The single-player game is fantastic fun, but Trine is one of those games best played with a friend in co-op mode. The gameplay is based on fully interactive physics where each character's different abilities and tactics can be used to invent new ways to overcome obstacles and save the kingdom! Trine is a physics-based action game where three characters combine their powers to devise clever solutions to challenges created by hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. All Trine purchases have been automatically updated to Trine Enchanted Edition. The different versions are selectable from the game launcher. If you’re not into puzzles, avoid it, because the combat is pretty shallow.Trine Enchanted Edition is a remake of the original Trine with dazzling new visual effects and numerous gameplay improvements!īoth Trine Enchanted Edition as well as the original Trine are included in the Enchanted Edition. If you can get it cheaper than $10, go for it. It was a good design choice to have collectables stay collected when you enter each level so you don’t waste time getting what you already had. There is some replay value here with collecting stuff from each level and no playthrough feels exactly the same due to the physics and AI. It is a quick game, about 4 – 6 hours, but still a fun play through (not as addictively fun as Guacamelee). The enemy AI seems good enough so every situation can be different There are also spiders and bats, but for the most part, that’s it. They will jump over pits, climb, fall and do everything to get to you (except archers that stand and shoot). The basic enemy is the skeleton that comes in four flavors, standard, shielded, archer and pyro. The enemies seem competent and dangerous enough. Its a forgiving system, which I’m happy about.Īs you progress through the game, you’ll level up to get your choice of skill upgrades. If all three characters die, then you simply restart at the last checkpoint. If one character dies, they’re dead until you reach a checkpoint, even previous checkpoints. If you don’t like switching between characters, you can also play with a friend, but it is sad there is no online co-op.Įach character has their own health and mana bar, but the mana never really seems to run out with enemies constantly dropping potions. You can aim the bow and the longer you aim it, the further the arrow goes. You have a jump button, a change weapon button, a trigger for drawing boxes or a grappling hook, two shift character buttons, the left stick controls the character, the right stick is like an aim for the bow, to draw platforms and to aim your shield (which is useless when you can easily dodge attacks). The controls are very simple, and a controller is highly recommended. The platforming dynamic of moving physics based platforming was a lot of fun. I seemed to get the most fun out of unintentional things, such as teeter tauter platforms combine with Ferris wheel like platforms coupled with skeleton warriors jumping and sliding around to fill the room. Your platforms and boxes crush enemies, objects can be thrown into enemies or through destructible walls, the grappling hook lets you swing, and you can wrap hanging spike traps around platforms so they don’t fall. Since it is so visually beautiful, it can be a beast on lesser video cards, even at the lowest setting. There are nice visuals with diverse settings and instead of cut scenes, the game just uses narrations as you play, which I greatly prefer. It is also very physics based and the physics feel nice. The game is very beautiful, bright and vibrant. He is just your straight up sword swinger, effective melee character…. These first two classes are a lot of fun and have a lot of depth, but then we get to the third class / character, the warrior. You can use your boxes and platforms to crush enemies. You can also draw platforms and click and drag specific things to move them or get them out of your way. Then you have the wizard that can magically make boxes by clicking or holding the right trigger and draw a box. You first have the most useful class, the Thief that can use a grappling hook to wooden ledges, a bow, and a flaming bow to light torches. You have three characters that you can switch between on the fly, similar to the old Lost Vikings game. Trine is a puzzle platformer with some action thrown in there.
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