Gameplay mostly consists of platforming and the occasional boss battle, which is where the metroidvania element comes in as well.Ĭollecting an egg (after beating a boss) means you are granted the ability to morph into to associated creature, which lets you explore new areas of the game (which helps you to collect more feathers if you’re a completionist) but also gives you new ways to get past the bosses – which don’t require traditional combat but force you to evade attacks until you can trick the boss into taking themselves down. Sheepo is about a sheep-like protagonist (we would have been happy with a regular sheep too) where you go about saving creatures on your planet by collecting one of their eggs for safeguarding. Sheepo from developer Kyle Thompson is one such title, but it recently made the leap that allowed us to play it on a PlayStation 4.
There’s certainly no shortage of metroidvania-style platformers on Steam, but every now and then there’s a title that makes console owners jealous that they can’t play it. We’re looking at three recent examples today with Sheepo, Godstrike and Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife. Unless it’s a game like Hades, ports rarely get the attention they deserve, but we always enjoy it when games branch out to new platforms and audiences.
