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Smelter

Smelter

X Plus·Released Apr 21, 2021·Single player

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Genres
PlatformerSimulationStrategyAdventureIndieArcade
Critic72/100
Across 2 reviews
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About

Smelter is a real time strategy-action platformer hybrid inspired by classic games of the 16-bit era. Players play as Eve, who teams up with the mysterious armor, Smelter, in her search for Adam. Expand Smelter’s fortifications throughout the various domains of the Rumbly Lands watched over by the Guardians and Watchers. Defend against onslaughts of enemies, discover lost ruins, meet new and eccentric characters and grow stronger before diving into pulse pounding, 2D side-scrolling action platformer levels. - Combines the methodical planning of real time strategy games with the energy of action platformers. - Bespoke handcrafted pixel art - Three different Elemental skill sets, each with their own unique movement, attack and defense skills you’ll need to fight monsters, traverse levels, and solve puzzles. - Three unique Domains with their own memorable stories, stages, side characters, enemies and bosses

Reviews

2 reviews
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Critic80/100
Agreement

One of those rare titles that takes inspiration from the classics but manages to forge its own identity, Smelter is a breath of fresh air that uses its influences very wisely, assisted to excellence by generally pretty terrific level design with only a handful of lesser segments bringing things down just a tad. The proceedings feel confident, original and polished, with gorgeous graphics and an outstanding soundtrack that calls to mind the likes of Mega Man X4 for its action stages and evokes Yuzo Koshiro's majestic ActRaiser score for its side-scrolling levels.

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