Valfaris
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Valfaris Trailers
Valfaris | Release Date Trailer | PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Valfaris | E3 2019 Trailer | PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
Valfaris | Gameplay | Landing Pad + Eco Chambers
Critic Reviews for Valfaris
Valfaris is a dark, mean sci-fi trek through a corrupted landscape that can only be cleansed through fire.
Overall, Valfaris is a much better game than its predecessor, introducing new systems and ideas to help keep its action-platformer formula engaging and interesting.
Valfaris is a superb action-platformer filled with violence, a killer soundtrack, and some gorgeously grotesque pixel art.
Valfaris is an excellent and challenging action platformer with a wonderfully designed combat system. The balancing of close combat, laser action, and the shared resource for shield and subweapons mean that most encounters require a careful and skilful approach. The result in a standout title that shows how far Steel Mantis have come from the flawed Slain: Back From Hell.
If you're still thirsty for classic run & gun Contra lookalike, the new game from Slain's developer it's just that: a pixelated heavy metal orgy full of shots, sword swinging and blood. A classic template, but with an enormous weapon selection, environments and lots of bosses. The experts on the genre may find it an intense, but short, ride.
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While Valfaris is in many ways an excellent game, it's held back by some significant design flaws and technical problems.
Valfaris doesn’t do anything noteworthily new, but the hectic, intense, satisfying experience it offers shouldn’t pass you by.
A heavy metal steeped side-scrolling blaster that is awash in blood, gore and super solid platforming shooter beats, Valfaris is essential for anyone looking for a challenging affair that does ample justice to Konami's poorly treated Contra franchise.
