Bow to Blood is what you would get if the TV show survivor and a spaceship game had a baby. Then that baby grew up to captain a pirate ship, who then volunteered as tribute in the hunger games. Strange? Perhaps. Fun? Hell yes.
I kinda feel that writing this review is a little pointless. Kingdom Hearts is a series known for its convoluted story that’s has spanned 17 years over multiple platforms and handhelds. I played the first one when I was around 14 years old. I’m 30 now. At this point, you’re either invested in the franchise, or you aren’t. Either way, a review is unlikely to sway your purchase decision. But, writing is what I do, and it feels weird to let such a massive title go by without having my say, so here we are.
Often times when I see someone describe a game as difficult, I tend to roll my eyes. One of my biggest gripes with gaming today is how easy and dumbed down many titles tend to be. Many of those games don’t even give me an option to change the difficulty. So when I saw people describe Chrono Ghost as very difficult, I was skeptical. Well, two hours into the game I had died 507 times (The game keeps track) consider me thoroughly humbled.
Often times when I’m reviewing a game with a retro style, you will often see me comment that the game has a retro look with a modern feel or some other relevant kind of metaphor. Not this time though. Hive Jump is a purebred retro game plain and simple. It would have fit perfectly on the Super Nintendo back in the day.