ReCore

Starburst Magazine ( ) (80%)

ReCore is ultimately something worth playing, but much like E.Y.E. Divine Cybermacy or many other experimental shooters you have to stomach a great deal of bad to get to the good. The talent and experience is on display here in the right places, but many ideas are extremely chunkily implemented and lack the fine polish to help them truly stand out. In its current state a full price purchase is definitely hard to justify, but it’s still well worth a look for the breath of fresh air.

IGN Latinoamérica (7.5 out of 10) (75%)

ReCore está perdido en tiempos. Tiene ideas "old-school" pero ambiciones muy modernas que no son fáciles de lograr, no en un panorama tan lleno de títulos por todos lados; y la idea de ser un platformer en tercera persona es el mejor ejemplo de esto.

Legendra (7.5 out of 10) (75%)

Il est difficile d'évaluer ReCore tant celui-ci est inconstant. Certains détesteront, trop agacés par ses tares, tandis que d'autres en feront fi pour se concentrer sur ses qualités. Le jeu propose tout de même un réel intérêt ludique, mais aussi un univers intéressant qui est soutenu par une direction artistique et une bande-son à la hauteur. En contrepartie, il accuse un grand retard sur le plan technique, et manque cruellement de finition sur certains points, nous laissant ainsi avec un amer goût d'inachevé. Une aventure perfectible, mais dont on essaiera de ne retenir que le meilleur parce que pétrie de bonnes intentions.

MAN!AC (75 out of 100) (75%)

Trotz viel zu langer Ladezeiten bringt "ReCore" frischen Wind ins Action-Adventure-Genre: sympathische Baller-Hüpf-Mixtur mit Robo-Freunden.

IGN UK (7.3 out of 10) (73%)

I didn’t expect ReCore to be quite as big as it is, and from the looks of things, it’s possible its developers didn’t either. Its world, while interesting to explore for a good while, is ultimately too big with too little happening in it to be a totally serviceable housing for the strong combat and platforming gameplay within. It feels like a great, arcadey action platformer spread across too big a canvas, and it asks you to draw back over the same lines a few too many times

4Players.de (68 out of 100) (68%)

Nach viel versprechendem Start baut ReCore vor allem in der Mitte ab, bevor es sich im eigentlich gelungenen Finale mit unnötigen Streckungen immer wieder das Leben schwer macht. Die Kernelemente Kampf mit Roboter-Unterstützung, Levelerkundung sowie Plattform-Action können von Anfang an packen und sind gut miteinander verwoben - wenngleich der Wechsel von Kernen und Robo-Körpern verkompliziert wurde. Doch der Kollaboration von Armature (mit ehemaligen Metroid-Prime-Entwicklern) und Comcept (Capcom-Legende Keiji Inafune) fehlt unter dem Strich die leitende Hand. Die Dramaturgie wird immer wieder unnötig gestreckt, so dass die Stärken von ReCore ständig unter die Räder kommen. Der Kampf erinnert mit seiner Dynamik häufig an ein entschleunigtes Vanquish, während viele Plattformsequenzen mit zum Besten gehören, was ich in dieser Konsolengeneration in diesem Bereich erleben durfte.

Saudi Gamer ( ) (60%)

لعبة ReCore كان من الممكن أن تكون أفضل بكثير مما هي عليه الآن لو أمضى المطور المزيد من الوقت في تطويرها، فهي ينقصها العديد من الأمور لتصبح لعبة متقنة من جميع النواحي، بالإضافة إلى التخلص من الأخطاء التقنية، لكنها في المقابل أتقنت العناصر الأساسية كعنصر القفز على المنصّات (مناقز أو platforming)، و على أية حال، سعر اللعبة الرخيص نسبيا (١٥٠ ريال) يشجع على اقتنائها و تجربتها.

TrueAchievements (3 out of 5) (60%)

ReCore is a game that had so much potential on the surface and initially gave a very positive impression. The platforming is accurate and satisfyingly responsive, while the combat scratches an itch for those with a taste for the frantic. Unfortunately the game has issues that need solving, not least with the achievement tracking. The campaign is the best part of the game but is halted in its tracks by gates that require players to grind before they can pass. The sole purpose of the game's open world is to be filled with collectibles, while the optional dungeons are inferior versions of their campaign counterparts. Long loading times and other smaller bugs interrupt flow and disrupt the player experience. Then there's the problem of the missing content. If ever a game felt like it was rushed to release, it is this one.

Games TM (6 out of 10) (60%)

Still, ReCore is breezier, smarter and more accessible than a lot of its money, would-be contemporaries. Traversing its empty open world is a chore, but when the game carries you indoors and places you inside one of its finely tuned dungeon-style levels, it's unquestionably good, old-fashioned fun.

Giant Bomb ( ) (40%)

ReCore starts with an intriguing world and a great mix of platforming and RPG elements, but it all falls apart well before the end.

TechRaptor (3 out of 10) (30%)

There's a good game buried somewhere in ReCore, but it's lost in the massive inconveniences the game throws at you. From constantly refusing to let the player move on until they complete side content (even in the middle of dungeons) to loading times that put Sonic 2006 to shame. This ensures that ReCore starts off interestingly and ends up horrid.

Gameluster N/A

ReCore has many great ideas and offers an enjoyable experience in most places, however it is let down by its own technical limitations and bad design. ReCore feels like it was made and simply rushed out the door without ever truly ironing out its grating problems which turns something with potential for a future franchise into a bad memory. If you can look past the sanity questioning load times and poor design choices there is fun to be had, but often the obstacles hinder the value of the reward.