The Messenger - Easy Allies Review 

Im glad 16 and 8 bit platformers are still going strong.

I swear all I played ALL summer were metroidvanias.. well gotta play this one too now.

The amount of this kind of games that came out recently is overwhelming.

Love how you guys ended the video with the collection of the musical note...really added a nice touch to the mystery and late 80s aesthetics of this game

Here after sea of stars true ending! Didnt know about this game, i love the shared music/characters between these 2 games!

Just bought the game today and got all collectibles and completed literally today took nine hours of game play but it was awesome. Dont see much point in new game plus though. But bbn I still found the game to be incredible

The Messenger for Switch is getting some amazing review scores. The Messenger (Nintendo Switch) Review Scores: NintendoWorldReport- Perfect 10! Nintendo Insider- Perfect 10 Excellent! USgamer- Perfect 5 Stars! NintendoLife- 9 out of 10 Excellent! DualShockers- 9.5 out of 10 GameXplain- Likes It! Easy Allies (RU-vid Channel)- 8.5 out of 10 COGconnected- 90/100 OpenCritic- 90% Hardcore Gamer- 4.5 out of 5 GamesBeat- 90/100 Metacritic- 89% NintendoWire- 9.5 out of 10 NintendoEnthusiast- Perfect 10!

I'll buy this eventually, but I've spent way too much time in Metroidvanias and platformers this summer.

This game looks super badass! Unfortunately I can’t fit this in right now but it’s on my list for sure. Great review Damiani!

>Bypassing intended methods >Collision problems Wouldn't want a Damiani review without em.

I absolutely loved this game. Iconoclasts was ok, worse than I hoped but this was one of the best metroidvania type game I’ve played in a long time

This game is pretty solid and I love it.

Great review Damiani!

August 2018 is like Metroidvania month. La-Mulana 2, Guacamelee 2, Messenger, Death Gambit, last DLC for Hollow Knight and some metroidvania inspired roguelikes like release of Dead Cells and Chasm. Some are better then others (La-Mulana is always miles better then anything else in my book), but overall a big feast for fans of exploration platformers

Goddamn the soundtrack sounds like it'll be super amazing

Sweet, i thought it was "just" a cool Ninja Gaiden-esque linear side scroller. I was planning to get it Day One anyway, but this sure is a nice surprise i didn't expect. Can't wait to play!

He looks and moves like ninja gaiden for game gear, oh the good times I had with that game.

"Bypass clearly intended methods to reach a goal." Yupp, Damiani definitely reviewed this.

What other metroidvania came out? I know Dead Cells and Guacamelee 2

great review! thanks guys. this game looks really fun, can't wait!

2:40 Did I notice some serious frame rate dips when all those spinning particles were on screen? Or is that intentional?

This game is good.. Most game company they are trying to push the game console limit by bringing old game franchise to HD, 3d.. But actually old retro games do look good.. Simple n nicer.. Looking for more 2d action, fighting game, beat em up games.. Old is gold

Holy shit that soundtrack sounds like an absolute banger

No Xbox/PS4 release?

Special Reserve Games is doing a physical release for this.. I really hope they are doing it for PS4 and not just Switch.

Making my morning drive that much better :)

pushed off Dead Cells to later for hollow knight lastest dlc but it seems like I won't be able to finish that anytime soon. Really have to pick and choose huh, way too many metroidvanias right now.

When is the Dragon Quest XI review coming up?

Looks super sweet

This game is such a tease. I'm about 4 hours in and so far it has amazing music and writing to go with decent bosses, but that's undone by terrible controls, worse hitboxes, and some obnoxious design decisions (e.g. you have to re-press A to glide; why can't you just hold it down?). Even the core "hit an object to get an extra jump" mechanic is incredibly inconsistent. Sometimes my character will attack downwards and sometimes sideways, like the game is trying to Commando Pro the nearest hittable object, but *only* when it might trigger an air jump, as you normally can't attack downwards (again, why?). Sometimes I'll get two extra jumps from a single spam of attack + jump that boosts me way higher than I should realistically be able to go... etc. On paper the formula should work, and I half want to keep playing to enjoy the writing more, but it's just not fun. I did not grow up with retro platformers, and a lot of what others might feel nostalgia for comes across as irritating jank to me. I think this game is seriously harmed by trying too hard to appeal to that nostalgia. I would have preferred it keep the retro aesthetics but with more modern feeling gameplay.

Damn damiani reviews are always a cold shower. And then, you see 8.5 and you say "wait what ?"

I was onboard until I heard it turns into a metroidvania.

What an incredible game. I’m so late

My GOTY!

1:53 "that don't impress me much"

Easy allies: Any Chance we get a Hollow knight review now that the complete edition is out and available on consoles?

Thanks guys 👍🏻

No kiwami 2 review from you guys? Anyways great review!

A must get for me

Is there gonna be a review for Yakuza Kiwami 2 by you guys?

I'm honestly really tired of retro-style Metroidvanias that poke fun at old, more popular games and reference things like wall chicken or whatever, like we've never heard any of that shit before. I'm sure this stands on its own and it's a perfectly solid game, but man, why couldn't this have just been a linear ninja action game? Metroidvania exploration doesn't seem to add anything to this game, it's just something to market.

I'll get anything Devolver backs.

I'm getting this and I've already played hollowknight, yokus and deadcells this year. Guac had to get the cut. I haven't let a single genre dominate a year like this for me sense I mostly just played shooters in 2007

Are you doing a Dragon Quest XI review?

Best review so far

best reviews on the net

This looks fucking incredible

waiting for that cyberpunk 2077 reaction by blood. an onimusha by huber and brad

framedrops?

Solid

Are the Allies planning to review Shenmue?

It's the worst feeling ever to get half way through an IGN review and then see that EA review thumbnail that you shoulda clicked on. o_O

Everyone love this sword jump mechanic but I really hate it. Specially combined with the glide move, which sometime fails when you try to switch sword jump moves. I ended up dying because of this issue. If they did do a second game, I hope the add a different button prompt to switch different sword jumps. It became less fun towards the end to otherwise a great game.

Contender for Indie GOTY.

donut county review 10/10

Was wondering why this game is labeled as bloated 12-15hrs long. Would love something like that other 2d retro one-shot sword side scroller that came out around the same time. Not sure if I have the time to play a game that utilizes tedium to pad the run time.

Good review.. but you should try to avoid showing off too much of later sections and bosses .... this review is filled up with spoilers from the beginning...

Yo any video on the Cyberpunk reveal?

I couldv sworn this game had a skill system..

it's more action plattformer than metroidvania

Surprised this game and Guacamelee 2 both scored better than dead cells which feels much more polished to me.

What a good time that would be for Capcom to make new 2d Castlevania games..

Yo where’s the cyberpunk 2077 gameplay reaction at?

💚🖤💚🖤💚🖤💚

No ps4 releasE?

Hmm tis Dragon Quest looks....different

The music sounds so much like Shovel Knight even though it's different composers it's almost seems like a ripoff (maybe just using the same synth or something though).

Fb messenger

The same lazy comment with difficult games: ''if you die, is your fault'' Sick and tired of that nonsense.

Phew, this is probably the worst review of this game ive ever seen.