- Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Indie
Flinthook is a fast action-platformer with “roguelike” elements. Become space’s greatest pirate with your hookshot, pistol and slowmo powers!
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, relentless and resolved.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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The JimquisitionConrad ZimmermanMay 20179/10If the wave of Roguelikes were to break today and nothing of note were to arrive in 2017, Flinthook alone would still make it a pretty good year for the genre.
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COGconnectedAnthony GomezApr 201790/100Fun is a great describing word for Flinthook. It's fun to play, it's fun to look at, and it's fun to explore.
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DestructoidJed WhitakerApr 20178.5/10Flinthook is a fine video game that sunk its hooks into me with easy to pick up and play gameplay, a catchy soundtrack, and cute characters. It's easily a recommendable rogue-lite for any fans of the genre or platformers in general. Just don't expect the game to anchor you to your seat unless you're the kind of person that needs to uncover every piece of treasure possible. Even if you aren't, Flinthook is a dandy game, in space.
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Digitally DownloadedMatt SainsburyMay 20172/5 starsWhat Flinthook does do well is keep the variety of enemies, rooms, and environments strong from start to finish, and, generally speaking, the difficulty curve is reasonable. There's always the risk that random elements means a game will take massive momentary spikes in difficulty when you get unlucky and the algorithms work against you. Flinthook avoids that, and progress through the game does feel good, but it struggles to be compelling.
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ACGJul 2024"Flintlock takes inspiration from so many titles that it gets lost in its ideas and never lands one of its own. Often uninspired, frequently creaky in its execution, and usually unsurprising in its mediocrity."
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Tribute Games
- Publisher
- Tribute Games
- Released
- April 18, 2017
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- FNA, Microsoft XNA
IGDB rating 8.0/10 from 18 ratings.
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