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Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.

Vernal Edge is a metroidvania, female protagonist and action game developed by Hello Penguin Team LLC and published by PID Games.
Released on March 14th 2023 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 522 reviews of which 407 were positive and 115 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 5.94€ on Steam with a 65% discount, but you can find it for 3.04€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Vernal Edge into these genres:

Metroidvania Female Protagonist Action Platformer Action-Adventure Combat 2D Pixel Graphics Adventure Fantasy Singleplayer Magic Swordplay Fast-Paced Character Action Game Hack and Slash

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Windows

OS *: Windows 8
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G or higher | i5-7600/i3-8100 or higher
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT1030/Radeon RX 550
Storage: 1 GB available space

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Jan. 2025

A pretty good metroidvania with Devil May Cry-like combo focused combat. Overall a nice presentation, and I especially like the overworld that is traversed by airship. The combat doesn't feel quite right, but it's difficult to point my finger at what. At the very least, there were times where I felt the gameplay could have used a little more time to cook. I can still recommend it if you enjoy metroidvanias, even if it might not be the absolute best of the genre.

Oct. 2024

Vernal edge is what you get when you combine the combat of devil may cry with the movement of hollow knight and the sequence breaking of old school metroid games. It may not be everyone's cup of tea as map design and enemy sponge health seem to be the common critique among a good handful of first time players, however as someone who extensively enjoys DMC combat and get very much into the depth of it, i thoroughly enjoyed this game and all it had to offer! Not only is the combat and control of Vernal great with all of her movement options, the supposed "HP sponge" begins to feel not so spongy once you figure out how to efficiently do combat. As for the sequence breaking, its safe to say that there is a LOT of it, the game doesn't hold your hand and lead you where to go most of the time so you're free to go wherever you want nearly whenever you want, and if you're skilled enough you can reach certain spots long before you're intended to either through the usage of glitches or smart platforming. All and all the game is underrated and a lot better than some give it credit for.

Oct. 2024

I slept on this one, but really wish I hadn't. It's a great MV. It has a bit of an atypical design in that the biomes are segmented into levels, but once you get used to that it's great. Exploration is great, combat is really good though it does get tedious at times. Story is pretty decent. There are some points I could nitpick, but I really liked it.

Oct. 2024

Cool combat loop, but it gets old after 3 hours or so. Cool art style, but not very interesting characters. Cool setting, but remembering which floating island is which seems impossible combined with the metroidvania ability unlocks. I'm mixed on this, but I'm giving a thumbs up because I think it's well made and worth trying. Someone with more thirst for adventure might really fall in love with this game.

Sept. 2024

after playing through all of vernal edge and 100% completing it on normal difficulty, i can say i really liked the game. Combat feels pretty nice with the combo-centric systems and the pretty fast paced movements, even though there is some bullshit enemies and attacks. some of the bosses are decently tough and really force you to learn attack patterns and patience to strike at the right moments. Platforming can be a bit annoying at time, especially in the beginning when you really need to come from nothing and run into some walls before finding the right planet to start with. The game has some nice upgrades that do really entice you to explore further in my opinion, and some of the exploration rewards are decently unique or useful to the point where it does feel worth it to explore every area and collect every bit of treasure. The movement mechanics introduced range from very niche to some of the most fun movement i've encountered, most combat moves are pretty cool, and the spells and memories do give you some interesting changes to playstyle, but all in all it's mostly minor stuff. the boss fights can be a bit tough, but the final boss was a bit of a letdown. It was pretty short, and the ending itself felt a bit anticlimactic. In general the story is actually not all that interesting. There's potential there, but it's not really used to its fullest. I'd have liked it if they explored the relations between vernal and her mother, asphodel and saffron more, or had more npcs that actually do something in terms of sidequests. There's some npcs that ask you to do something for them, but there's only one that leads to an actual questline with a secret boss at the end. On finishing the game i was told i unlocked "viscious" difficulty, and to be honest, i won't be going back to play through it on a harder difficulty. Normal difficulty is already plenty hard, and the story doesn't do enough to really make the exploration feel worthwhile from a narrative standpoint. all in all, not bad, but not amazing either. Would recommend if you really like metroidvanias and a combat system that forces you to learn how to handle enemy attacks and how to counter them.

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