Spirit Roots

Critic reviews

• XTXbox Tavern

  Carlos Santuana · Feb 19, 2022

  6.8

  Whilst Spirit Roots is not a bad title, it’s also not a title that will give you anything you haven’t seen or got already from any other title in the genre. It’s nice to look at and it might take you a few hours to push through all of the levels, but if you’re looking for anything more than the basics, you won’t find it here. The price point does shine a large positive with this title one of the cheaper new releases on the store, but with numerous other titles on the horizon, there should have been something a little more to Spirit Roots to ensure it stood out as a game you must play.

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• MMiniReview

  Alex Sem · Feb 12, 2021

  7.0

  Spirit Roots is a cute 2D action-platformer in which we travel through 50 levels spread across different worlds full of enemies to fight, traps to avoid, obstacles to jump, and coins to collect.

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• 33rd-strike.com

  Theotakutem · Jan 12, 2020

  8.5

  Spirit Roots is a pretty fun platformer with nice intricate worlds. It’s a little bit sad they didn’t include cutscenes besides the intro, since finding out more about each world would be interesting. Even just a little cutscene after beating a boss would have been nice to be included, but it seems the developers wanted to mostly focus on the gameplay and not extend the surrounding story. Spirit Roots is definitely a game that can be enjoyed by all ages. If you or your kids enjoy platformers then Spirit Roots is a game worth looking into.

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• PNPure Nintendo

  Steven Green · Nov 01, 2019

  7.5

  All in all, Spirit Roots is a title that came out of nowhere for me. The art is something that really gives the game that indie charm you want from titles such as this, and with its dirt-cheap entry fee ($6.99), it was easy to think something had to be wrong with this game. But, beyond the issues with the health and checkpoint system, and some minor qualms with hit registration, the game really offers an experience that I was glad to have had the pleasure of playing through.

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• TTheXboxHub

  Dave Ozzy · Feb 13, 2022

  5.0

  We didn’t regret getting tangled up in Spirit Roots, but we didn’t wholly enjoy it either. While it looks like a Rayman Legends expansion pack, and comes with a heap of levels, the charm began wearing off as soon as we started playing. Spirit Roots is too slow and too exacting a platformer to make us want to play to the end.

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• SPSwitch Player

  Georgina Howlett · Dec 18, 2019

  5.0

  Spirit Roots‘ charming aesthetics are not enough to warrant suffering through its many monotonous levels. Although some may find enjoyment in the challenges it poses and its platforming, it is more frustrating than fun, especially where its boss battles are concerned.

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