Luminous Avenger iX Review – Short, sweet and shocking

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avengers iX is a fast-paced but well-designed platform game that allows Inti Creates to keep pace with incredible games.

After playing a bit of Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX at E3 2019, I said that this title could be one of the best games of Inti Creates so far, and now that I've played hard, I can confirm that this is the case, at least for me. the Gunvolt series appeared in aMega Man 11 time when Blue Bomber's platform game style was pretty badly fed. While titles like 20XX and Powerful No. 9 (which Inti Creates also helped to create) failed to capture the magic of this classic series, the Azur Striker Gunvolt the games have always felt like the best successor to Mega Man because they not only provided a new layer of paint with the classic formula, but were built with an interesting world and a new mechanics.

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX manages to continue the momentum of the series, even succeeding in bringing it to new heights in spite of a short duration. Although its story is quite short and does not reach the top of the gameplay, Gunvolt Chronicles: Bright Avenger iX is fun to play and is one of the fastest, most satisfying and best designed platform games of 2019.

The world of the series is in a desperate situation Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX, with Sumeragi chasing down all Minos without septenal powers. That being said, Copen, which players should recognize from the first two Azur Striker Gunvolt games, travels the world as Titular Luminous Avenger. He stumbles upon a group of young Minos led by a girl named Kohaku, giving the kickoff to the series of events that will finally pit Copen against the inner workings of Sumeragi. Although the story gives Copen and Kohaku enough motivation to get the players involved in what's going on and sometimes touch the bad ethics about how Sumeragi chooses followers, it never represents more that.

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX's The story is quite short too, so nothing has time to soak up some interesting twists and revelations that I will not mess up here. While achieving the highest rank and all collectibles of all levels, post-game levels with reworked boss fights and score-based attack modes should boost play time. from about 8 to 10 hours. The story itself can be erased in less than 3 years depending on your skills. The fact that this is the shortest game in the series can be a little disappointing and hurt its story, but the levels and gameplay of Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX show that Inti Creates is currently at the top of its form.

While last year Bloody: Curse of the Moon delivered a methodical and retro-inspired approach on the old school Castlevania platform style, Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX is a great example of the fast platforming game style launched by Mega Man X. The merit of this game is that it is, for the most part, entirely independent, recalling only Mega Man in the weapon structure and boss level. The game is structured in the same way as before Gunvolt Inti Creates has successfully expanded the already captivating Copen game from Azur Striker Gunvolt 2 interestingly and have created a game where players will rush around the stages as if there is no tomorrow.

In addition to his standard EX weapons from Lola, Gun can launch an assault on his enemies. After that, he can do more damage, accumulate Kudos and shoot them anywhere. Although positioning is always important before engaging an enemy, this system will require players to constantly ricochet against their enemies in order to maintain the Bullit Gauge, which provides the more powerful features of Copen that lock on enemies. . This gauge can also be filled by pressing the d-pad twice. Although it takes a little time to get used to it, I got used to it and it can even be remapped.

Although it may seem a little hectic on paper, Inti Creates has managed to design levels in a way that complements the gameplay. this allows Gunvolt Chronicles just hit the right rhythm to be a title as fast as manageable, like the good 2D Sonic the hedgehog games or Rocket Knight Adventures. Looking back, Powerful No. 9 tried to incorporate a mechanism that encouraged players to throw themselves into the enemy, but that did not completely fail. Fortunately, Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX manages to fully realize the potential of a platform game that encourages players to run up against enemies without killing the pace of the game.

Although Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX is short enough, it certainly pulls the maximum potential of almost every minute. Even apart from all that I have mentioned, the soundtrack is good and the visuals, especially the pixel art during the game, are faithful. For those looking to find a quick game to give them a shot of adrenaline during this busy release season, you can not do better than Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX.

This game succeeds in developing the already solid formula established by the playable aspect of Copen in Azur Striker Gunvolt 2 to create one of the most exhilarating platformers on this side of Sonic Mania. Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX also proves that Gunvolt series can be maintained via spin-offs, creating not only new parallels between it and the Mega Man frankness, but it must be emphasized that this is a series Inti Creates which will, we hope, still a long time.