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Goblin Sword (2014)

Gelato Games

Nintendo Switch · iOS

3.06 from 17 ratings

43 members have it in their collection · 4 playing now · 16 backlogged · 2 wish listed

How long? · with extras 5h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Goblin Sword is a retro-inspired action platformer with light rpg elements. An army of monsters led by an evil wizard have invaded your hometown. Slay as many monsters as you can, collect loot, avoid dangerous traps and defeat menacing bosses, before facing the evil wizard himself. Reviews: “It's such a crazy value and has such good production quality it kind … Read more
Goblin Sword is a retro-inspired action platformer with light rpg elements. An army of monsters led by an evil wizard have invaded your hometown. Slay as many monsters as you can, collect loot, avoid dangerous traps and defeat menacing bosses, before facing the evil wizard himself. Reviews: “It's such a crazy value and has such good production quality it kind of speaks for itself.” 5/5 TouchArcade "Fun visuals, good music, engaging level design, and lots of content make Goblin Sword an excellent little game." Editor's Choice -148 Apps “A deeply compelling and staggeringly impressive tribute to retro games.” 10/10 ArcadeLife Features: -89 levels -13 bosses -30 weapons with unique special attacks -30 relics that grant you abilities -14 costumes -8 guardians that follow you around and assist you -5 secret very hard levels -Decorate your home with souvenirs -Customizable touch controls -Universal app. Works on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. -iCloud and MFi support -Game Center achievements and leaderboards -Premium game. No IAP or ads ever. Read less
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Details

Developers
Gelato Games
Publishers
Gelato Games
Genres
Adventure, Platform, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action

Release dates

  • Sep 11, 2014 (Worldwide) iOS
  • Feb 12, 2020 (Europe) Nintendo Switch
  • Feb 13, 2020 (North_America) Nintendo Switch
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Odie

Status Odie Jul 2, 2024

I'm going to go to bat for this game. I played it on the Switch and the mechanics work so much better than a lot of retro inspired games that I've tried. There is a decent amount of challenge to exploring the bite-sized levels. The challenges are all fair. The levels are small enough that it doesn't feel like a …

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I'm going to go to bat for this game. I played it on the Switch and the mechanics work so much better than a lot of retro inspired games that I've tried. There is a decent amount of challenge to exploring the bite-sized levels. The challenges are all fair. The levels are small enough that it doesn't feel like a burden to explore them for hidden items. There are a lot of unlockable power-ups to customize your play style. You can focus on speed, power, or magic. It doesn't change the world but there aren't any glaring flaws. I enjoyed it enough to finish the game and search for all of the collectables.

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Vakil

Review Vakil 3/5 · May 15, 2023

Generic decent and difficult

I played this on my iPhone with Backbone One. It worked well and is a decent example of what you get with a Backbone. It’s a fun enough platformer with no story to bother with.

If this came out in 1990, it would be the start of a beloved franchise. As it is, it’s difficult with lots short levels that …

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I played this on my iPhone with Backbone One. It worked well and is a decent example of what you get with a Backbone. It’s a fun enough platformer with no story to bother with.

If this came out in 1990, it would be the start of a beloved franchise. As it is, it’s difficult with lots short levels that reward exploration but otherwise bland and does little beyond mechanics to provide any joy. I couldn’t get past level 6-8 and decided I didn’t care enough to keep trying. Still, I got a year of jumping/stabbing fun while on the toilet for $5.

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Vakil

Status Vakil Jan 27, 2023

I saw this described as a relatively easy metroidvania somewhere and it reminded me how much I suck at video games.

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Zorbak

Review Zorbak 2/5 · Jul 19, 2020

"We have games at home". Games at home:

Got this because it was on sale and really cheap. It looked like a fun little indie game, so I decided to give it a shot. I hate to sound mean but this game is really generic. It might as well be called "Videogame: the game". Everything is just kind of there... very uninspired, without any charm or ideas to …

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Got this because it was on sale and really cheap. It looked like a fun little indie game, so I decided to give it a shot. I hate to sound mean but this game is really generic. It might as well be called "Videogame: the game". Everything is just kind of there... very uninspired, without any charm or ideas to call its own. Simplistic to a fault. The names of the locations are so bland it almost feels like no creativity went into them. It looks like a game a friend of yours could have made in an afternoon using some user-friendly game creation software (the free version). It's kind of like a mobile game.

None of this would be an issue if I could get though the game in two or three hours and call it a day, which would make me go much easier on it. However, out of curiosity I looked it up on How long to beat (I'm always using that site) and saw it's at least 7+ hours to beat. Talk about overstaying its welcome.

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