Let’s…take down Mr. Stitches? Here is the Masked Kid from Underhero (Paper Castle Games).
Sketched and inked on paper; photo taken with iPad; traced over, scaled down, and colored in ibisPaint; color-corrected and shaded in Pro Motion NG.
Let’s…take down Mr. Stitches? Here is the Masked Kid from Underhero (Paper Castle Games).
Sketched and inked on paper; photo taken with iPad; traced over, scaled down, and colored in ibisPaint; color-corrected and shaded in Pro Motion NG.
June 4, 2023 - Day 155 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 171
Game: Underhero
Platform: Steam
Release Date: Sep 19, 2018
Library Date: Feb 29, 2020
Unplayed: 1191d (3y3m6d)
Playtime: 41m
Underhero is a quirky little 2D pixel art platformer with timing-based combat.
The game opens with you controlling a fully-levelled herp who is seemingly at the end of his quest to rescue a princess.
Then he gets killed by a minion.
You are now controlling that minion, and things only get weirder from then on.
Fights are timing-based, and you get extra points for hits on the beat. There are some RPG-lite levelling antics going on as well, and the whole thing kind of sits together quite well.
The quirky humour is what pushed it beyond "meh" for me - it's still a pixel art platformer, after all, but one I'll keep around for when I'm in the mood.
Underhero is:
3: OK
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