YARS RISING REVIEW

I was given a PS5 code from PR Company Uber Strategist @UberStrategist @Samos89 Publisher Atari @atari Developer Way Forward @WayForward

This is released in the UK on the 10/09/2024 and in the UK is priced at £24.99.

INTRODUCTION

You play as EMI KIMARA who is hired by a mysterious patron to infiltrate QOTECH to unravel the complex secret shrouded in intrigue.

FEATURES

• 2D Platforming Action: Emi must jump, blast and sneak her way past waves of robotic and alien enemies. Her latent powers are revealed as the game progresses, granting her wild augments and biohacks that let her reach previously inaccessible areas. A sprawling, interconnected map allows for hours of exploration
• Sci-Fi Intrigue: A seemingly bottomless mystery takes Emi from drab office buildings into hidden underground labs, and even to the farthest reaches of space as she uncovers the dark truth behind the QoTech corporation and discovers her own personal connection to an alien race.
• Challenging Retro Minigames: A series of hacking minigames pay homage to the original Yars’ Revenge, which fans love for its top-down, quick twitch gameplay.
• Stealth Traversal: Emi can’t always shoot or jump her way out of a jam – tense sections of stealth gameplay force her to duck into the shadows to hide from relentless security guards.
• Classic WayForward Aesthetics: With fantastically rendered 3D environments and an ensemble of captivating characters, the WayForward team brings Emi’s story to life as only they can.
• Play the OG: Discover the first game in the Yars franchise by playing WayForward’s modern take on Yars’ Revenge, accessible right from the main menu.

FAN ART

Story is fun and interesting and easy to follow.

Characters that you meet on your adventures all have own look and all have own personality to them.

Enemies that you meet all have own look and all have own attacks and own moves to avoid damage.

Bosses are awesome as all have own look and own attacks but even have phases to learn in order to beat them.

Controls are easy to pick up and play perfect to understand as not loads of buttons or combos to remember.

Hacking is a fun minigame and has an option to become invulnerable so don’t have to avoid attacks and can replay them all in menu on start and are all challenging.

Fun to explore and find secrets and much more.

Art style is pretty and detailed.

Combat is fun and easy to understand and great for new players to the Metroidvania genre

No fast travel can be annoying as alot of walking and backtracking.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall no fast travel can be annoying as alot of walking and back tracking. However for £24.99, story is interesting and fun with characters you meet on your adventures that all have own look and own personality to them with enemies and bosses all have own look and own attacks and phases to them and easy to learn controls and cool minigame hacking system that is fun and a pretty art style that is detailed and combat is fun and is a easy to understand game especially if you new to Metroidvania games. I LOVED THIS GAME.

I RECOMMNED THIS GAME.

Story is interesting and fun.
Characters own loo, personality.
Enemies own look and attacks.
Bosses own look and attacks.
Controls easy pick up and play.
Hacking minigames fun and challenging.
Fun to explore, find secrets, more.
Art style is pretty and detailed.
Combat is fun, easy to understand and good for new players to Metroidvania.

No fast travel can be annoying as alot of walking.

Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE

VIDEO REVIEW

https://youtu.be/2Y9IzBBMS84?si=C8wE17RVHsfYctMP

PLAYLIST

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPwBkjvSZ5aIa0HOLiuyXw8v&si=w2-PnipcKS7xRZLq