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  1. June 4, 2023 - Day 155 - NewPlay Review
    Total NewPlays: 171

    Game: Underhero

    Platform: Steam
    Release Date: Sep 19, 2018
    Library Date: Feb 29, 2020
    Unplayed: 1191d (3y3m6d)
    Playtime: 41m

    Underhero is a quirky little 2D pixel art platformer with timing-based combat.

    The game opens with you controlling a fully-levelled herp who is seemingly at the end of his quest to rescue a princess.

    Then he gets killed by a minion.

    You are now controlling that minion, and things only get weirder from then on.

    Fights are timing-based, and you get extra points for hits on the beat. There are some RPG-lite levelling antics going on as well, and the whole thing kind of sits together quite well.

    The quirky humour is what pushed it beyond "meh" for me - it's still a pixel art platformer, after all, but one I'll keep around for when I'm in the mood.

    Underhero is:

    3: OK

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