Pizza Tower is a joy to play, for people of all skill levels. It's incredibly forgiving to beat, if you don't mind scraping along with an A or B rank. But if you want to master this game, there is SO MUCH depth to its relatively simple design.
Pizza Tower gets "gamefeel" so right. The last time I played a 2D platformer that felt this snappy and clean was Rayman Legends. And while I don't know if Pizza Tower can top Rayman's exorbitant hand drawn, smoothly animated content, it makes great use of what levels it does have, by making them so replayable. I can see myself replaying this one for years to come.
The animation is ugly at first glance, but in motion its crisp. The expressiveness of every character in this game can't be topped. Peppino has more charm than Mario ever could hope to, and all he has to do is yell and make goofy faces.
I did think the boss fights could trip up less experienced players, but the patterns are all simple, so it's just a matter of learning them, and getting that clean win feels great.
The main problem I have with Pizza Tower is that the Switch version is a homebrew app. It works perfectly, with rumble support and custom button prompts, but I feel like the developer is missing out on a large audience here.
Pizza Tower gets "gamefeel" so right. The last time I played a 2D platformer that felt this snappy and clean was Rayman Legends. And while I don't know if Pizza Tower can top Rayman's exorbitant hand drawn, smoothly animated content, it makes great use of what levels it does have, by making them so replayable. I can see myself replaying this one for years to come.
The animation is ugly at first glance, but in motion its crisp. The expressiveness of every character in this game can't be topped. Peppino has more charm than Mario ever could hope to, and all he has to do is yell and make goofy faces.
I did think the boss fights could trip up less experienced players, but the patterns are all simple, so it's just a matter of learning them, and getting that clean win feels great.
The main problem I have with Pizza Tower is that the Switch version is a homebrew app. It works perfectly, with rumble support and custom button prompts, but I feel like the developer is missing out on a large audience here.