akhsavi の最近のレビュー

Like "Egg Returns Home" this game is a great example of something what is done without undestanding what enjoyable platformer is.

It's about:

• jumping;
  
• switching between different "worlds" to overcome obstacle and reach an extraction point.

Why you should play this:

• you like platformers (especially, "A Walk in the Dark");
  
• you don't mind to repeat the same part of the level dozens of times regardless of questionable controls and doubtful balance.

Why you may not like it:

1. disgusting controls:
   
   • due to unexplainable reason it's slippery, like where's no friction in game's world - the smaller the platform you are landing to, the bigger inertia is and less the oppotunity to control it;
     
   • no inertia in the air when you jump - you stopped to push "forward" and "square" is falling immidiately like it's a heavy rock, but at the same time, when game is changing gravity, square becomes "nervous" and almost impossible to control: you barely push the button and it moves like you kicked it with hammer - so, in this case, inertia is enormous;
     
   • often "square" starts rotating what makes controlling it even more annoying
2. lack of balance:
   
   • some levels are much easier than others;
     
   • useless checkpoints: they are introduced on 2nd level and next time you see it is like 20th level or even later, they are presented on some levels which you need to finish without dying (according to the achievement description) and, on the other hand, there're no checkpoints on much more difficult levels;
     
   • checkpoints work only if you stay in game: if you relaunch it, you will have to start that level from the scratch;
     
   • checkpoint's placement on 24th level - one big joke, it's placed in very strange part of the level: it's like you need to finish 50% of the level to get to the checkpoint and chances to die in this area are 9.9 out of 10, you reach that checkpoint and facing the other 50% of the level with a chance to die like 1 out of 10 - that makes checkpoint useless and even irritating.
     
   • last boss fight is bugged and, like that's not enough, it's unbalanced - boss' minions move much faster than "square" and it doesn't look like they have patterns

It's not bad, it's far from good either: last 1/3 of the game isn't something you enjoy, but bear with instead.

At the same time - best buy if you want to "throw" curses into the screen and intend to make your obscene language more colourful.

Moreover, it still able to give at least 2 positive emotions:

• when you complete and uninstall it;
  
• when you almost ready to delete it from your library - just to feel the taste of justice.

Everything must be in balance. Unfortunately, this game, regardless of its name, doesn't know what it means...

It's about:

• "add" and "sub" math operations with single- and two-digit numbers (pos. and neg.);
  
• getting a particular number in the end of the row (or interdependent rows).

Why you should play this:

• you like math and calculations;
  
• fair amount of levels (16 and + 4 more if you are lucky) with increasing difficulty;
  
• puzzles sometimes hard, but always manageable.

Why you may not like it:

• soundtrack - it doesn't fit at all, it's not exactly bad, it just distracts and irritates: complete miss with calm and meditative nature of the game;
  
• bug with 4 additional levels (at least for me) and it doesn't look like devs care about it.

Fair enough to say that devs forgot about balance: soundtrack doesn't fit, there's a chance that additional levels may not be available, gameplay can be considered as an actual gameplay only by ones who love math - pretty unbalanced outcome.