VIDEO GAME: The Messenger (2018)
The MessengerYear: 2018Rating: E10+Time Played: 867 minutes / 14.27 hours
For years, I had heard The Messenger was a great game that evoked the nostalgia of retro video games from the early home console eras. I picked it up on sale, but didn’t start playing it for a while. When I did, I found myself struggling with some of the bosses and had to put it down for an even longer time. Finally, I determined I was probably close to the end of the game and forced myself to finish it. I was pleasantly surprised to find I was only half-way through the game and the second half completely changed my opinion of it.
While I love the retro pixel art aesthetic that games like The Messenger try to achieve, I tend to like the 16-bit style more than the 8-bit one that this game starts with. As soon as the game introduced the mechanic to switch between these art styles, the...