Blades of Brim +9

I literally cannot even describe how amazing this game is. If you like runner games, you need to download this right now. This is the best one I have ever played. It is basically subway surfers but infinitely better; Way more movement such as ramps up and down, air vents that launch you upwards, literal WALL RUNNING, pitfalls, and dynamic lanes (as in more can appear left and right rather than hard coded to 3). The art style is incredible, wacky, and fun, and the environment is so diverse. You can run through different biomes/areas, each with a unique style. And, with a more loose and crazy theme, it is way more open to new mechanics in the future. The ONLY “downside” (and I use that term very loosely) is that I wish there was more variety of enemies such as skeletons or other creatures perhaps ones that launch a projectile from a range as you approach, but this game is still incredible considering it just came out a few days ago. (EDIT: there are new enemies that appear as you continue to play.) And a small nitpick for the developers is that the boss crystals should not be destroyed instantly in one hit. I understand why that is the case gameplay wise, but it feels like it should take more hits. Also plz add a new coin sound it feels weird after playing subway surfers for a decade.

This game has got me hooked on to it for the last few days, already on level 22, but something always bothers when I go to my equipment. I can’t help but notice that each hero has it’s own place, and usually the portals in game can lead you to each place, but some don’t. That makes me more annoyed than it should, but please add an alien world for Lilith or an underwater one for atlas. Or you could add a fire hero for the underworld portal, that bothers me too.

(Edit) Level 25 now: The shattered library and underworld have elemental wizards so adding more wizard types like an ice one that you have to dodge ice balls that freeze you from or a one levitating on a cloud that strikes lightning down at you would be super cool. More suggestions are, a swamp wizard that pulls the ground below you down with mud, that would be AMAZING, and maybe a teleporting stealth one that’s like a master sensei or something, it’s still wizard-y and in the theme of twilight peaks so I think it would work.

You know that old cliche about sports fans yelling at the TV whenever the referee makes a call they don’t like? Well, get ready to do a lot of that if you download this game.

Blades of Brim is Sybo’s attempt to mix an endless runner game, a genre they’ve already become famous for with Subway Surfers, with elements of a dungeon crawler, complete with enchanted weapons and faceless ogres. The idea is appealing and the gameplay is fun. But the real problem is that they can’t seamlessly combine the dodging obstacles with the combat aspect. For example, in the game you’ll see a thug to your left and swipe that direction to kill it. Easy enough, until you realize that particular thug was standing in front of a bottomless pit. You couldn’t have known because the thug was completely blocking it. You don’t have time to dodge it; you fall in and die instantly. That’s how about half of your games will end. What’s more, the swords can offer some interesting and sometimes kind of helpful passives, but they don’t really do anything game-changing or useful. They’re mostly just aesthetic.

Honestly, the game would be ten times better if there were an occasional life-up power up to help alleviate the damage and make taking damage from enemies less dangerous so players can pay more attention to the bottomless pits. But until then, there are better endless runners on the market.