Aggelos

Overall, this is a great little retro adventure that doesn’t outstay its welcome. It plays like a top tier title from back in the day, presents you with the sort of gameplay you want and expect from this type of game and serves it all up at a pace with such consistent quality that it’s hard not to be won over, no matter how fatigued you may be by the idea of another blast of old school pixel action.

Aggelos doesn’t look like an impressive title at first. You’re initially greeted with a default language option set in Japanese, overly simplistic controls, and a cookie cutter story featuring a poor English localization. Thankfully, this is a great case of “first impressions are deceiving”. What could have been yet another bland retro-infused indie game turned out to be a great love letter to a specific series from 30 years ago.

You’ll be left out with a “meh” after finishing the game. What game did we just play?

Aggelos treads a path many others have followed in recent years, but it does it all with a charm of its own.

AGGELOS is everything you want from a retro inspired RPG adventure.