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Bloodroots
Betrayed by his partners and left for dead, Mr. Wolf is hell-bent on enacting his revenge - alone, and vastly outnumbered. Thankfully for Mr. Wolf, in Bloodroots the world is your weapon. In this relentless action game, you'll choreograph spectacular, ultra-violent combos by making use of everything around you, from hatchets, to ladders, to...carro...
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- Released
- February 27, 2020
- Developer
- Paper Cult
- Publisher
- Paper Cult
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Bloodroots Reviews
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Bloodroots is a fast-paced action game developed by Paper Cult with a wild west setting. In Bloodroots, you and the majority of the enemies only need to be hit
Each level ends with a cut scene and you are also able to listen to the ghosts of previously slain bosses at the campfire before you start the next one. The story fills out via these moments between the normal all action game play. Bonus levels are also included every now and then which require the destruction of multiple dummy targets within a set time limit. These are however irrelevant to the main story.
A highly enjoyable action romp, with a winning sense of humour and a hugely entertaining range of unusually varied weapons.
Bloodroots is a very simple, straightforward game at face value, but it's also one that offers tons of replayability and features a high skill ceiling. If you're a fan of games that are all about mastering gameplay mechanics in pursuit of that one, perfect run, you really can't do better so far in 2020 than Bloodroots. It's a game that I'm very much looking forward to returning to time and time again over the coming months.
Bloodroots is an incredibly well-made action title that will keep you hooked with its excellent, flowing combat gameplay. The ability to use pretty much every item littering the world as a weapon means you'll be constantly experimenting to find the most efficient way of defeating your foes. Some lengthy load times and a few camera issues aside, this is a game that almost certainly belongs in your Switch library.
You will swear at the screen a lot when playing Bloodroots. Mr Wolf will die hundreds if not thousands of times throughout your run, and sometimes you'll just need to put the game down and walk away. Yet Bloodroots can sink its claws into you in a way that few games do. It is a challenge put in front of you that you will want to prove you can overcome. Freaking Bloodroots, man.
Not since Hotline Miami has a game so successfully married ultraviolence with one-more-go arcade action, or so successfully made me really mad
Bloodroots is best described as a super stylish and fast-paced action game. It’s a violent affair where reactions are quick and the death toll climbs even quicker. Expect to leave a trail of corpses in your wake as you rampage through the Weird West.
When the credits rolled, I was just as impressed with Bloodroots‘ story as I was the claret-soaked action. But that same action had also taken its toll on me. There’s a certain type of player that will love Bloodroots; one that’s full of determination and grit. Many, however, might just find its trial and error nature annoying. There’s also the fact that Switch just probably isn’t the best format to play it on. Handheld play puts up more barriers between you enjoying the chaotic action, while performance issues and long loading times break immersion.
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Bloodroots presents an amazing combat sandbox and then forces players into rote memorization of the developer's set path. No amount of Samurai Jack styling can make that fun.