Hearty Jewel

Creators: どすぅ, ノベボー

Average Rating
8.4 / 10
Average Difficulty
54.1 / 100
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Adventure (10) Trap (9) Gimmick (6) Boss (4) Puzzle (1) Cycle (1)

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22 Reviews:

Cutiefruity
great adventure game, the gimmicks were really fun and the traps were really top notch, the beginning had a few too many but besides that it was great fun. The second last boss is my favorite, both in design and gameplay

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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 55 55
Jul 5, 2021
FlaviaFlave
Superb game with amazing production value, great gimmicks and cool bosses. The last boss is legendary.

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Rating: 9.0 90       Difficulty: 52 52
Jul 10, 2020
Wolfiexe
Hearty Jewel is a 4-stage long adventure game featuring a variety of gimmicks and bosses to keep you entertained. Each stage is themed differently and keeps the game feeling very fresh throughout, provided traps don't dull the excitement factor for you.

The main strength of the game for me comes with the maker's design with the accompanying gimmicks. The fourth stage is a particular highlight, which utilizes a more recent well-known gimmick quite nicely without feeling cumbersome or weighed down by cycles or waiting around. Some traps did feel a bit overkill, although I can't say they ever really got frustrating. It is what is is, that being a trap-heavy adventure game.

The bosses are also particularly fun, especially the final boss. Having said that, the difficulty also peaks here with some questionable design decisions. A couple of attacks pose a fairly hefty challenge whereas other attacks are virtually non-existant, having you just go through the motions to get to the later parts of the fight again. One attack in particular near the end seemed incredibly pointless in relation to the gimmick. Still, small hiccups in the grand scheme of things.

If you're not put off by traps, you're likely to have a good time here. Despite some rough patches and the restarting music, it's a pretty charming adventure.

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Tagged as: Adventure Trap Gimmick Boss
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Rating: 8.3 83       Difficulty: 55 55
Mar 3, 2019
kurath
Overall a really solid eastern-style adventure game with a good bit of variety. The traps scattered around tend to alternate from gameplay impacting, interesting changes to unimaginative gibs. Still, the latter part of it was not nearly bad enough to be a problem.

Stages had a good bit of variety, generally running with a single theme and mixing in a number of different gimmicks. Some of them aren't the best but it doesn't latch on to any of the bad ideas so the game flow keeps going.

That is, to some degree, until the final boss. Bosses in general in the game are pretty reasonable and quirky, though quite interesting. The final boss however is a pretty big spike up in difficulty and the fight is very long, with quite poor attack balance and a really iffy finish. The main problem with it though is that its scaling up objects with a black border on a black background, which means their hitbox is always bigger than they appear but it's difficult to gauge exactly how much bigger they'll be due to the scaling.

Nonetheless, the fight is alright if a bit tedious and it definitely serves to cap off the game. The game certainly has a number of weaknesses but they're quite minor in the scheme of things, and it leaves a game very much worth playing for a classic trap-filled adventure style, should you be looking for such a thing.

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Tagged as: Adventure Trap
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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 55 55
Jan 29, 2019
melonbat
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Rating: 7.9 79       Difficulty: 43 43
Oct 10, 2023