Review: Aggelos (Nintendo Switch)

Review by Matt C.

"Aggelos is the perfect combination of retro style and modern-day game design." That bold claim is one of the main lines used in the marketing of Aggelos, but it's one the game doesn't entirely live up to. It's got the "retro style" thing down pat—it perfectly captures the look and feel of a 16-bit action platformer, and wears its Monster Boy inspiration on its sleeve—but "modern day game design" feels like a stretch. It doesn't lean into the brutal difficulty that a lot of other retro-inspired games do, but it's plagued with outdated design choices that inject a lot of tedium into what would otherwise be a very enjoyable game.

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