The Messenger
"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."
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.
Released 30 August 2018 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 by Sabotage, published by Devolver Digital. Rated 7 by PEGI, 12 by USK. About 15.5 hours to beat.
Story
In 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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