ReCore Reviews
A smart action game with bags of personality and a few unique twists of its own, ReCore is most definitely worth investing in. It's big, sometimes difficult, fairly engrossing, and fun while it lasts.
With some polish and better character and story development ReCore could have easily passed as a $60
ReCore is a game that has two great strengths, solid insights behind the game mechanics and captivating art-design, which together hold the bar of interest high throughout the course of the adventure. That Keiji Inafune and his Comcept are recovering the hand after a really subdued Mighty N9 is evident, but unfortunately, even this time they are not enough to really raise the fortunes of this game.
Review in Italian | Read full review
While the story may not be as fleshed out as older adventure games, it definitely has the right spirit in mind.
ReCore is a solid and fun game well worth the $40 price tag. There are some technical issues with framerate and load times but the gameplay more than makes up for it. If you are looking for an old school style game then ReCore has you covered.
I didn't expect ReCore to be quite as big as it is, and from the looks of things it's possible its developers didn't either. Its world, while interesting to explore for a good while, is ultimately too big with too little happening in it to be a totally serviceable housing for the strong combat and platforming gameplay within. It feels like a great, arcadey action platformer spread across too big a canvas, and it asks you to draw back over the same lines a few too many times
An adventure with an old-school flavor, which treasures many interesting ideas and moments of brilliance, but carries several performance problems and some questionable design decisions. Despite this, it is very enjoyable.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Half the price it originally was, but now twice as good – this third person take on Metroid Prime has been remastered into the game it always should have been.
ReCore is fun game betrayed by technical woes. I love the combination of shooting and platforming, but it just doesn't have enough polish to back up its solid mechanics. It could have used some extra time in development to smooth the experience out.
Eden isn't as big as No Man's Sky's universe or even Far Cry 4's mountainous terrain, but it's got far more compelling reasons to stick around.
ReCore is a competent shooter and platformer, but long load screens and brutally short play-through weigh it down.
ReCore will be a welcome blast from the past for some, but others will struggle to come to terms with the more archaic components of the experience.
ReCore is plagued with horrible load times. The average length during my playthrough was close to two minutes and even surpassed that on a couple occasions.
Recore ultimately fails to set itself apart from the many TPS that exist on the market and its "unfinished" look won't help it stay in gamers' memory as it should. The title manages to grab the player in the first few minutes, but quickly becomes frustrating and redundant. It is to be hoped that patches will arrive quickly to correct the concerns present at the release. Not everything is tossed in Recore, however, and TPS arcade fans will be delighted to have taken part in an adventure that deserves to be available at a low price from launch.
Review in French | Read full review
ReCore is an interesting robotic Frankenstein of various game parts. They don't always work well together, but when they do the collective whole is a rather wonderful creation. However as not all parts were created equal expect some frustration and the occasional fumble.
Victories in ReCore, whether they were rooted in platforming or combat skill always felt satisfyingly earned, and that for me was enough to balance all the frustration along the way. But if I hadn't enjoyed the Disney-like tone of ReCore's story and had not genuinely liked the game's characters, my patience for ReCore's shortcomings would probably have strained to the breaking point.
Ultimately, I'm left in two minds with ReCore. While its platforming and shooting gameplay was fun, if not a tad basic, the story is there to do little more than drive things forward, and the environment it all comes in is dull and not enjoyable to explore.
ReCore has a lot of great things going for it. Joule is a likable protagonist and her robotic companions are outright adorable. The platforming exploration is an absolute blast.
Recore is a game constantly looking for a balance between its many souls. Developers had obviously aimed high but were forced to downsize along the way. The result is a title still enjoyable , an obvious homage to an old way of creating action-adventure games, with all the pros and cons of the case. Here and there one can see touches of modernity, but the adventure is a basic old school structure which draws liberally from the tradition, not always with satisfactory results.
Review in Italian | Read full review
ReCore is the perfect example of a title with great ideas that simply did not find a safe path within its execution, because despite all its virtues, we could never see its true potential put into operation.
Review in Spanish | Read full review