#indie

#indie

The Knightling wants to be a heart-warming indie game about an apprentice stepping out of his master's shadow while also being a throwback action-platformer where you bash monsters with a giant talking shield. It mostly succeeds thanks to its charm and platforming, even if its combat and pacing can't quite keep up. Our main character is the knightling to the legendary hero Sir Lionstone, who is famed for defeating a powerful Earthborne and claiming its magic sword and shield.

Kill the Brickman takes the basic premise of the arcade classic Breakout and adapts it to a Baltro-style deckbuilder roguelike where you shoot custom bullets to break bricks, win cash, collect upgrades, and extend your run. So far, so neat. But no small part of Kill the Brickman's staying power is its surreal presentation that puts Blendo Games-looking faces on all the violence.

After 12 hours with the game, I can say they've done precisely that, plus they've made everything around the Slayer about 666 percent more metal than ever before.

It's spoken word Letterboxd reviews read over jazz.