Another game in this year's jam with fantastic 2d artwork. If i had to give score to the graphics of the game out of 10, i would probably rate this game 8 or 9 which is a quite big considering how beautiful the games look in this year's jam. It has this 80's game vibes but kind of has the mid 90's Window 3.1, Win 95 game look as well. Sprites look high-res and sharp. I totally loved the enemy designs and their animations in particular. The enemy designs also have this cartoonish and humourous quality which i enjoyed a lot. The environments look also great. The building and their proportions in the 1985 city area reminded me of Bard's Tale games. I love that you can walk on rooftops and can jump between buildings with a success roll. I like the interconnectivity between the maps as well. They are divided to 3 layers. Rooftop, streets and sewers. Also i think enemies can follow you when you changed elevation too.
There is this exclamation mark warning which i think warns players that there's an enemy nearby. I think enemies respawn in certain intervals in this game and i have to say that i didn't find that very balanced. Especially in the future levels i got chased by 4-5 enemies at once sometimes. Also i think in this game there is no aggro system or anything like that. Enemies start to chase you immediately after they're spawned. So it seems very hard to avoid combat in this game.
The main issue i have with the game is that i cannot progress in the game at all and that's mainly due to game's difficulty , at least for me. Too much encounters and too little resources, or i just suck at it idk. I think i played the game at least 4-5 times from the beginning. I died at the old lady and 2 dogs encounter at the 1985 level everytime. I can live longer in 2019 levels bcs we start with medikits and stuff and get medikits and stun grenades as loot. I managed to find the digital map as well. But again after a few encounters, i ran out of medikits and die. I couldn't find a way to revive KO'd chars either. Apart from that , i actually liked the combat system, i think it's pretty solid. You can stun enemies with stun grenades and stuff that is cool. Without stun grenades we got immobilize skil to stun enemies but it has a very low chance of success. It failed most of the time to my experience.
Overall it's a very charming game with gorgeous retro graphics. It is always a pleasure to play your game and seeing your entry in the jam!