The Messenger (2018)
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Developer: Sabotage
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan's survival. Leveraging players expectations as a core game design ingredient, The Messenger is first presented as an 8-bit action platformer with a simple story, that unravels into an epic time traveling tale, eventually revealing itself as a 16-bit Metroidvania game packed with replay value and deadpan humor.
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Genres: Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Platform
Tags: Retro, Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, Ninja, Great Soundtrack, 2D Platformer, Funny, Difficult, Time Travel, Side Scroller
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