[Review] Eryi's Action

There are three kinds of platformers. Those like Super Mario Bros which have a decent difficult, Metroidvanias which tend to be a tad harder, and then there are the so-called "trapformers" which are plain unfair. Eryi's Action is one of them and I couldn't help but to try it given I can't say no to a challenge.

The game features Eryi, a green-haired little girl who found out the melon she was so looking forward to eat was stolen by Farta the Troll (How dare she!) and thus she set on a quest to retrieve her melon. A quest that not even Hercules would be able to fulfill because there are a lot of traps set in the different stages, and they will all catch you by surprise. In fact, the game will count the amount of times you've died instead of telling you how many lives you have and, as if it wasn't already hard enough, that'll change some traps in the game.
Talking about the traps, you can tell they were carefully planned and set up in a way even the most experienced gamers wouldn't see them coming. It can get frustrating yet at the same time it's funny and you will want to try it again, and again, and again until you manage to avoid all the traps in the levels and finish it. Also this game is more enjoyable with friends, especially when you're not the one who's playing.

That melon would better be something to die for

This game is also compatible with Xbox controllers, which I personally recommend to use instead of the keyboard because there are moments where you need to be very precise with your jumps and it's easier to do so with a controller than with a keyboard (and as a bonus you'll have something else to throw at the screen if you get too frustrated).
Art-wise both the characters and the scenery are drawn in a very cutesy manner to contrast with the excessive difficulty of the game. Sadly the resolution is stuck at 640x480 which makes it look a bit blurry when playing on fullscreen.

Look, it's the goal! There are totally not any more traps in this level!

Would I recommend this game? Yes. The game is fun despite of how easily it could drive anybody mad. The game is not unbeatable though, since with enough patience you can figure out how to avoid each trap and finish the levels.

Extra information:

Developer: Xtal Sword

Publisher: Nyu Media
Language: English

Avaliable platforms: PC (Steam)

System Requirements:

- Windows XP/Vista/7

- CPU: 1 GHz processor

- Memory: 512 MB RAM

- Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card

- Hard Disk: 200 MB of available hard disk space

- Sound: DirectX compatible audio card