Phantom Trigger

Game mechanics

Phantom Trigger is a surprising combination of many genres, with hack’n’slash gameplay in its core, resulting in dynamic, quick-paced and real time battles, during which character’s statistics are as important as our manual skills. Then there are roguelike’s randomly generates levels filled with monsters, though with some mandatory rooms that are important for the plot, and RPG elements – developing character’s skills and abilities and modifying available weaponry. Developers also added simple puzzles, for example based on moving objects to unlock a path to another location.

Game uses isometric view to present the world. Our character can use various attacks and their combinations: from basic and low-damaging, through area of effect moves, up to using environmental objects. They key to victory is using as many of them as possible and smoothly changing between different kinds of weapons. We can also move quickly in a selected direction, which can be used both to close the distance between us and enemy and to avoid damage. Phantom Trigger lets us choose from a few difficulty levels, with the easiest making a=the hero take less damage and deal with enemies faster.

Technical aspects

PC, XONE and etc.’s Phantom Trigger has been given visuals stylized on 8-bit and 16-bit consoles’ productions. Pixelated characters and music consisting of squeaks and smacks in .midi format quickly bring a feeling of nostalgia. The screen sparkles with colors and flashes generated by character’s attacks. The game’s style greatly resembles 2016’s Hyper Light Drifter.