Tunic

"The best "Zelda" that isn&s;t coming from Nintendo, an unique adventure both in visuals and presentation that puts on the table smart and intelligent ideas. A game that any adventure fan looking for a new challenge should play on Xbox …"

"Delightfully difficult combat and meaningful exploration make Tunic a retro-inspired modern marvel."

"Inspired by retro classics, Tunic is a charming action-adventure with a strong focus on exploration and discovery."

"Tunic is a masterpiece of adventure and exploration. More than a tribute to Zelda, it is a game that deserves your full attention."

"In the end, I can’t help but feel increasingly enamoured by the sights and encounters. And by the time you get to the dungeons and underground fortresses, you’ll already lulled into a meditative state, as you give in to your …"

"Tunic turns its many influences into something that feels both familiar and gloriously new."

"Tunic is gorgeous, managing to build a world full of mystery and opportunities for exploration, with a wonderful sense of exploration."

"Tunic&s;s world is as mysterious as it is beautiful. The world is a treasure trove of puzzles to solve coupled with a myriad of bosses determined to test your fortitude."

"It’s the perfect palate cleanser, taking anywhere between six and 20 hours, and absolutely essential if you’ve got a fondness for adventure games with a potion in their pocket, a cape around their neck, and a twinkle in their eye."

"Tunic is a certified gem that&s;s filled with so many different layers, which keep it original from its inspirations. The level of detail and hidden depth is outstanding for an indie title that shows what can be achieved with clever …"

"Tunic manages to take something (obviously on a smaller scale) from Zelda, Dark Souls and Death&s;s Door, resulting in a challenging and fascinating action-adventure even if it lacks any truly original ideas."

"The fact that this charming game was created by a single person is astounding. Tunic delightfully combines what we loved about games from our childhood with modern day influences. With tons of challenging enemies to encounter, cryptic puzzles to solve, …"

"There are a lot of interesting and dangerous places in Tunic that offer enough diversity to make the game exciting the whole way through. The fixed camera angle makes it easy to miss hidden areas, such as a path behind …"

"Tunic is something really special. Before anything else, it’s a clear love letter to the old-school action-adventure games of the Eighties and Nineties. Beyond that, it’s an ingenious, brief and occasionally challenging masterclass of modern game design that feels much …"

"Tunic brilliantly captures the feeling of that special childhood title that made you fall in love with video games."

"A beguilingly beautiful and practically pitch-perfect mixture of Legend of Zelda and Dark Souls mechanics, Tunic is a boundlessly charming and highly challenging adventure that gets so much right that it borders on ridiculousness."

"And yet, despite its obvious muses, Tunic manages to rise above mere flattery, by paying deeper homage to the medium itself."

"Zelda-like adventure game starring an adorable fox recalls a pre-internet era when games felt like secret worlds"

"You&s;d be wrong to assume the cute fox-like protagonist and colourful world implies Tunic is a relaxing little adventure for all ages – it&s;s anything but. Tunic requires a lot of intuitive thinking and patience to navigate its beautiful world …"

"Tunic is a great game for a specific audience. The target gamer is someone who has patience, loves puzzles and isn’t bothered by dead ends and roadblocks. For those folks, Tunic is a delightful Zelda-inspired ARPG that unfolds into something …"

"Tunic offers players an adventure full of mystery, but delivers a purposefully obtuse world that&s;s impossible to sort out."

"Developer Finji has put together something special with this game, a game that lures players in with its adorable mascot character and delivers a deceptively difficult adventure."

"Dicey&s;s Zelda-inspired indie adventure Tunic gives players a magical world to explore, if they can handle the game&s;s difficulty."

"I enjoyed Tunic, and I was pleased during most of my time with the game. It’s challenging, but it’s also tranquil. It’s a little slice of puzzle-y goodness in the middle of multiple massive open-world releases, and for that I’m …"

"Tunic harkens back to the 16-bit era with a challenging adventure full of discovery and wonder."

"Tunic is an unapologetically challenging action-adventure game that is charming, multi-layered, and immensely rewarding to solve."

"Thanks to a fantastic world, and a series of magnificent puzzles, Tunic is positioned as one of the best independent games of 2022."

"If you’re a fan of exploration and puzzle-based adventure games, then playing Tunic is a no-brainer. While it does have elements of Souls games, it has more elements from The Legend of Zelda series and lots of elements from other …"

"We won&s;t spoil what happens, but Tunic slowly peels back layers right to the very end. It&s;s a cohesive, satisfying game that scratches an old school action-adventure itch, going above and beyond with subversive, cerebral puzzles. It maybe goes on …"

"It speaks the language of games gone by while injecting both modernity and its own personal twist."