Though its aesthetic may turn some biased gamers away, they’ll be missing out on some of the best single-player action that $15 can buy. With its supremely satisfying swordplay, enthralling exploration, and a story you’ll want to see through to the end, Dust feels like the Xbox homage to Vanillaware’s cult classics Odin Sphere and Muramasa. Achievement hunters will also get a kick out of the game’s 30 achievements, which all unlock with a satisfying cadence as you carry out Dust’s heroic deeds. In terms of difficulty, Dust is as challenging as you want it to be: On Normal, you can see most of the content (with some treasure-hunting backtracking) in around 12 hours, while on Hardcore, every single encounter becomes a desperate fight for survival.
Striving for 117% completion is fun enough on its own, but leaderboards for the addictive Cirelian Trial challenge rooms are sure to please competitive gamers. This gratifying combat is blended masterfully into a Metroidvania-style world, where exploration is rewarded with hidden items and new abilities.
Instead of finding the best combo and sticking with it, you’ll simply incorporate new tricks, like parrying and air-dashing, into Dust’s fantastically straightforward free-flow swordfights. You won’t have to memorize or train additional button combos to take down your opponents, either. Combat starts off gripping and stays that way, granting you fresh abilities to change up the pace at exactly the right times. You’ll be slashing through imaginative enemies in droves throughout Dust, utilizing a potent mix of swordplay and magic to slice and dice through your attackers. That said, it’s hard to appreciate these little touches when you’re focusing all your attention on hacking hordes of monsters to death.
While exploring each new area, you’ll be in awe at how many small details you can spot in the lush illustrated backgrounds. Within minutes of starting the game, you’ll be admiring the gorgeous hand-drawn visuals – every backdrop has a subtle liveliness to it, with small details like trees gently swaying in the breeze and constantly shifting weather. As the amnesiac cat warrior Dust, you wake up in a daze to be greeted by the Blade of Ahrah, a talkative mystic broadsword, and its pipsqueak guardian Fidget.
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