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Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
Explore a vast open game world in classic action-adventure fashion as Lily, Knight of the Rose! Slash your way through monster-infested dungeons to save the Kingdom of Blossom from eternal darkness. Collect unique weapons, spells, and more during your journey to take down powerful bosses and solve clever puzzles.Be part of a vivid, dynamic story pa...
Details
- Released
- March 27, 2017
- Developer
- Castle Pixel, LLC.
- Genres
- Action · Platform · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie · Open world
- Publisher
- FDG Entertainment
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Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Like most kids, I grew up playing and absolutely adoring classic Zelda games. Blossom Tales successfully accomplishes it’s goal of recreating the tried and true simplistic gameplay found in the classic action/adventure genre, but also adds a bit of its own personality as well. By adapting new mechanics for a more fluid experience and combining that with the charming story-telling narrative, Castle Pixel has created an elegant love letter to one of Nintendo’s most cherished and beloved titles. So if you yearn for a polished Zelda experience, look no further - Blossom Tales: The Sleeping Kin…
Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King is an enjoyable game that bears resemblance to many installments from within The Legend of Zelda series. This Castle Pixel game
Developer Castle Pixel's affection for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is immediately and persistently evident in Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King. With sprawling dungeons, enjoyable puzzles, and intense boss battles that deliver new twists, it's a worthwhile adventure despite relying on the tried-and-true formula of Nintendo's classic series.
Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King is another indie game which feels right at home on Nintendo’s platform, despite also being available on Steam. The game will appeal to those looking for a bit of classic dungeon crawling, and it will be sure to please those that have missed top-down Zelda adventures. With a lovely kingdom to explore and a varied range of objectives, Blossom Tales shows us that this genre is still very much alive.
There are five dungeons, some truly fun boss fights, and a fairly large overworld packed with secrets and side quests. All told, Blossom Tales will last you about 15 hours, and since the game itself is only $15, I’d say that’s a fairly great value proposition. At times, I found the controls a bit loose or hard to handle, especially with bow and arrow, as you kind of just have to wing it and aim on the fly (no holding to aim and then releasing). But the humor is cute, family-friendly, and...
There have been countless games inspired by Link's adventures over the years. Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King may not be the most original take on Nintendo's classic but is it a worthwhile overhead adventure?