Classic Game Room - DUST: AN ELYSIAN TAIL review

Classic Game Room reviews DUST: AN ELYSIAN TAIL for PC from Humble Hearts and Microsoft Studios released in 2012. Dust An Elysian Tail is available on PC and Xbox 360 and plays like a cartoon animal filled Metroidvania game! Adventure, explore, level up and grind in this lively, colorful RPG style side scrolling adventure. Dust plays like cross between Metroid and Castlevania and features excellent, button mashing combat as well as unlockable weapons and items to be discovered. CGR Dust an Elysian Tail (Tale) revie features Dust video review game play recoreded from the Steam PC version of Dust.

[keeperxiii]

Let us not forget that this ONE person made a game that is more optimized/scalable than most indie games out there.

[isaiahDK]

It was created almost entirely by ONE person named Dodrill. An illustrator/animator that worked on Jazz Jackrabbit 2. Very impressive.

[Fortuna]

CGR: Now with more disco style arcade room

[PremierRikLatyeskov]

This game is Free for Xbox Live Gold for this month, I downloaded it and now I can't stop playing it, it's fun as hell!

[Taiju]

Same here, but I was upset to hear that he didn't really play it for the story, only for the combat. Dust's story is an amazing tale full of feels.

[AnotherComputer]

A room with a disco ball, a El-Camino, a bunch of arcade machines and old school console beer.
Yup, this is Intergalactic Space Arcade alright, you can't have this much awesomeness on planet Earth.

[MetaWhiteYoshi]

Aww, Fidget is one of my favorite characters ever.

[TheCompletionist]

This game looks absolutely amazing, it will definitely be a buy when I find time to play my XBOX 360. I think the fact that one person did the majority of this game is a worthwhile accomplishment and I would rather get behind projects like this. I'm glad this person did it himself with the amount of talent and worth ethic he has. I'm glad this didn't have to go through a kickstarter.

[WeHaveExplosive]

I remember you could get a talking sword in Baldur's Gate 2, that guy was hysterical.

[megaman]

Thats an awesome game, that arts, that story, that music, good gameplay.... Damn i want a 2nd game!

[Arcadiality]

I'm loving that disco ball. awesome space, man!

[BillyBetYT]

This ranks among my favorite Xbox Live Arcade games, among other classics like Trials Evo, Fez, Mark of the Ninja, Super Meatboy, and the Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom.

[SWellusionist]

Hard to believe this game was made by 1 person

[germanium]

This game looks flippin' awesome!

[hondragrid]

I hope Mark and everyone here understands that the 'Mysterious Wall Chicken' is actually a reference to the hidden chicken you find in walls in the classic Castlevania games.

[Linkous]

I loved this game. It's like Don Bluth created a game in the vein of Muramasa. Great visuals, gameplay that (almost) never gets old, mostly good voice acting, and great music. Plus, I have a thing for anthropomorphic animals. They need to make a sequel.

[BioWeapon-N]

I'm still waiting for a dang sequel to this day.

[Blakobness]

Aww, I like the little Nimbat... Might get this game.

[RevolverOcelot]

I wish this was on vita too but oh well. Would be nice to have this game on the go.

[MaxOVADrive]

Wall chicken is a reference to Castlevania. In SotN there is a wall chicken pretty early on.