Searching for Elizabeth II

Searching for Elizabeth II sends Angelo on a quest to find Elizabeth, his long lost love, and puts a variety of odd creatures between him and her. Two design choices give it more depth than the premise suggests. Coins are not just score — every thirty you collect gives you extra health, so exploring thoroughly is directly a survival strategy rather than a detour from one. And progress is sometimes gated on finding particular objects, which means the way forward is occasionally a search rather than a fight. You can go back the way you came to look for more items and objects, so the world is something to re-cross rather than a one-way corridor.