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Gunmetal Arcadia Zero

Unrest brews in the city of Arcadia, and a monstrous enemy approaches. As the young elf Vireo, you will heed the call of adventure: choose a weapon, choose a side, and rise to be the hero your city needs. Gunmetal Arcadia Zero features classic platformer action and world-class CRT simulation technology that evokes the aesthetics of past generations.

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Steam User 6281STEAMRecommended

This game is not inherently bad, however, it has inherently bad design choices.

Example, there are enemy placements which make them hard, if not impossible, to be able to dodge and do a no hit run. There is not enough money in one run, unless you know beforehand, that you need lava immunity in order to not take damage in the final dungeon. There are flying enemies that make it extremely hard to not take damage and fall. There are enemies place specifically in some spots to knock you back into instant death spikes. There are enemies placed in such ways that they can hit you off screen for damage.

The game wants you to take damage, and will go out of its way to do so. The lives system is, in essence, not even needed, as you can just continue anyway, only you lose progress. It's an artifact of the time it's trying to emulate, but without the actual punishment of no continues by virtue of having a save system.

The game is short, very much so if you know what you're doing. Even without it, you will get maybe 3 hours, if that, from the game, more if you're going for beating it under 30 minutes and keep messing up. This is not to say it's a bad thing, it's just something to keep in mind if you're going to consider getting it.

This is a very edge case game for me. I'm very slightly more on the side of a recommend, but I wish there was a neutral option to select.

Nov 6, 2025·3h·Verified

Steam User 8899STEAMRecommended

When they say classic platformer action, they mean it literally. If this was on a cartridge, I'd blow on it.

Oct 13, 2025·4h·Verified