PS4 Super Epic The Entertainment War

The gameplay and progression in SuperEpic might feel familiar to begin with, but what starts out as a simple Metroidvania quickly becomes much more. Themes from throughout the history of games are used to tell a story with very real and extremely worrying implications; that big-name developers are just out for our money, and don’t care about the quality of the games they put out.

This sobering thought is caveated by the huge number of hilarious Easter eggs players can find in the nooks and crannies of the game, from small obscure references to ancient games most people today might not have heard of, to characters almost entirely stolen from well-known TV shows, like Scruffy The Janitor of Futurama.

SuperEpic revolves around the use of three key attacks – a quick attack, guard break, and uppercut – and the in-depth exploration of each level. The game’s controls are responsive, making combat and platforming encounters feel challenging yet fair. There are very few platforming puzzles or secret areas to navigate, and only the occasional moment where exact buttons presses are needed for the hardest fights, but overall SuperEpic feels goods to play. On the Switch Lite, in particular – which feels like a far more robust console in itself – the game plays like the console was made for it.