Gravity Circuit
Gravity Circuit
Gravity Circuit, développé par Domesticated Ant Games et édité par PID Games, est sorti le 13 juillet 2023 sur PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 et PlayStation 5. Ce jeu de plates-formes 2D d'action indépendant et arcade, réalisé avec le moteur LÖVE, plonge le joueur dans un monde futuriste peuplé de robots sentients où Kai, un ancien héros de guerre solitaire, utilise les pouvoirs du Circuit Gravitationnel pour contrer le retour de l'Armée virale. Inspiré des classiques des consoles des années 80 et 90, le titre propose une campagne solo de douze niveaux aux mécaniques variées, où l'on envoie valser les ennemis à coups de poings et où l'on aide des citoyens innocents pour débloquer de nouveaux pouvoirs. La durée de jeu est estimée à cinq heures pour l'histoire principale et environ treize heures et demie pour un parcours complet, le tout proposé au prix de 16,99 euros.
L'accueil critique a été favorable, avec un score de 89 sur Metacritic et de 86 sur OpenCritic pour une note agrégée de 88,45. La presse a salué le titre, comme le relève Digital Chumps qui y voit les meilleurs aspects du plateforming d'action 2D de l'ère SNES sans les difficultés artificielles, ou Noisy Pixel qui estime que le jeu redéfinit le genre en misant sur un système de combat au corps à corps. Certains joueurs sur Metacritic apprécient le contrôle du personnage et l'aspect amusant des boss, tandis que d'autres comparent le titre à l'un des meilleurs jeux Mega Man jamais réalisés grâce à sa précision et son animation, même si un avis positif sur Steam résume l'expérience à un modeste « 6/10 ».
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Gravity Circuit contains the best parts of the SNES-era of 2D action platforming without the artificial difficulty spikes and frustrations. Its combat is fluid, easy to pick up, and exciting to master. Its pacing ramps up with the player. Its music is a nostalgia bomb of high-energy and synthetic charm. Yes, it’s a short play, but it contains enough content to satisfy most players and get them hooked into using Kai’s hookshot over, over, and over again. If this doesn’t sound like a love letter to retro platforming, I don’t know what will. »
« Gravity Circuit redefines the 2D platforming action genre with attention put on melee action systems that benefit all other aspects of the experience. Your skills are constantly being pushed to the test, but you aren’t allowed to get too comfortable as new abilities are unlocked with ever-changing level gimmicks keeping you on your toes. One look at this game in action, and it’s no surprise that it’s a must-play release of 2023. »
« Again we turn to the indie game devs in order to get a game that is this polished and satisfying to control. Gravity Circuit is really guilty of false advertising: It's way flashier and way more satisfying than what the store page description is telling you. Truly one of the best games of 2023. »
« Gravity Circuit is a great side-scroller that brings back enough nostalgia with the right amount of authenticity, capturing our hearts and taking us back to the good old times. »
« Short but packing a hell of a wallop, Gravity Circuit delivers on most of what fans of Mega Man X and Zero would want out of a fast, challenging 2D platformer. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« me gusta como se controla el personaje y los bosses son bastante divertidos »
« One of the most polished Mega Man games ever made. Tight controls, finely tuned fair but tough gameplay, incredible spritework and animation. I still have to play NewGame+. »
« The game looks great and sounds great. The writing and story are just okay, obviously derivative of Mega Man games. However, the game is ruined by a few key aspects. Number 1 - it has some of the worst level design I've ever seen. It is absolutely terrible. You can tell almost every enemy was placed in a spot to be a detriment, sometimes without you being able to even react. Number 2 - the reliance on the hook and diagonal inputs in general. I HATE it when games require diagonal inputs to make progress, since they are nearly impossible to perform precisely on a controller. There were dozens of cases where I took damage or even died, because the hook refused to cooperate. Last thing - some bosses. Don't get me wrong, they can be quite fun in this game, but there are some (cough cough Medley...) that are nearly impossible to read without having developer knowledge. There is so much happening on screen that it's difficult to focus on what the boss is doing, and the patterns seem almost nonsensical at times. My verdict is that nobody but the devs playtested this game. »
« Do you ever feel nostalgia for the old Megaman games, but dont wanna deal with limited lives/continues and the very outdated and sometimes unfair leveldesign? "Gracity Circuit" basically perfected the Megaman-genre. »
« I believe I had played like 5-10 minutes of this one. The small jump, the excessive focus on timing your jump and landings, having too low health, excessive restriction on how you platform along with the timing, all combined made it a frustrating experience. I would recommend skipping this game unless you're a fan of megaman and super meat boy. »
« This game definitely is a must play for anyone who claims to like megaman games.... This one for me tops all of them including zero ones (and this says alot as i absolutely love megaman zero games) the gameplay super smooth and fast... Can be as easy or hard as you please... Full of challenges and fun lore.... Not to mention a glorious sound track! This game really deserves 11/10 rating... I can't even find a single fault to the game... A true masterpiece I've found people complaining of 2 things: 1st: the grappling hook... Well i actually find it truly ingenious and unique! Once you get the hang of it you will prefer to use iteven in places that doesn't require it... And when usedto take the minion corpse and toss it onto another it gives such immense satisfaction 2nd: the bosses and minions being easy... Well 2 words for me RUDE, HARD after finishing the game for first time... In newgame+ you find the option to make enemies "rude" giving them new moves and making them drastically harder... Have fun playing the best 2D game i've ever played!!!! »
« This is a fantastic game and a MUST play for Mega Man X/Mega Man Zero fans. »
« Fantastic spiritual successor to MegaMan. If you enjoyed those games, you will enjoy this one. Great game »
