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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 16.5 hrs on record (5.9 hrs at review time)
Posted: 1 Dec, 2024 @ 10:23am

Early Access Review
The "Zelda Maker" you're waiting for

Quest Master is just fantastic. I don't mean to put other games down, but it is leagues ahead of other "maker" games like Super Dungeon Maker. It's not even close.

Let's start with the gameplay itself: The controls are tight and very enjoyable. There's a good variety of enemies and items, and a ton of creative ways to use many of them. There's some you will expect like a boomerang and grappling hook, but quite a bit of unique ones like a wand that creates tornados which shoot you upwards, or a ghost lantern that shows invisible objects around you.

Dungeons can have multiple floors and there's so much you can do with it like being able to see floors below you and fall down to them assuming the level creator lets you. There's also a detailed map that automatically updates the more you explore, with teleporters to move around easily - encouraging huge levels and exploration without feeling lost!

One thing that surprised me is that there's some meta progression to Quest Master, there are rings you gain over time that grant you small bonuses when playing levels, and NPCs that visit the town at certain times to play small minigames. Pretty fun!

The production quality is S-tier as you can probably guess. Art, music, and sound effects are lovely and full of detail. It's obviously... Inspired... But there's a great amount of unique themes that it never feels like just a Zelda clone.

If you're here for the level maker, rest easy. It's awesome. It's very easy to use and has powerful mechanics like signals and conditionals to trigger events whenever you do something, whether that be solving a puzzle or opening a chest or killing an enemy, etc...

TL;DR

The game is fun. The community, while small, is creating TONS of quality levels with huge amounts of variety. Whether you're here just to play levels or make them, Quest Master is one of the best maker games out there, even in early access. Buy it!
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