The Lightbringer is an adventure developed by Rock Square Thunder, released 7 October 2021 on Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Lightbringer is
The Lightbringer is an adventure game developed by Rock Square Thunder and released in 2021. It was published by Zordix Publishing. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The world is under siege by a malicious corruption, targeting the ancient monoliths that gave power and light to these lands. As the chosen one, you have the ability to harness pure light energy from the air, energy that will aid you in cleansing the monoliths to bring back their light. Explore, jump and fight your way through each level while gathering light motes. Every level functions like its own little world, and you’ll need to venture off the beaten path to find enough to cleanse the level’s monolith.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Lightbringer holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 7 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The Lightbringer launched on 7 October 2021, within three weeks of Age of Empires IV, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Far Cry 6. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires IV, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Far Cry 6.
Official trailer
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