Put Down That PS5 And Pick Up Your Switch For The Pixelated Pleasures Of 'Eastward'
Tiny Shanghai-based studio Pixpil beats giants like Nintendo at their own game with the new Eastward, a vintagey-looking adventure that follows an unlikely pair of friends through a crumbling world.
The most nimble game developers borrow. Like Shakespeare himself, they rummage through venerated titles crafted by the old guard and snag anything useful to them. They ask themselves "How can we create a game as inventive as Fallout, as artistic as Zelda and as gripping as The Last of Us?"
Shanghai developer Pixpil's newest title, , is a triumph that stretches the standard for indie game development; it masterfully combines popular tropes from older titles and genres without feeling hackneyed and stale. It's no easypasses the test with flying colors (and pixels).
