Songbringer Reviews
Songbringer is an adventure that its creator has called the Zelda in a procedural world. A game in which you won't have two identical worlds thanks to the popular scenario generator system. A long and difficult adventure in some of its sections, with great doses of humor and a protagonist duet quite charismatic enough to delight those who grew up with the adventures of the young hyliano.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
In the end Songbringer is an exciting, if familiar, take on the old Zelda formula that for the most part plays as good as it looks.
Songbringer is a randomly generated top-down Zelda-like that has a surprisingly cohesive story and may be worth a play if you can snag it on sale.
Songbringer is an enjoyable game that nails the Zelda dungeon-crawling aspect while still managing to bring something new to the table with the procedural seed runs, permadeath mode and a cast of unique and amusing characters.
Songbringer is a roguelike that rewards fast thinking, curiosity and persistence. With pretty high difficulty level, it's a treat for hardcore players.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Songbringer's core gameplay is enjoyable and the variety of weapons and items means that you're always unlocking something fresh and getting to experiment with new things.
An adventure dungeon crawler with a wacky and funny heart.
Songbringer is a great example of the potential of procedurally generated dungeons, if only the rest of the game was at the same level.
With medieval & cyberpunk inspirations, Songbringer is like the modern and fun version of The Legend of Zelda (in NES) that adds humor and interesting weapons but doesn't convince completely when we try to complete it.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
While it does have cracks on its surface, underneath those cracks, Songbringer sings a beautiful tune.
In theory, Songbringer should be excellent. As a procedurally generated take on the original Legend of Zelda, there's plenty of room to innovate with old and new ideas alike. Unfortunately, the old ideas feel derivative of better games and the new ideas are hardly revolutionary. The overall aesthetic and sound design do a great job at creating atmosphere, which makes it all the more disappointing when the level design falls victim to the typical procedurally generated pitfalls. Without attention specifically given to enemy placement, how areas connect, and dungeon design, Songbringer never sustains a consistent level of difficulty or quality. Procedural generation is a handy tool, but not when it's used as a substitute for actual level design.
Good adventure game with a large world to explore, unique items, and diverse combat. Suffers from many technical flaws however.
While its procedurally generated levels are one of the most beautiful i’ve ever seen, Songbringer fails on making its gameplay and, especially its combat, a compelling experience.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
It's not the deepest game, but it's smart, ridiculously pretty, and has me completely hooked.
Criticising the very point of the game might seem unfair, but I can't change my own tastes and can only speak from my own experience. If procedurally-generated worlds sit better with you and you enjoy dungeon-crawlers and action games, chances are this one's for you.
A rewarding sense of exploration drives this tribute to the 16-bit era. Strong ability based progression mechanics underline the Zelda-like comparison and procedurally generated elements complement the structure well. While its combat lacks precision, Songbringer is a very positive overall experience.
Songbringer is a game where playing it more than once is the point; it's what justifies the game's whole existence. But each time I fed in a new world seed word, I found myself enjoying the game less. The generated worlds are an interesting gimmick, but they spread Songbringer's shallow mechanics too thin. The game provides nearly limitless worlds to explore, but it didn't give me much motivation to keep at it beyond those first couple runs.
true gem of a game and a future classic
Songbringer is one of those releases you're either going to love or hate.
Songbringer is a worthwhile game to play if you're a fan of the action-adventure genre. Overall it's well made, looks nice, and the word seeds make the game fun and offers a sort of replayability most action-adventure games cannot. It's a bit unfortunate that the wonky combat makes some encounters more frustrating than they need to be, but other than that Songbringer is a well-crafted experience.