Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King Reviews

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 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?

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...