Full Game Reviews
Rating of
3.5/5
Lovecraft-Lite Provides Decent Enjoyment
Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/15/2020
While scouring the wasteland that is Steam local multiplayer options, the MJ crew were presented with this Metroidvania game. I'm not opposes to the genre at all and though I have never played Jotun, the game at least looked quite presentable. While Sundered will not change your worldview or make you cry tears of joy, it does provide a decent amount of solid entertainment and is a good way to pass the time if you can find it on the cheap.
Presentation: The game looks quite good with some impressive animation both in characters and enemies, along with the various environments one encounters during the course of the game. Sound and music are solid, with what little voice acting is done in some deep, foreign (Icelandic?) language. As the game seems to be influenced by H.P. Lovecraft, I …
Rating of
3/5
Maddening
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 11/29/2019
“Sundered” is the second major release by Montreal-based Indie developer, Thunder Lotus Games. Their first attempt, “Jotun,” did little to impress me outside of its visuals, so I was hard-pressed to find a reason to give their second game a shot… but with the state of local cooperative multi-player gaming, the MJ Crew was casting about in desperation, and “Sundered” was really cheap during a Steam sale, so I bought it for us.
Presentation
Like its older sibling, “Jotun,” “Sundered” features absolutely gorgeous hand-drawn cartoon visuals that look like something out of a parallel universe where CGI didn’t completely take over the commercial animation space, and companies like Disney, Don Bluth Productions, and Warner Bros. continued to churn-out traditional …
