The quintessential WayForward licensed game; a good skeletal foundation, but with no meat on its bones.

Things start out promising enough, with both Mordecai and Rigby controlling satisfyingly, and a promising central gimmick where you switch between gameplay and perspective on the fly (ground-based platformer, 2D shooter, top-down shooter) but it feels more like an unfinished proof-of-concept rather than a fully realized title. The level design is about as dry as it gets, with drab, featureless platforms and mazes lacking any sort of variety or creativity (a common problem for licensed WayForward titles, believe it or not).

Enemies are listlessly plopped into the environment with no real rhyme or reason, and worse yet, the hit detection is atrocious, requiring you to land pixel-perfect, dead center on their sprites, which doesn't really work seeing as how many of them are thin, small or both (there's a reason why Mario and Sonic enemies are always short and squat). As a result, you'll usually end up avoiding enemies altogether, which is a death sentence for a 2D platformer.

If there's one redeeming, fully realized quality, it'd be the presentation. Jake Kaufman fires on all cylinders with the BGM yet again, and the visuals nail the look of the show, all filtered through the gorgeous spritework that we've come to expect from WayForward, not to mention great little touches like the space background being recycled from the title screen, as it is in the series. It's clear that the dev team were fans of the source material, and by that metric it might be worth a cursory glance for diehard fans of the show, but the cool central mechanic is wasted on a game that feels like it was rushed to its deadline by the licenseholders, a familiar tragic tale for many licensed games.

Wow, I can't believe the cold reception on this game, because this is actually so fun and creative. I will admit the controls leave a lot to be desired, but that's easily the worst part of the game, plus some questionable design choices on a couple of levels. But otherwise, it's quite fun. The gimmick of switching between platforming and either 2D space shooter or overhead shooter (à la Blaster Master) is very fun and much more creative than I expected from this game. Plus, the soundtrack goes very hard.

It's not perfect, and only has sixteen levels plus bosses, but I genuinely don't get the legacy of negativity surrounding the game - I've heard it been called the "worst Cartoon Network game", no way can that be true.

Mordecai: Ok ok I've got the perfect solution. Wayforward.
Rigby: Whaaatt? You can't way my forward! That's gotta be illegal.
Mordecai: No the devs, Wayforward.
Rigby: Oh never heard of em.
Mordecai: Yeah I know you wouldn't have, you gotta be in the know to know, ya know?
Rigby: No
Mordecai: And that's why you've never heard of em. But trust me these guy are like real, REAL indie game developers. Just play some of this and it'll blow that AAA garbage right out of your system.

blandest platformer you've ever fuckin played
Mordecai: Wait wait!
game is only 2 hours long but every level feels like a fuckin eternity
Mordecai: Oh man, that's like the best part!

Rigby: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Mordecai: Rigby!
Rigby: What? Ah I think your game just put me to sleep.
Mordecai: Man you have no taste in games.

I don't think I will ever come back to this game every game. Good things about this game? Well I love how they brought in the enemies from the show in. I also love the retro feel of the game.

Honestly fuck this game. I'm sorry but I tried to beat it. Tried to give it the benefit of the doubt. Challenge in games is fine. Like Dark Souls, Final Fantasy VII Remake. But this game is challenging in a bad way. The whole "one hit, you die" rule is annoying as hell and make things impossible for you to get through. At least when Mario games have that one hit, you die rule at least you get powerups to help you. Here? They only give you the Death Kwon Do powerup only once, or don't even do that at all. The spaceship gameplay went from being fun and interesting to being bullshit. Too many enemies in those sections for me to get through too escape or even fight at all.

As a fan of Regular Show, just watch the series. Don't ever touch this game or give it the benefit of the doubt. I mean you can try it out if you like, but I honestly don't wanna give this game another chance at all.

Ended up getting this game more than a decade ago because I was such a big fan of the series. But this got extremely poor reviews when it came out which is why I didn't actually play it until now. It's a much shorter game, but this is packed with tons of references to the show and some delightful 8-bit-inspired gameplay. The boss fights in particular are super fun and had me grinning throughout. The gameplay is a bit minimal at times but it is still very consistent throughout. I really enjoyed this and don't get the hate at all. It's a fun platformer that Regular Show fans will love even more!