In BattleBlock Theater, players control a prisoner as they are forced to play through games devised by Hatty Hattington. Controls are simple, with the game largely consisting of running, jumping and punching. Levels are made up of various types of blocks, such as collapsing blocks, sticky walls, bouncy volcanic rocks and deadly spikes, and also feature hazards such as water and deadly creatures.
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É bem legal, mas joguei co-op talvez sozinho não seja muito divertido
fun
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Joguei ambos no Xbox 360 e no Pc, no Xbox eu cheguei a completar, porem no Pc eu encalhei perto das fases finais, depois de zerar uma vez da um pouco de preguiça de fazer dnv, mas um dia talvez eu complete pra ficar bonitinho na Steam. O jogo em si é bem legal as fases e as tematicas de cada capitulo, adicionando coisas novas e dificuldades assim como também as portas de bosses, as com tempo, as fases bonus e tals.
I'll fully admit BattleBlock Theater isn't the most...sophisticated of 2D platformers, in more ways than one. A lot of my fondness for it is due to childhood nostalgia. Even so, it holds up incredibly well in 2024.
The aesthetics are very charming, capturing that Newgrounds artstyle very well while also sporting some wonderful details. The music absolutely slaps too, with the time trial and final level themes being personal favorites of mine. And the narrator is actually pretty funny! A large part of it is due to the performance, but there's some really good dialogue for him, the "pathological liar" bit being one of my favorites.
The gameplay is also fantastic. Your character is very responsive, easy to understand, and even has some nuance to their movement, like how you can double jump in midair with good timing or use the different weapons to sequence-break. The level design, while pretty simplistic, does a very good job consistently introducing new gimmicks and switching things up in a way that feels both fresh and fun. And that's not even mentioning the co-op, versus, and level editor modes, which add tons of really fun content.
And I really love the horses in this game. They're just these strange, cubic creatures and they're beautiful.
The aesthetics are very charming, capturing that Newgrounds artstyle very well while also sporting some wonderful details. The music absolutely slaps too, with the time trial and final level themes being personal favorites of mine. And the narrator is actually pretty funny! A large part of it is due to the performance, but there's some really good dialogue for him, the "pathological liar" bit being one of my favorites.
The gameplay is also fantastic. Your character is very responsive, easy to understand, and even has some nuance to their movement, like how you can double jump in midair with good timing or use the different weapons to sequence-break. The level design, while pretty simplistic, does a very good job consistently introducing new gimmicks and switching things up in a way that feels both fresh and fun. And that's not even mentioning the co-op, versus, and level editor modes, which add tons of really fun content.
And I really love the horses in this game. They're just these strange, cubic creatures and they're beautiful.
Xbox Series X Retrocompatible
It was so long ago I might revisit it to see if my scoring changes. But you know what will certainly not change? the fun I will have. Really good platformer.