The Messenger
Game facts
When is The Messenger coming out?
The Messenger is scheduled to release on Jun 25, 2020.
What are the The Messenger review scores?
The Messenger has an OpenCritic Top Critics average of 86/100 based on 81 reviews.
Which platforms is The Messenger on?
The Messenger is listed on PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan's survival. Leveraging players expectations as a core game design ingredient, The Messenger is first presented as an 8-bit action platformer with a simple story, that unravels into an epic time traveling tale, eventually revealing itself as a 16-bit Metroidvania game packed with replay value and deadpan humor.
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Critics RecommendIn a village of ninjas, an ancient prophecy foretells that a "Western Hero" will one day arrive to save them from the demons that plague the land. When the Demon King attacks, the promised hero appears and repels him, then entrusts a young ninja with a sacred scroll — naming him the Messenger and charging him to carry it east, to the top of a distant mountain. Aided along the way by a mysterious blue-robed shopkeeper, the Messenger sets out across a perilous world, his simple delivery gradually drawing him into a far greater struggle that spans centuries and bends time itself.
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