Mina the Hollower Reviews
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Check out our review of Mina The Hollower, and see if this new frontier from the team at Yacht Club Games manages to stick the landing!
Mina the Hollower is another practically perfect experience from Yacht Club Games, with retro challenge and a whole lot of creativity to show off.
Explore every inch of a cursed island in an adventure that takes inspiration from the greats. Our Mina the Hollower review.
What appears at first to be a return to game design from eras past evolves into something truly special.
You can draw a direct line from the original The Legend of Zelda to the core design of open-world games. Mina the Hollower feels like drawing another line back in the other direction, an ingenious twist on the Zelda “formula” that puts a drastic focus on freeform exploration and fine-tuning…
Mina the Hollower, being the hotly anticipated title that it is, does not disappoint. This retro-style adventure is one worth playing.
Mina the Hollower is an amazing title from Yacht Club Games that everyone needs to try. It looks and sounds spectacular, has awesome accessibility options, and is compelling to play; add this to your library right now!
It’s always an exciting time when the developer of an indie darling gets to branch out into something new. Yacht Club Games, the creators of perhaps one of
Mina the Hollower is an absolute triumph, and another classic throwback to games of old with its own spark to make it truly special.
Mina the Hollower is a charming and challenging adventure that never ceased to delight and surprise in music, art, and gameplay.
A big game in a small package, and an absolute masterpiece of an adventure.
Mina the Hollower proves that Shovel Knight wasn't lightning in a bottle, and may be Yacht Club Games' finest work so far. It's also perfect to play on the Steam Deck.
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With Mina the Hollower, Yacht Club Games captured lightning in a bottle a second time. It’s a must play experience.
Mina the Hollower is as, if not more, fun as the trailers showed. Clever boss and level design, and modifier systems give this second outing a massive joyous swing for the fences.
Mina the Hollower is simply one of the best games you'll ever play so here's my super-detailed review to explain why it's so awesome.
Mina the Hollower is an incredible throwback to the 8-bit days of the late 80s. It’s hard-as-hell without ever feeling cheap. Mina will journey through
Mina the Hollower is the latest outing from Yacht Club Games. If you’re not familiar with that name, you’ll likely recognise the title of their hugely popul
Mina the Hollower proves that time, effort, and attention to detail go a long way. Mina is a great new hero who controls incredibly well in a difficult but rewarding 2D adventure.
What happens when you blend ideas from Zelda, Castlevania, and Dark Souls into one single video game? Well, Mina the Hollower certainly pays homage to those franchises, but also burrows its way into a gaming experience that RPGamers will find enjoyable as it creates its own legacy.
Coming in with high expectations, Mina the Hollower's tiny mouse masterfully fills some mighty big shoes.
Mina is a gloriously gothic combination of ferocious combat and beautiful scenery, with enough secrets and modifiers to keep the game fresh and fun for a very long time.
Mina the Hollower easily cements Yacht Club Games' capacity to deliver high-quality retro experiences. The game takes inspiration from several sources, both old and new, and carefully fine-tunes each into a polished experience that is both curated and customizable.
Mina the Hollower is Yacht Club Games' biggest project so far and one that showcases a strong understanding of what action adventures are all about.
Yacht Club Games’ return bridges the gap between souls-like games and their 2D action-adventure ancestry with enough ...
Mina the Hollower looks like a nostalgic throwback, and it undeniably is, but its thoughtful design and larger sensibilities make it play and feel like a contemporary video game – one that has taken the right lessons from the medium’s history.
The presentation is wonderful, with its chunky pixel-art and Game Boy Colour-style palette, which captures the era perfectly. Each area is brimming with personality and manages to communicate its narrative through the strong art direction. Backed by a stunning score, these elements combine to deliver a remarkable aesthetic that feels both nostalgically familiar and refreshingly distinctive.
Mina the Hollower beautifully merges classic Game Boy Color aesthetics with punishing, Soulsborne-inspired action.
Mina may not be the mouse with the most, but her first adventure is one that modern and retro fans alike may want to dive into.
An uncommon tribute to classic games that often surpasses the quality of the titles that inspired it
To say Mina the Hollower has been a highly anticipated title is an understatement. Yacht Club Games built their reputation with Shovel Knight, with players embracing the retro style and gameplay elements. Mina the Hollower is more of that classic 8-bit style, with gameplay to boot, and while it has some great execution as a retro Zelda-style adventure, it also comes with some questionable decisions.
Review: An 8-bit retro-styled action adventure game, Mina the Hollower has some great ideas, but it falls a little short of the mark.
With Mina the Hollower, Yacht Club Games managed to beautifully pay homage to some of the absolute greatest classics in gaming history, all while carving out their own entirely fresh identity with an irresistible experience. It’s like a gothic Zelda with touches of Castlevania and Dark Souls that I never knew I needed. If you have a passing love for classic adventures, gothic atmospheres, or tightly-knit game design, do yourself a favor and fully dive into this world.
Yacht Club Games’ second major swing at a retro renaissance invokes a familiar sense of adventure, but with a spirit and character all its own