Effie Gameplay (PS4 HD)

The game is about

Relive the sensations of classic video games with Effie, an action and adventure videogame in three dimensions of Inverge Studios that combines in its playable approach elements of combat, platforms and puzzles as well as the exploration of an extensive open world.

In Effie, the player is guaranteed to live a unique fantasy adventure where it is necessary to liberate the cities from a powerful and dark evil, like Galand, a young man who, after being maldicted by a witch with old age, embarks on a journey full of dangers and sinister creatures to recover their youth.

For its development, Inverge Studios has been inspired by titles like Ratchet and Clank, A Hat in Time, RiME, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Yooka-Laylee, Rayman, Abzu or The Legend of Zelda.

Effie is a good adventure, but not so much a good video game. It is imperative to separate both grades because, while on the one hand it is fun to enjoy Galand's trip over the approximate five hours it can take us to complete his story, on the other it is not entertaining to deal with those factors that, in the oversight of Trying to cover more than you should, are relegated to a lower quality.

Therefore, recommending its acquisition is complicated, since it would be essential to appreciate more what it offers as an experience than as a means of entertainment. It does not invite us to a challenge, nor to a system of progression that endows the title of replayability, nor to a story that is followed with deep attention, although it does go to some adventures that, before for artistic reasons that for mechanics, it is possible to keep them affection .

POSITIVE

• Elements such as the absence of indicators and the narrator make it feel like a real adventure
• Puzzles and platforms, despite their simplicity, are entertaining
• The artistic design is outstanding, and exploring the map with the shield is more than pleasant

NEGATIVE

• The story is very simple and the campaign offers no challenge
• The clashes are mediocre and they feel unnecessary
• That there is a loading screen for each death delays the flow of the trip
• The frame slumps in certain sections are excessively evident