Lynked: Banner of the Spark
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Lynked: Banner of the Spark - Official Trailer | Wholesome Direct 2025
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Critic Reviews for Lynked: Banner of the Spark
Lynked: Banner of the Spark doesn’t reinvent the roguelite genre; it just reinvigorates it.
All in all, Lynked: Banner of the Spark is a fun idea with a cute aesthetic and an addicting gameplay loop. Unfortunately, its implementation of Online Mode is incredibly frustrating.
Lynked: Banner of the Spark is a great game for fans of dungeon crawlers and roguelikes. The combat can be a little tricky to get the hang of as you'll have to learn how to time your attacks and dodge when necessary to avoid taking huge chunks of damage. The town building aspects provide a lot of ways to customize your home base between missions and show them off to your friends in co-op. If you're looking for a dungeon crawler where you can customize your town between missions, Lynked: Banner of the Spark is well worth the price.
Lynked: Banner of the Spark from developer FuzzyBot is a cornucopia of different types of gameplay experiences rolled into one title and balanced in ways that work well together. The story is good, the action is easy and fun, and the crafting/building helps to bring a juxtaposition to the game’s action component. While not all of it works, the game still brings what it needs to create a big, unique, and entertaining experience.
Lynked: Banner of the Spark balances excellent dungeon crawling with solid town-building mechanics for a really satisfying experience
Lynked: Banner of the Spark is a totally fine attempt at blending an action RPG with a life sim foundation. The town building aspects are stronger than the action RPG component, but even if the combat left something to be desired, it's an enjoyable game. The online interaction is largely a disappointment, especially because it's an online structure that seems adversarial to the handheld half of the Switch. This won't go down as a memorable Nintendo Direct shadowdrop, but it's a game that has some heart, even if it gets lost in some of the repetition and online emptiness.
Lynked: Banner of the Spark is an excellent game for co-op hack and slash action that features so many elements, it'll make your head spin. 🔗
: Banner of the Spark is exactly the kind of genre experiment I like to see. By mixing roguelite missions with cosy life sim elements, it avoids feeling like “just another run-based game.” There’s always something new to do, whether that’s trying out a weapon build, customising your town, or just fishing because, well, fishing is great. Combat isn’t flawless, and some weapon handling could use a little polish, but none of that stopped me from enjoying the heck out of this game. Add in generous free Switch-to-Switch 2 upgrade support and a heap of content, and you’ve got something that feels both playful and generous.
