Submitted 6 hours ago by mrfriki@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
Hi everyone! Yesterday I was checking the demo of Acrolyte, a pixel art metroidvania. The think I liked the most was the controls scheme, it was like the old game Abuse, keyboard for movement and mouse for aiming. So my question is, do you know any other modern (or not as modern) games that are similar? As in side scroller where you aim with the mouse. Doesn’t matter if it is 2D, 2.5D or pixel art.
Cheers!
The title made me think you were looking for stuff like QWOP.
I haven’t played it in a while (a decade, even), so I may be mistaken, but I know of Ghost 1.0.
(it’s definitely not “modern” though)
Yes, it looks promising, and it doesn’t looks that old. Thank you!
Way back I played a bit of A.R.E.S: Extinction Agenda (store.steampowered.com/…/ARES_Extinction_Agenda/) - it’s a bit of a score attack game, but controls pretty similarly to Abuse.
If purely multiplayer game is your thing, Teeworlds (store.steampowered.com/app/380840/Teeworlds/ , teeworlds.com) controls just like Abuse. It’s about cure orb-shaped creatures duking it out. It’s free, btw.
Definitely looks like was i looking for, will be checking it, thanks!
Oh, also: Rochard - if you can get it anywhere, it is pretty dope. It’s a bit of a mix of action & puzzle platformer but with Abuse-like controls. It was pulled from steam years ago, dunno if it’s available on consoles still.
Seems to fit plus it looks cute. Thanks so much!
Damarus@feddit.org 4 hours ago
Noita and good old Soldat come to mind
theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
Was gonna say Noita, great game but unforgiving as fuck!
mrfriki@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Oh, i didn’t realize Noita had mouse aiming and it has been in my wishlist forever. Also love the tiny characters of Soldat. Many thanks!