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Robin just wants to be a mechanic and help people, but without a license she’s a sinner in Mother’s eyes.Ever since picking up her wrench, the world has been going nuts and she's wanted to bolt it back together. Now Penance is raining down on everyone she loves and One Concern agents are after her.But something big is going on – bigger than droughts of Ivory fuel and personal conflicts – and Robin’s in the thick of it.Iconoclasts is the masterwork of indie developer Joakim Sandberg, seven long years in the making. Iconoclasts delivers awesome action, hilarious hijinks and an emotional rollercoaster of deeply personal storytelling.
https://www.gog.com/game/iconoclasts
Reviews
PCGamer - 78%
Gamespot - 9/10
Destructoid - 9.5/10
Arstechnica - NA
The good:
- Hours of nut-twisting platform action-adventure
- Numerous densely detailed locations filled with fine-tuned action and puzzles
- 20+ gear-grinding, screen-filling boss battles stand in your way
- Three game-changing difficulty settings supported by a unique tweak system
- A heart-wrenching epic – can one mechanic fix the whole world?
https://www.gog.com/game/iconoclasts
Reviews
PCGamer - 78%
Iconoclasts is a fine game, offering both satisfyingly sharp platforming and shooting, and some really smart puzzles. It’s enormous too, packed with secret areas and other stuff to discover. And although I found the humour a little glib and childish at times, it tells its heartfelt story well. A lot of Metroidvania games go for a bleak, downbeat atmosphere, but Iconoclasts is infectiously vibrant and sunny, even if the story does occasionally venture into dark territory.
Gamespot - 9/10
Iconoclasts is a sincere and compelling adventure that anyone with respect for fantastic storytelling and 2D-action can enjoy.
Destructoid - 9.5/10
The cute pixel art and gorgeous animations belie a surprisingly weighty narrative. One full of mysteries, surprises, and occasionally uncomfortable questions.
Arstechnica - NA
The good:
- A cleanly colorful dystopia to explore.
- (Mostly) pitch-perfect combat and platforming.
- Big, bombastic bosses with a lot of fun moving parts.
- Lots of clunky, jumbled story without a consistent tone.
- Dry and stilted dialogue.
- A handful of imprecise puzzles.
- Not much variety among upgrades.
- I can’t decide if I agree with the game’s politics, because I can’t quite tell what they arethrough the messy writing.
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