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Iconoclasts

Iconoclasts

Joakim Sandberg·Released Jan 23, 2018·Single player

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PS4PCXbox OneSwitch
Genres
PlatformerPuzzleAdventureIndie
Critic85/100
Across 6 reviews
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About

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a huge, open world filled with intricate puzzles, oddball characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure telling a personal story about faith, purpose and whether the world is really worth saving.

Reviews

8 reviews
Nintendo Life logo
Critic90/100
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On the whole, Iconoclasts is a memorable, thought-provoking, and enjoyable take on the Metroidvania genre which manages to stick out from the crowd with its chipper presentation and deeper storytelling style. Couple those elements with some of the best 16-bit spritework we've seen and a killer lineup of awesome boss encounters, and you've got another must-have for the Switch library. It may have been eight years in the making, but this one has certainly been worth the wait; don't miss out on this one.

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IGN
Jeremy Parish·Feb 1, 2018
Critic84/100
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This beautiful and intricate Metroid-inspired platformer proves they don't all have to play the same way.

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For me, the more of it I played, the more I found it got in its own way. Its clumsy prose is a struggle to read, its difficulty spikes are aggravating, and the sense of being directionless is too all-pervading. I feel certain this will find its audience, and what a joy for them. But sadly, not so much for me.

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Critic80/100
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Iconoclasts blends a complex story with neat puzzle platforming, and does so in great style. The game's length occasionally works against it, and the boss fights aren't all winners, but the story is worth seeing through to the end thanks to a memorable cast of characters and plenty of variety along the way. It's just a very robust, unique game that you'd be a tool to miss.

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