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The Messenger
Sabotage
August 29, 2018
Genres
Platform, Adventure, Indie, ArcadeDevelopers
SabotageRelease Date
August 29, 2018 (6 years and 11 months ago)Publishers
Devolver DigitalContent Rating
E10 Fantasy Violence, Language, Crude Humor
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Summary
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan's survival. Leveraging players expectations as a core game design ingredient, The Messenger is first presented as an 8-bit action platformer with a simple story, that unravels into an epic time traveling tale, eventually revealing itself as a 16-bit Metroidvania game packed with replay value and deadpan humor.
Genres
Platform, Adventure, Indie, ArcadePlatforms
PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo SwitchDevelopers
SabotageRelease Date
August 29, 2018 (6 years and 11 months ago)Publishers
Devolver DigitalContent Rating
E10 Fantasy Violence, Language, Crude Humor
Franchises
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