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The Messenger

by Sabotage

  • Released Aug 30, 2018
  • $19.99
  • 15 h to beat
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One

93%positive reviews

12,368 positive988 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Charming retro platforming with a clever twist

  • Good soundtrack and graphics

Cons

  • Feels less fun after the early hours

  • Mid-game structure drifts

Mixed

  • Some call it a platformer peak, others call it okay

Media

Trailer (YouTube)Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or newer (64 bit)

Processor: Intel core i5-4210 1.7ghz

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4400

Storage: 1200 MB available space

Sound Card: Onboard soundcard or better

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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…

Ratings

  • 79IGDB players195 ratings
  • 87Critics8 reviews
  • 83Overall203 scores

Time to beat

  • 14.5 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 15.5 hStory and extraswith side content

Details

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Languages

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
English
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese (Brazil)
Russian
Spanish (Spain)
Portuguese (Portugal)

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