creation of an IPA beer in its name by the microbrewery Pixel. In just two years, a very short production timeframe, Tribute Games has not only created an impressive variety of high-quality pixelated environments and a whole host of tough patterns, but has innovated on the retro formula by adding modern collaborative functions.
A hundred weapons was not enough: one can, in Panzer Paladin, design ourselves our own blunt objects with which we can knock out the demon. They can then be shared online. The Tribute Games team selects the most interesting and integrates them into the game. On PC, you can access all of the weapons generated by the players – beware of drifts, however.
The ” speedrunners Will also be served. A special mode is dedicated to those players who try to complete the game in record time. During the game, this mode records every movement of the player. You can then share your game and compete against the ghost of your friends.
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