Bevendre

Having never played a Shantae game before, and then playing through Pirate’s Curse and ½ Genie Hero in the last week, I can’t help but feel a little disappointed in the latter having come right off of the former.

By no means is ½ Genie Hero a bad game, far from it, it plays very well and looks amazing.  My issue with it is that the gameplay feels much more jittery and stilted than Pirate’s Curse, because of the necessity of pausing everything to switch forms, as well as the more aggravating fetch quest structure of progression that wasn’t as blatant in Pirate’s Curse.

It might just be me, but Pirate’s Curse was a much tighter game in terms of play and pacing.  There are other things that irk me a bit about ½ Genie Hero, but my complaints with the game are largely nitpicky and preferential. Both are amazing games, even if 1 is arguably better than the other.

Pirate’s Curse: 9/10
½ Genie Hero: 7.7/10