A great puzzle game which hams up the story a little too much at times but ends up being charming and cohesive by the end. With Pikmin like boss fights a couple times and lemmings scenarios aplenty this is a wonderful thing that’s not too long roughly 10-15 hours. I think it should be lax on the expectation of getting goldies to progress but otherwise it didn’t outstay its welcome for me. The soundtrack is amazing too like it’s too perfect almost at times and hits so well at the end big PS2 era vibes from this one and I was so happy when I unlocked a track selection for levels. Yeah there’s unlockables and things to tinker with but the puzzles are at the heart of this - and they’re all pretty good to great but I think they stumbled for me a little when they introduced the follow the leader mechanic - half because stick drift and inconsistency for me - other half it felt less engaging than earlier things. Again though the later Core boss fights pulled me back in to both gameplay and story. For some it probably hams up the narrative angle too much but it was just right for me. With user created stages and a stage creator to boot your mileage could vary wildly on this one - I’ll hope these servers stay up in perpetuity unlike Little Big Planet 3.