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Underhero is an RPG-platformer where the chosen hero has failed, and an underling of the evil king takes his place as the new hero. Use timing-based combat to defeat enemies as you venture across the land, face off against quirky bosses, and save the kingdom from your own evil boss, Mr Stitches!
Underhero is a rpg, platformer and story rich game
developed and published by Paper Castle Games.
Released on September 19th 2018 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It has received 1,118 reviews of which 979 were positive and 139 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core i3 / AMD Quad-Core Processor A6
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512MB VRAM, EVGA GeForce 210 DDR3, ASUS AMD HD 5450, Intel HD Graphics 2000
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
- Additional Notes: 64-bit and 32-bit systems supported.
MacOS
- OS: MAC OS X 10.11.6 or higher
- Processor: 2.33 GHz or faster processor
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB display memory
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04+ / Steam OS+
- Processor: Intel Core i3 / AMD Quad-Core Processor A6
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB display memory
- Storage: 2 GB available space
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I must admit I was pleasantly surprized by this game, it proved itself to be quite an enjoyable adventure and worth the money I spent on it (though I got it 50% off). I have good and bad things to mention, but I'll get the bad out of the way first: Negatives: - The game is a tad jank, moving platforms in particular seem to be rather unstable as they sometimes just slide you right off them. - Sometimes combat is just... quite slow. Sometimes you will just have to stand still for around 7 seconds until your opponent does something you can punish. - Maps, or better the lack there of a portable one. Maps are scattered around in signs and you cannot open them on the fly, which is quite annoying, though not THAT bad. - A couple late-game puzzles are quite unclear, you can definitely do them by yourself, but thankfully, if you are not up for that, there are a couple of guides here on steam. - A couple of sections can feel a lil' lackluster from a level design standpoint. - You might run into quite a few physics bugs, especially regarding obstacles. - There is "rhythm" mechanic to combat, but its fairly irrelevant, it only really actively harms one optional combat mechanic because its really not easy to tell what the beat is in some of the songs. in the end it works more like a lucky bonus than anything. Positives: - The main premise of the combat is actually very well executed, opening up to quite a few clever interactions that can make you go "A-HA!" when you figure out. - Pretty much everything in the game has tells, you are likely to get smacked around a bit before you start understanding them, but completly dodging every move and hitting perfect counters and parries feels great. - There is a "Talk to Elizabeth" button that can really help you when you are unsure of what to do, and even when it doesn't you at least get some fun dialogue. - The artstyle is honestly lovely and the designs for characters are both creative and charming. - The plot, while seeming a tad simple at first, actually gets fairly interesting in the end, nothing that will flabbergast you, but enough to make you want to learn more. - The characters are honestly great, even those I though I would hate at first proved to be more than what they seemed. ----- Overall, I will say it was quite a cool experience and despite some hiccups, it was very much worth to play. If you are hesitating on getting the game at its full price, I'd 100% reccomend you get it when its on a discount, you won't regret it!
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Great story, gameplay could've got more polishing but it was still fun, only minor bumps in the road. VERY recommended
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From a technical perspective, Underhero has quite a few issues: - Resolutions are broken on 4K screens, one must manually select a 1080p resolution in Windows before starting Underhero. VSYNC is also broken: With VSYNC, the game is unplayably laggy, without VSYNC, there is awful tearing. Even NVIDIA overrides (force VSYNC/GSYNC) don't fix this. - Controls are pretty floaty and unprecise, particularly with an analog stick gamepad. For instance, climbing ropes makes you inadvertently toggle sides, and one of the minigames regularly misses button presses---changing over to keyboard input fixes both problems. In a similar vein, collision detection (e.g. at platform edges) is quite glitchy. - Usually, I am good at rhythm games (say, Crypt of the Necrodancer). Underhero does have some rhythm features (for critical attacks and one minigame), but I haven't been able to get them to work reliably. Luckily, the game still plays well if you ignore the background rhythm altogether. - Pixel art varies greatly in quality, from okay-ish (main characters, worlds 2 and 3) to simple (wall tiles in world 1) to programmer's art (some enemy and background sprites). The combination of different pixel art resolutions makes the overall look yet more messy. Also: Who in their right mind comes up with the idea to rescale pixel art? Even with nearest-neighbor texel filtering, the results are horrible. - There are some minor bugs and annoyances in scripting: At one point, the game tells you that you are locked in, but you aren't. Your low-health indicator keeps popping up during cutscenes. Some dialogue lines skip by without any input. You can backtrack, but there is nothing new to be found---while outdated and now unfitting dialogues still play (with Liz, mainly). - The first world (up until the tree) is a long, boring tutorial that feels like the devs themselves were learning along the way. Yet, in spite of all these issues, I still had quite a lot of fun with Underhero. The basic gameplay mechanics are simple, but fresh and enjoyable. The world building is interesting, the soundtrack fitting. Some of the events and ideas made me chuckle ( the tree basement event, the graveyard, the special lava ), some made me laugh harder than I'd like to admit ( the puzzle guy, the chieftain's son, the hat story and its conclusion ). The final boss fights and the ending scenes were heartwarming and gave the entire game a satisfying conclusion---quite a lot of games could learn from this! Thinking about it, had I played Underhero on the SNES as a kid, it'd probably have been one of my favorites.
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This is game that sat in my backlog unfinished for waaay too long, i played the first chapter and temporarily dropped it due to other things, but i am so glad i went back and finished it! The combat took a bit getting used to, but after you learn that parrying is key and not to focus too much on the groovy critical hits it becomes way more fun. I would say that it gets better as the game progresses (i guess due to the secrets being revealed?), with the highlight being the ending, but it is quite fun throughout! I thought this game would have a "twist ending" since the start considering it also had a kind of "twist beginning", but it was so much more than i expected, i loved it! Highly recommend if you enjoy games such as deltarune and iconoclasts!
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This game is really good. Story: The story is super interesting. Playing as the minion who kills the hero is such an interesting concept and leads to some funny interactions with the rest of the minions. That said there is one flaw I find in the pacing of the story. World 1 is long and super boring. But the game really starts to pick up afterwards and especially once you hit world 4. Personally, I'm surprised it took me 11 hours. I thought it took longer. Gameplay: I really liked the gameplay. You have a stamina system that let's you use a variety of attacks. But if you run out of stamina then you can't block. Perfect blocking helps you recharge stamina. It's a nice little balancing act. Overall, good game and great story.
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Underhero is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
Underhero is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.
Underhero received 979 positive votes out of a total of 1,118 achieving a rating of 8.30.
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Underhero was developed and published by Paper Castle Games.
Underhero is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Underhero is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Underhero is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Underhero is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Underhero. Explore additional content available for Underhero on Steam.
Underhero does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Underhero does not support Steam Remote Play.
Underhero is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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