Dandara User Reviews

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OS REVIEW

This adventure is a pixel-perfect tribute to the golden age of exploration. It captures that classic 8-bit and 16-bit spirit without the frustrating crypticness of the past. The gameplay is remarkably user-friendly, offering a smooth difficulty curve that respects your time while still providing a rewarding "hunt" for every hidden upgrade.
The background music is a true highlight—a catchy, atmospheric score that feels like it was ripped straight from a vintage cartridge, yet polished for a modern soundscape. It perfectly sets the mood as you uncover every secret corridor and forgotten chamber.
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Increíble

Excelente juego, acción, arte, detalle, música, una historia cautivante, uno de los mejores juegos que he jugado, se agradece a los creadores y desarrolladores de esta obra.

Beautiful, engrossing, challenging.

Very well done. Beautiful art direction and great controls-innovative and responsive. The world is deep and interesting and the level design is very thoughtful.
It is challenging in parts, but the largest test is one of patience. Most of my troubles came from wanting to move and shoot faster than the game or circumstances allowed for. You must account for things like the half second charge on a shot when deciding to move in sticky situations. And if you are impatient, you will suffer for it.

Edit: after playing further into the trials, no, the controls do become problematic. Later in the game the vast majority of deaths come from swiping the screen, seeing nothing happen, then getting killed. It’s still fun but in a game that’s going to require fast, perfect control, the interface can’t be anything less than perfect.
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Beautiful, engrossing, challenging.

Very well done. Beautiful art direction and great controls-innovative and responsive. The world is deep and interesting and the level design is very thoughtful.
It is challenging in parts, but the largest test is one of patience. Most of my troubles came from wanting to move and shoot faster than the game or circumstances allowed for. You must account for things like the half second charge on a shot when deciding to move in sticky situations. And if you are impatient, you will suffer for it.
Also in a mobile game, a personal irk, I need to be able to save more often. The knowledge that save spots can be 5, 10, 15 minutes away often means I can’t even start playing. But people accustomed to only playing in longer sessions won’t be bothered by this. And it does add a lot of fun and pressure to decisions more reminiscent of old, classic experiences.
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Held back by atrocious difficulty tuning

Great, unique movement system heavily burdened by a difficulty design that is nonsensical, borderline sociopathic.

Круть

Игра затянула, своей механикой и какой то внутренней красотой!
Спасибо)

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How do you complete the game!!!!!!🤬🤬🤬🤬

Great Ideas, Finicky Controls

The ideas for the game are great and well suited for a mobile device. The swiping controls did not work for me very well on my phone. The would often close the app and such, causing me to die. The camps where you respawn were often pretty far from where I would die, so there was a lot of going through the same areas again and again. The graphics and story were fantastic. I loved the idea for the gameplay, it just wasn’t great for how I was playing. I would still recommend this game, despite the issues I had.
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Briliant

This game was made to be played on a touch screen! I got the pc version on Epic for free, but it just didn’t grab my attention. When I played it here I got hoked from the very first second. Briliant metroidvania, it feels so intuitive with a graphic stylus.
The plot is mid, but who cares?

Sem Palavras

Esse jogo é incrível e com gráficos maravilhosos, seu enredo e sua forma de jogo sao muito cativantes, simplesmente um dos melhores jogos que eu já joguei. Além ainda de ser brasileiro!!!

Incrível

Parece besta de início mas é bem desafiador o game, muito bom!

Восторг 🤍

Прекрасная игра, очень атмосферная, почти 10 часов прохождения не мог оторваться. Очень интересный проработанный мир, местами похож на Stranger things. При этом он трогает что-то внутри, особенно под такой саундтрек. Механика игры довольно простая, но в игре отсутствует верх и низ, из-за чего локации воспринимаются необычно
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Metroidvania

Cumple como metroidvania. La movilidad es bastante extravagante y divertida una vez te acostumbras. La música es buena, al igual que la dificultad, que no es un paseo, pero tampoco algo imposible. Recomendado, y realmente debería tener algo más de reconocimiento en el servicio de Arcade

JUEGAZO

Difícil y desafiante,la historia y los gráficos son hermosos,me cautivó de principio a fin,definitivamente el mejor juego que he jugado

Very bad

I downloaded the game and spent all day trying to figure out where to go but it’s so confusing. Not even a hint of where to go.

Takes Me Back to Metroid Fusion

Metroid Fusion is one of my favorite games within the 2D Metroidvania genre. I remember being sucked into that game on the Gameboy Advance back in the day. I don’t play a lot of games on my phone these days simply because I either A. Don’t have the time or B. Don’t really like the games. Games either feel like a massive time commitment or are too simplistic to enjoy long term. This game is the first game in ages that has actually caught my attention. The controls are intuitive and fun. The gameplay is challenging yet rewarding. You can play for a few minutes or a few hours. When Apple Arcade first launched the titles on there were pretty lacking. It’s genuinely nice to see games like this on the service. This is probably the best one I’ve played on here.
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Отличная игра

Тем кому нравиться игры по типу Ori или blashemous зайдет

Cozy atmosphere, unique gameplay

Heavily inspired by Blasphemous

One of the best mobile games I’ve played

I haven’t even finished the game and yet I love it. Any person who loves metroidvania games like Hollow knight, Haiku The Robot, or Ori would love this game.

There’s not as many fighting modes that you would see in games like Hollow Knight, but that makes sense because it’s on mobile.

Even with that it makes up for it in accessibility. You can play or pause any time in the day and you’ll always have this game to play wherever you are because it’s on your phone.
Sure, you can play Hollow Knight on switch but I honestly find PC better. So, having a game like this is great because it’s not too complicated, and it gives you a lot of story and enemies you can fight.

I’ve always been a fan of metroidvania games, but I don’t have enough time to really experience them on PC because I’m too busy. It’s great to have a game that I can play everywhere.
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One of the Greatest Games I’ve Played

It was truly a moving experience to play Dandara. You can tell so much went into the art style, the music, the narrative. I loved it! It exceeded all expectations I had going in. The game was hard but not too hard; the story flowed well, while never feeling restrictive or too linear. I find myself looking for new games that can match the feeling of playing Dandara for the first time, which should say something about the impact this game can have ❤️
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