Dark Scrolls - Switch Review

Review: Dark Scrolls Is An Addictive, But Flawed, Retro Platformer – Entertainium

As retro adventures go, Dark Scrolls is about as pared back and straightforward as they come. Portland, Oregon developers doinksoft – known for Gunbrella and Gato Roboto – have crafted a challenging and addictive experience, albeit one with some notably rough edges.  In many respects, Dark Scrolls looks and plays like a platformer from the late 1980s or early 1990s and the core experience could hardly be simpler or more classic. At the outset, t…

Dark Scrolls - Switch Review

Another day, another 2D platformer! This may just be my favourite genre of game, or at the very least the one I’m most biassed towards, so I am always excited to try a new one. When I saw the name reference for Dark Scrolls, I was a bit scared, but Doinksoft made a much more approachable game than the other soft studio.I had a good time going through this arcade love letter, but I couldn’t quite answer one question: is this game fun but unbalanc…