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Aggelos

Aggelos

Aggelos is a PlayStation 4 adventure game released in 2019 developed by Storybird Games. It centers on location exploration, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 4 twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, speaker, light bar, or motion input where the game uses them.

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7.5 / 10
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About this game

Aggelos is a PlayStation 4 adventure game centered on location exploration, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while HD output, HDR or PS4 Pro modes, HDD streaming, surround audio, and television-distance interfaces need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include HDD installs and loading, patch version, storage space, DualShock 4 battery life, PS Camera or PS VR requirements, visual modes, frame rate, and network services affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.

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7.5 / 10PlayStation 4

Energetic retro exploration, hindered by a PS4 jump input.

Aggelos links sword combat, elemental abilities and equipment growth to a retro world that rewards returning to old routes. Each new power opens a path and changes the way enemies or obstacles can be approached. The four elemental areas give the journey a clear direction without burying its action under elaborate statistics. Bright pixel scenes and melodic music support that brisk fantasy tone and keep hazards readable. The central pleasure remains learning attack reach, judging jumps and discovering where a new ability can take you. Some platform rooms, however, ask for particularly precise input. A firsthand PS4 review reports that the thrust move, also used for a double jump, can sometimes produce the wrong action. That ambiguity makes several deaths feel less deserved. The result is an engaging traditional action adventure whose controls do not always match its demands. This judgment concerns the documented historical PS4 build, not an unverified later patch.

Strengths

  • Elemental powers refresh both routes and combat.

Weaknesses

  • Ambiguous thrust and double-jump input harms precision sections.

Who it is for: Players who enjoy practicing action and revisiting routes.

Play notes: Historical PS4 review only; later patch effects are unverified.

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Elemental areas progress clearly, though precision rooms disrupt flow.

Reviewed7.3 / 10Not provided
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Swordplay and ability gates sustain an effective exploration loop.

Reviewed7.8 / 10Not provided
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Pixel art and music establish a coherent retro fantasy.

Reviewed7.8 / 10Not provided
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The PS4 thrust/double-jump ambiguity produces avoidable deaths.

Reviewed6.7 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Release date
2019
Platforms
PlayStation 4
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Offline minimum players
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Offline maximum players
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Online minimum players
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Online maximum players
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Tags
Slow BurnPuzzle SolvingExplorationMain Story 10–20 HoursInvestigationStory-drivenThird PersonSolo-friendly3D GraphicsLinear Levels
Supported game languages
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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Age ratings
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Play modes
Single player
Perspectives
Side view

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