Bone Marrow
SCORE: 80
I did not have much hope for an indie
video game rated thirteen and older only called Bone Marrow. All kinds
of possible violent video game ideas came to me when I heard the name.
Ya'll know me I am open, honest, and transparent about these things. I
don't shy away from showing I am far from perfect, and totally human.
When I started to play Bone Marrow I was pleasantly surprised. Well
maybe not right at first. You will see what I mean.
The little intro screen for Bone Marrow tells us it is 780 AD and there
was a blood moon. After that blood moon all of the dark creatures came
out of their hiding places. Bone Marrow immediately made me think of the
Castlevania series. Then I started to play Bone Marrow and everything
changed. Bone Marrow is a mixture of 2048 and a role playing video game.
I want to be sure you let that sink in. Bone Marrow threw me for a loop
right from the beginning.
The main character, weapons, armor, food, and more are on the screen. We
press this way and all the tiles go that way. Any tiles that match grow
in size. So two swords with a four number get an eight and merge
together. I was immediately intruiged and perplexed. What was going on
in Bone Marrow? Then an enemy would appear and we could work our way
through objects to attack them. We can build health, defense, and attack
stats within Bone Marrow.
One or two family members can play through the four maps that we spend
numerous days on. At different intervals we can start to collect the
items we have been building up. Be careful because the enemies can grab
them as well. I accidently made some monsters tougher that way before
realizing I wanted to collect the items and go to them. I also learned
to build up things like my attack points.
The idea of Bone Marrow is extremely clever. I honestly would have never
thought of doing this to make a video game. I have a few ideas for video
games that need to be on the market, but this idea would have never
occurred to me. Hats off to the developer for coming up with the idea of
Bone Marrow. I enjoyed Bone Marrow way more than I ever thought I would.
- Paul
Graphics: 75%
Sounds: 80%
Replay/Extras: 90%
Gameplay: 80%
Family Friendly Factor: 75%
System: PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/Nintendo Switch(tested)
Publisher: Ratalaika Games
Developer: Huge Pixel
Rating: ‘T’ – THIRTEEN and OLDER ONLY {Blood, Violence}
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