A hundred years of conflict has resulted in two decimated planets being stitched together out of the need to survive. Stitched-Together Planet is now at peace under the condition that no one would cross the stitched border. Well for some reason, the character you play as, has to reach a destination on the outskirts of the stellar system. It means they will be the first to cross the delicately held together border. Because of this blasphemous act, what will happen to the world because of the broken treaty? Read my Spirit Roots Switch Review to find out!

To note, a review code for the game was supplied by Drageus Games.

A Little too Sloppy.

Spirit Roots is a 2D side scrolling Action Platforming from Drageus Games. The game is broken into five worlds of ten levels so that makes (don’t worry I crunched the numbers for you) 50 levels total.

The main objective of each level is to simply get to the end marker. Along the way you will have enemies, spikes, and all the other most common obstacles to overcome. Each level has mini goals to defeat every enemy, collect every coin and not die/complete the level. Achieving this just gives you a single gold start for beating the level. Unfortunately, it means there is no other reward for completion’s sake and no reason to replay the level again.

The best feature of the gameplay is that you can attack with your sword at a close distance or with a gun from range. It is convenient to have the option because enemy types vary. Unfortunately, attacking with the sword puts you in far too much danger. This is because the character moves way too loosely, causing you to attack into enemies’ attacks and ultimately die. It was annoying because I was pretty sure the game told me you get three hits before you die. I even had three bubbles floating over my head, signifying the three hits. Nevertheless, I died every time from a single blow, so I do not really know what was going on there.

The controls are fairly poor. As stated, the hero slips a bit too much, the melee attacks don’t land as they should, the jump is not precise, and overall- it handles sloppily. A decent platformer at least needs tight controls for precision jumping and they are not to be found here. The action in the levels is too bland as well.

Sights & Sounds

The color scheme of the level’s fore/background I really enjoyed. The character and enemy design are both nothing special. The five worlds vary well enough to make you not feel like they are just color swaps.

Sound-wise it is all very forgettable. It is not the worst thing in the world because it is not bad or obnoxious to listen to, however, nothing is memorable. Furthermore, some text or voice acting to actually deliver the game’s plot across to the gamer would have been nice, because I got it all mainly from the title’s Nintendo Page.

Final Words:

Spirit Roots fails to deliver anything special or memorable. The price is not too out of hand but should still be lower than $6.99 I believe. The game would be decent for a kid to play, but there are just too many far superior masterpieces on the Nintendo Eshop at great value price points.

Therefore, I give Spirit Roots by Drageus Games my rating of

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Game Info

Switch Release Date: November 1 2019

Price: $6.99

File Size: 831 MB

Mode(s): 1 Player

Genre: Action Platformer

Publisher: Drageus Games

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