Mento's May Madness More: #7 - Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery
EP  May the Seventh  The game: Capybara Games's Superbrothers:
Sword & Sworcery EP  The source: Humble Indie Bundle V  The pre-
amble: Superbrothers is an adventure game with pixel art and a
strong emphasis on audio elements, using sound and music to
direct much of the exploratory gameplay. The player controls an
enigmatic swordswoman known only as The Scythian as she quests
to quell an eternal restless spirit with the power of the
Megatome and the Trigon Trifecta - artifacts of untold power.
Most of the gameplay is focused on discovering where these
relics are located with rudimentary point-and-click puzzles and
the occasional timing-based battle.  The playthrough: Well.
Superbrothers is a fine and imaginative game, I'll give it that
much. The simple gameplay had a lot of neat little surprises and
it was, on the whole, well scored and written. As an actual game
it's a little slight, but as I explained last episode with To
The Moon a dearth of any