Eagle Island is a game with ups and downs. It’s fusion between roguelike and metroidvania is really interesting, and its charming art style make up for many of its shortcomings.

A refreshing hybrid of Metroidvania and roguelite, unfortunately hampered by inconsequential power-ups.

Eagle Island is vibrant and worth a look for its world and story, but the combat lets the overall experience down.

Eagle Island promises a lot, but whether it ever truly delivers I cannot say, because after two days with it I am plain done. I was never quite enjoying it as much as I wanted to, and it never quite came together even during the brief window when the plot took a turn and it looked like it was about to really open up. Even the promise of more ways to brutalise my dutiful owl isn’t enough to drag me through another afternoon of increasingly grating near misses.