Timespinner (2018)
Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Xbox One
3.57 from 114 ratings
509 members have it in their collection · 10 playing now · 221 backlogged · 111 wish listed
How long? Main story 9h · with extras 10h · 100% 11h (from 19 logged playthroughs)
Timespinner is a 2D metroidvania platformer about a young woman who travels through time to destroy the empire that killed her family.
At its heart, the game is a child of the great pixelated classics of the SNES and PS1 age. From the rich story worlds of Star Ocean, the expansive gothic castle to explore in Castlevania: Symphony of the …
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Timespinner is a 2D metroidvania platformer about a young woman who travels through time to destroy the empire that killed her family.
At its heart, the game is a child of the great pixelated classics of the SNES and PS1 age. From the rich story worlds of Star Ocean, the expansive gothic castle to explore in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and the tight gameplay of Megaman X, Timespinner seeks to weave all of these elements into one amazing game.
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Details
- Developers
- Lunar Ray Games
- Publishers
- Chucklefish Games, DANGEN Entertainment
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Platform, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy
- Event
- Queer Indie Games Showcase: The Showcase
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Sep 25, 2018 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
- Jun 04, 2019 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
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Rating distribution
5 stars
16
4 stars
47
3 stars
38
2 stars
12
1 star
1
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status kasparius Sep 18, 2021
Just finished Timespinner last night which was shockingly unremarkable given its reputation. The map design is poor to say the least, and the story is prioritized far too heavily in my opinion, too much dialogue and text lore. I am not a big fan of story heavy Metroidvanias in general, prefer it to be about mood and environmental story telling …
Read moreJust finished Timespinner last night which was shockingly unremarkable given its reputation. The map design is poor to say the least, and the story is prioritized far too heavily in my opinion, too much dialogue and text lore. I am not a big fan of story heavy Metroidvanias in general, prefer it to be about mood and environmental story telling with minimal interaction and text. It’s also far too much of an Igavania clone and suffers from that comparison very negatively, in my opinion.
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Status JAM Oct 13, 2020
Beat it today. Fun gameplay that does a good job at capturing the feel of IGAvania games but way, WAY too much SJW pandering with its LBGTQ agenda that has no real place in the game's story. It felt completely forced and was awkwardly introduced.
As you progress through the game, you'll be asked by various npc's to do simple …
Beat it today. Fun gameplay that does a good job at capturing the feel of IGAvania games but way, WAY too much SJW pandering with its LBGTQ agenda that has no real place in the game's story. It felt completely forced and was awkwardly introduced.
As you progress through the game, you'll be asked by various npc's to do simple fetch quests, defeat X amount of monsters, or some other menial task. Upon completion, you're rewarded with thanks, an item or money, and followed by being blindsided with a story about how said npc is gay, bi, or trans, and/or who they want to hook up with, complete with the main character giving them positive reinforcement towards their bravery for admitting as such. Further quests reveal more, leading up to a point where you basically learn that not a single friendly NPC in the game is heterosexual. Amusingly, the only character that is clearly heterosexual in the game ends up being
I understand that they were trying to be progressive but it doesn't come across authentic in the slightest. It reaches a point where meeting any new NPC becomes a parody of itself in regards to their sexual orientation. Despite that, the game is a nice Metroidvania romp that doesn't do anything you haven't seen before if you've played the GBA/DS Castlevania titles.
Skip the story, stay for the gameplay.
Status epeternally Nov 18, 2019
Timespinner was delightful, I'm so glad that I had the chance to play it. Castlevania but aggressively queer is exactly what I needed in my life.
Status GigaDeathNullGolem Oct 13, 2018
Symphony of the Night clone with Time Travel mechanic? As good as it looks or cheap gimic?