Alchemic Jousts is an indie developed by Lunatic Pixels, released 22 November 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Alchemic Jousts is
Alchemic Jousts is an indie game developed by Lunatic Pixels and released in 2016. It was published by Eastasiasoft. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
- Single and Multiplayer gameplay. Play vs AI and advance through the game's campaign, discovering new Skills and new game modes or challenge a friend with either local or on-line multiplayer. - Strategic combat, where your actions and skill of execution matter as much as your choices before the match starts! - Over 180 skills and upgrades to discover. Combine your known skills to discover new ones and expand your arsenal. - Multiple game modes with different objectives that will make you change the way you play as much as the skills you choose. Those include Combat, Endless, King of the Hill, Attack, Capture... - Random Global Effects, which change the general rules of each match in subtle…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and party. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Alchemic Jousts holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Alchemic Jousts launched on 22 November 2016, within three weeks of Dishonored 2, Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian and Watch Dogs 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dishonored 2, Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Watch Dogs 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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