Concursion
Dark Lord Bigunbad has - sigh - once again kidnapped the princess. But this time his evil schemes have gone too far and torn open a number of rifts between realities. You start where most platformers finish at…
Concursion is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Puuba, released 6 June 2014 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Concursion is
Concursion is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Puuba and released in 2014. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Lightweight Java Game Library.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dark Lord Bigunbad has - sigh - once again kidnapped the princess. But this time his evil schemes have gone too far and torn open a number of rifts between realities. You start where most platformers finish at the bad guy’s castle and run, jump, fly, fight and occasionally dance through the kingdom on your quest to unearth the truth behind these rifts and put a stop to Bigunbad, once and for all.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 24 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Concursion holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 39% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 or equivalent, 2 GB RAM and 1GB, OpenGL 1.5+. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Concursion launched on 6 June 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Shovel Knight. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Shovel Knight.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
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