Chronicles of 2 Heroes: Amaterasu's Wrath

Game Info

Chronicles of 2 Heroes is an intense 16-bit action platformer with Metroidvania elements and a singular mechanic: you can switch in real-time between the two main characters! The Samurai and the Kunoichi have unique, surprising combat styles that you will need to master to save feudal Japan from the goddess Amaterasu and her fearsome minions.

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Released

5/26/2023

Platforms

Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One

Engines

Unreal Engine 4

Type

Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade

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Reviews

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 4:18:27 PM

2 Steam users votes up

Shotgun Justice

Steam user

The character swapping in this game is annoying, unlike other metroidvania games like Astalon or Monster Boy and the cursed kingdom.
Why? Because one character can jump and the other cannot, but it's worse than that. You use the same button for jump on one of them as you do for dashing on the other one. My brain keeps telling me to press it to jump when I'm the other guy. It's entirely manageable, but not a fun mental excersize to engage in and it makes playing the game unpleasant to me. It slows the gameplay down as you keep telling yourself 'oh no, wait, I can't do that, gotta press the character swap button'. It acts as a needlessly annoying interference.
I don't see what purpose it serves to break up the age-old 'your character can run & jump & dash' into 2 separate beings. It just adds a layer of clunk to a basic QoL one is used too as a means of creating some challenge here and there. With that line of thinking, why don't we make it take 6 well-memorised button presses like its a Mortal Kombat combo in order to do something as basic as jump.

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Storyline

Between 400 and 600 A.D., Amaterasu’s wrath dragged Ancient Japan into a time of wars, famine, and epidemics. Her disciple, Empress Imiko, rule over Japan with an iron fist and imposes terror with her mighty army. All hopes rest on two siblings, Kensei the samurai and Ayame the kunoichi, who will fight their way to bring back peace to the land. Thanks to their abilities and the people that they will meet on their journey, they will get into the imperial capital of Osaka to steal the three sacred treasures, the empress’ source of power.

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