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a pretty cool game, really challenging at times, but extreamly gratifying when you beat the bosses.
it was a lkittle more challenging than it should have been for me because i was lagging, but that just made killing hades all the more rewarding.
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Played this game before and rage quit. I wish I hadn't. It is much better than I thought and I didn't know that it was based on the tale of Orpheus. Usually these pixel games feel so much better in terms of story than games that worry too much about graphics. I'm very glad I came back to this.
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Wow... Well:
After more deaths than the underworld should be able to hold, I beat the game..
Should there have been more to the ending? Yes.
Should beating the game have a hard medal?
Doubly yes.
Did I force myself to stay awake the whole night until I beat it?
Sadly, yes.
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just finished the game ... i see the entire game like the hell that he must go trough to ...not forget ... but live with fact that his beloved one is no more ... and the unique solution to this ... let a part of himself die ... or he would be condemned to live with the ghost of his love
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aw damn i killed the badguy with the bats coming out of his ass the one with the engery balls and then suddenly a rock hits me on top of the head and i have to start over again but anyway great game sad too in the end
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Beautiful story, it actually made me think about it a while. Y'know, those games that aren't shooters or mind tricks. Just a simple game that makes you think about life. 5/5
Also the fact that my right arrow key is broken :D
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No idea if it is my computer or the game, but for a platformer which demands exact timing and cares about positioning the controls are incredibly dodgy.
Jumping twice in quick succession, and jumping while running both seem unreliable.
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Oh, man, this game blew my mind. I didn't understand why it was called "Don't Look Back" until I defeated the big boss and realized it was the tale of Orpheus. Smooth gameplay, awesome pixel graphics, haunting ending, and a really satisfyingly hard challenge, to boot.
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:) The Fact That He Took His Mind To A Place Where He Knows His Love One Is Still With Him And Will Always Be, The Fact He Couldn't Turn Back Because She Was The Past And That He Will Never See Her Again But She Will Always Be In His Heart Forever And Never Forgotten <3
-Love Is Blind-
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5/5 game. Overall well-done! As to the story, I know it. The gun represents his Harp, and this was the tale of a Bard.
This actually was a mythological reference. I don't remember the name, but it was about the most famous bard of the time, and he was so great, no one could resist the beautiful tunes of his instrument. He calmed Cerberus with his melody, even drove him to sleep, as well as ease the souls of Hades domain. Passed through, and begged Hades for the life of his loved one. Persephone, Hades Stockholm-syndrome wife, agreed. So Hades said "Don't look back until you leave, or I'll take her from you."
We don't know what makes him look back, but as the story goes, he does...
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NINE years after getting the badges, here we met again... I never forgot this game actually. Some times I just remembered (that game where you couldn't turn back was great). Now in 2018 it looks even better. Great sound, great art (!), everything is so well made. I wonder if a game like this was released for NES or Atari back then?! It would be a classic nowadays. Great job, five stars. And it can look a bit tricky one some screens, but it's not that hard.