So today I played a kind of surprising game. Head over Heels, a 1987 Isometric Adventure game developed by Ocean Software.
I've played a couple of Isometric games on the list before such as Knight Lore and Fairlight, but this is the first game that felt like a complete and tested game.
You play as a duo, Head and Heels. Head can jump higher and can fire projectiles, heels is faster and can carry items. Together they can jump high, fire projectiles, is much faster and can carry items. See, you play as both, swapping between the two with the press of a button, unlike the other two isometric games, the controls felt tight, and intuitive, the gameplay and map layout felt clear and consise, I felt the challenge was much more manageable, and the two character gimick is actually a lot of fun. You'll run into puzzles where you can't do it as one of the characters, so you have to remember it and come back as the other. It's something modern games do with dungeon layout and it's great to see it here!
Next up: Nebulus
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