Ammo for your bombs and your ranged weapons are separate. The frying pan is your only melee weapon while everything else is based on ammo.
These weapons include your frying pan, bombs, a gun, a flamethrower, and a cog shooter. Multiple WeaponsĪs you progress in Eastward, you will slowly unlock multiple weapons to use. She does have an energy bar, which decreases as you use more of your energy and it does recharge over time. Later in the game, Sam will unlock the ability to charge her beam attack, which makes its attack strike stronger and reach a longer distance. Even if there are no mushrooms, Sam’s beam does offer some light by itself as well. Sam can also light up areas by hitting luminescent mushrooms scattered through dungeons. When an enemy is hit by this beam, they are either momentarily stunned or completely destroyed. John has control of all of the weapons while Sam has an energy beam at her disposal. You can switch between John and Sam at any point with a button press. You can switch between Sam and John during dungeon explorations. It’s kind of clunky and not as intuitive as it could have been. While there aren’t a lot of situations where you need to quickly switch between weapons, it would have been nice to switch weapons with a single button press (or with the use of a directional and face button) rather than needing to open a menu and switch over to the weapon of your choice. To switch between weapons, you’ll need to open your weapon menu and select the particular weapon you wish to use. Most of the bosses are easy to figure out but some may need some experimentation with your different weapons. Some bosses are better dealt with from a distance, while others will need the quick rapid fire of a frying pan to the face to take them down. There are several boss battles in Eastward, with each boss having their own quirks. There are a nice variety of boss battles in Eastward. They tend to happen more when you are low on either though, so keep that in mind. Sometimes, enemies will sporadically drop hearts or ammo refills. Since there is no leveling in Eastward, there isn’t much of an incentive to fight against enemies outside of clearing the way. CombatĪll combat is handled in real time, with you choosing to attack any enemies that appear on the screen.
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You are able to upgrade your weapons and cook meals to boost your stats. GameplayĮastward is a puzzle action-adventure game where you will explore multiple dungeons, battle against bosses, and solve puzzles in order to progress. This also means that a lot of details that you pick up from one area tend to be secluded within that one part. The story is very linear and while that’s not a problem per se, that does mean that as you progress through the game, there is no way for you to go back to previous areas. There are a wide cast of characters that you’ll meet in Eastward.
But after a certain point, the story started moving faster to get towards the end rather than take the time to completely flesh out the story. As you progress, each area builds on the last and the details that you are able to gleam through conversation. Unfortunately, the storytelling in general for Eastward slowly starts unraveling in a way that shows its weaknesses. That’s exactly how you find yourself, Sam, and a strange jester known as Jasper thrown right towards the surface. All talk about the surface is prohibited, with the threat of being forced to the surface looming over everyone’s heads. You start off the game in Potrock Isle, an underground community.Īs you play through the beginning of the game, you quickly learn that the surface has been dubbed as a place of death. It’s not explained until much later why this is the case. You don’t see how the two meet in-game, but there is a cutscene that plays before the game starts out that partially explains how it happened, showing John coming across Sam in some sort of cocoon in one of the underground dig site’s caverns. He takes care of a young mysterious girl known as Sam. You play as John, a silent protagonist who works as a digger in an underground town known as Potrock Isle. But does the rest of the game hold up alongside the amazing aesthetics? Let’s dig deeper and find out. With gorgeous pixel art and beautiful music, Eastward having such a push of support prior to its release makes complete sense. Developed by Pixpil and published by Chucklefish, the hype around this game grew alongside each trailer, press article, and interview shown. Eastward has had a lot of hype surrounding its release.
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