Amateurs of retro games, Sabotage studio must have taken your attention in recent years. In 2018, this young Quebec team that celebrates these five years (and now has twenty-two developers) was made known thanks to its title The Messenger. This sharp and seductive action platform game pixel art We traveled between the 8 and 16 bit eras via spatio-temporal portals. While Sabotage just announced its next game Sea of Stars, here is the ideal opportunity to (re)discover the rising star of Quebec. During our exchange at Gamescom 2018, the studio was, let us recall, still unknown to the battalion. History of a success story announced!
The Messenger or the Way to Success
THe Messenger is not just a mere tribute to Shinobi. With a neat writing, its uncomplicated meta approach and its cleverly dosed humour notes especially in VO, the game met a deserved critical success when it was released. Sound OST chiptune perfectly matched with her gameplay At the tip of the scalpel. The passage of portals from 8 bit to 16 bits instantly changed and the appearance of the title and the stamp of the OST. A brilliant idea and trademark of the title. Avec his character of the volubile merchant, always ready to tell you about old Quebec legends, the game is not lacking in charm.
We feel that there is a lot of personal experience that can be seen from the genesis of the game to its final release. The platform was also the occasion of beautiful prowess and a treat for the speedruns like those we could see for Celeste, Othere Canadian flagship of typified games retrogaming known for their nano-milimeter requirement. Fans of The Messenger have been able to extend the experience in 2019 with the DLC Picnic Panic.
Jump jump jump!
With this technique of "jump stepping“, The Messenger makes it possible to have a double leap to infinity for as little as one manages to touch an enemy or surface. Very quickly, play the card of the cheese to defy gravity to never touch the ground and chain the voltiges between the balls of the enemies. Grisant when mastered, this evolving way is part of the DNA of the game. A rather full-bodied challenge that tends in the second half of the adventure towards metroidvania. The round-trips to collect relics needed to advance the plot broke the rhythm a little but allowed to play with time in a clever way. Franchise Prince of Persia, also born in Montreal, has always been engraved somewhere in the memory of the young studio, to no doubt.
@messengergame and his millimetre gameplay were so fun once mastered! Really. @seaofstarsgame ! pic.twitter.com/1ZInirtOcY
— KillerS7ven (@killer_se7ven) January 22, 2022
The rhythm in the skin! ^^^ pic.twitter.com/8iFsmXd2ZG
— KillerS7ven (@killer_se7ven) January 22, 2022
The taste of chiptun !
Sabotage like The Game Bakers we also interviewed during our meeting with Audrey Leprince (Furi, Haven) remind us how often the cap pays to win renowned artists and guarantee an OST of choice to their games. As for the excellent Furi, where the French had not hesitated to contact directly Carpenter Brut in order to solicit them for the musical part of the title, Sabotage met Eric de Rainbowdragoneyes. A The result of a concert, the artist immediately joined the idea of creating the OST of this ninja game. We advise you to take a look at official website of Saboté, which traces their entire adventure from 2016 until today. We discover the initial galleys and victories from battle to battle.
Sea of Stars: a brave prequel RPG
Announced this winter, their next title Sea of Stars should make the bridge with The Messenger, itself particularly fond of temporal paradoxes. Supported by a campaign The title said goodbye to the 1980s and continued its journey towards the 1990s, from which he drew many notable references of this period, the golden age of the JRPG. The illustrious Yasunori Mitsuda who had worked on RPGs as cult as Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross or Xenoblade will compose some tracks of the soundtrack of Seo of Stars. Announced as a prequelle, there is no doubt that writing will still be a priority of the title.
We already salute the audacity to choose an RPG rather than stay in its comfort zone. Just like the series Steamworld which episode in episode changes style, Sabotage plays here the card of originality and it's so much better. A bet we hope to win. In any case, we will not fail to follow closely the news about Sea of Stars. In the meantime, here's our interview with Martin Brouard co-founder of Sabotage, who was behind this first indecisive nugget. The Messenger, presented for the first time at the Gamescom 2018 at the Devolver booth.
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