This is a big disappointment.
I really tried to get through it but couldn't endure it any more.
Penny's Big Breakaway has some fun ideas, but is mostly a tedious, repetitive and quite cheap-looking and feeling platformer.
Going off the back of something as stellar as Sonic Mania, I really expected at least an interesting game from this team's next effort. But this got mindless and boring way too fast... It asks you to go reallt fast to keep up a combo, but also to slow down and find secrets at the same time. The cutscenes and bosses have a really B-tier feel to them that I really didn't expect.
Anyways, you can still see a uniqueness in the ideas presented and the Dreamcast-era visual style. They just really need to focus the work on making a better designed game next time around. I just hope this game's shortcomings will serve as stepping stones for that.
I really tried to get through it but couldn't endure it any more.
Penny's Big Breakaway has some fun ideas, but is mostly a tedious, repetitive and quite cheap-looking and feeling platformer.
Going off the back of something as stellar as Sonic Mania, I really expected at least an interesting game from this team's next effort. But this got mindless and boring way too fast... It asks you to go reallt fast to keep up a combo, but also to slow down and find secrets at the same time. The cutscenes and bosses have a really B-tier feel to them that I really didn't expect.
Anyways, you can still see a uniqueness in the ideas presented and the Dreamcast-era visual style. They just really need to focus the work on making a better designed game next time around. I just hope this game's shortcomings will serve as stepping stones for that.