I feel like I should start this review off with a “Do You Remember Kid Icarus?” because in many ways, Nyx Quest is the spiritual successor to that hallowed and now ancient mythological platformer. In many ways though, it’s not. Nyx Quest stars female deity-like being Nyx who happens to be the one true love of Icarus himself. The game isn’t made by Nintendo, and the game’s name change from Icarian to Nyx Quest might have something to do with that. In truth, the two games are nothing alike in anything but mythology references and the fact that they’re both platformers. I think people just crave (for some reason) a Kid Icarus reinvention so much that anything with Icarus in it at all seems to get attention. I find this odd as Kid Icarus’ protagonist is named Pit.

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