forma.8

Forma.8 is a metroidvania that has been in development by MixedBag for the last few years. The first glimpse we got of the game two years ago suggested this could be an intriguing title and with its release, it is time to see if the two-man outfit from Turin, Italy have managed to deliver the goods. The game begins with the forma you control, a small probe-like machine, crashing onto an alien planet set to explore the world and search for an energy source. This is about as much the plot explains itself explicitly. From here on out you are given almost no instructions or prompts and simply have to explore the environment you find yourself to discover the mysteries that are hidden throughout out. This minimalist approach to the story works in the sense of really making you feel like you are on an alien planet that you have no real information about. It’s entirely up to you to fill in the blanks. As you might expect from a