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A leather suit of armor goes from looking like its made of construction paper to gaining a more supple texture, depth of color, and rounded form. Every piece of gear you find is in a diminished form, but if you take them to specific spots in the world, you can reignite them with the memories of their former owners and power them up, raising their stats and abilities. Much of the backtracking is standard locked-door-is-now-unlocked sort of stuff, but the weapons and armor you gather through your journey present another persistent temptation to retread old steps.

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Skater XL Mod Maps and Gear Available Now on Xbox Written by Tom Marks It’s a well-dressed way to take some sting off of the immense amount of backtracking required to progress, but doesn’t replace the convenience of a fast travel system.

But the regions themselves connect to each other through a labyrinth of paths that are presented like a backstage area for NPCs to stage themselves, complete with break rooms and “motivational” posters meant to remind monsters to be scary and that their job is to be chaff for aspiring heroes.

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Each region is full of its own secret corners and winding routes that double back on themselves to reveal shortcuts and the like. The post-apocalyptic world of Nostalgaia also adds some character to this otherwise tried and true structure in interesting ways, using a cool mix of 3D and pixelated graphics. They come in some memorable shapes and sizes too, like a giant marauding beast made out of corpses or a dancing Buddha-like creature. Bosses, of which there are very few, were reasonably tough, requiring some time to properly learn their tricky attack patterns and figure out the right time to strike. With the exception of one creature in particular that resembled Toad but as a sword-handed centaur, no single regular monster felt oppressive in the ways some Souls mini-bosses can feel. From pretty basic knife-wielding rogues to hulking armored knights to evasive little forest goblins that turn into cardboard animals to hide from you, every zone has a new problem to solve. The monsters you’ll be fighting come in many forms that constantly challenge your gameplan. The world adds character to this otherwise tried and true structure. The same transformation happens to the iconic gear you power up as well, and these are always fun scenes that I never skipped. Checkpoint “bonfires” are called beacons here, and when you light them, the 8-bit, 2D spaces surrounding them become fully textured 3D environments. That boils down to traveling to various points and killing world bosses called Great Ones, but there are many aesthetic choices that help spice this recognizable formula up.

Your hero, a literal stick figure, must bring memories back to a world that is losing them all at a steady clip. The land of Nostalgaia is a dense tapestry of video game callbacks, with its different regions falling into low-poly despondency because their heroes are no longer there to play out the various stories that keep the place alive.

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That makes actually playing The Last Hero of Nostalgaia much more fun than it would be, as its campaign is otherwise an inoffensive series of checkpoint hunts with combat that might pay a little too much of an homage to the Souls-family of games. This colorfully pixelated world is filled to the brim with little nods to some of the most iconic games of all time in a way that manages to stay fresh through to the end. The Last Hero of Nostalgaia, ironically, is at its best when it’s drumming up gags that are funny and clever even removed from its constantly referential concept. When something leans too heavily on nostalgia to entertain, it’s often a sign that it can’t stand on its own without praying on your sentimentality.

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