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Skwidy finished Foamstars

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Skwidy completed Foamstars

3 days ago


Skwidy finished Trombone Champ
This game is unironically great. Like it isn't just a stupid comedy game, but also a great rhythm game. It is genuinely a fun time trying to toot in rhythm and pitch to the music, even if it can feel impossible at times. Heck it feeling impossible just adds to the comedy of the game, which I must say is quite great. Like they almost certainly could've used a trombone sound that sounded ya know... good, but instead they decided on this awful sound, which just makes the songs sound so incredibly stupid it's incredible. All the weird baboon/hot dog shit is just the cherry on top.

I do have some complaints with the switch version though. First off, it did freeze on my a few times when I earned some the rewards (like the trombone colors). Also I only saw one joke on the loading screen throughout the entire game. Neither is a big deal, but are certainly annoyances. What is kind of a big problem is that the tilt controls constantly drifted to the point where I essentially pointing the switch screen at the ground or 180 degrees away from my face. I often had to pause to recalibrate 2 or 3 times during some of the songs. Outside of calibration the motion controls worked really good actually, but constantly having to recalibrate definitely sucked. Honestly may have given this game a 5/5 if it weren't that one control issue, as I do think this game achieves exactly what it is going for. So probably play the PC version, if that is available for you.

6 days ago


Skwidy finished ElecHead
Elec Head is a cute short puzzle platformer. The whole game is centered around the core mechanic of you powering everything you touch, which leads to a lot scenarios that require you to think outside of the box. No puzzle was too terribly challenging to figure out, but it never got trivially easy either. I was always learning how various mechanics work in the game, which is no doubt helped by it's short run time of about 1 hour.

If you are looking for a short puzzle platformer to play, Elec Head is the way to go.

6 days ago


Skwidy completed ElecHead

6 days ago


Skwidy earned the Loved badge

9 days ago


10 days ago


Skwidy is now playing Spiritfarer

10 days ago


Skwidy finished Pepper Grinder
Pepper Grinder does one thing very well, which is of course the drilling. I never quite got tired of it. It's so much fun flinging yourself out of the dirt!

I also like that the game supports multiple play styles. Like you can play it slow and explore to find the secret skull coins or you can play it fast and try to go for a low time. I feel the game could've also supported a score attack mode where you need to collect as many of the diamonds as possible, as they are fun to collect but are borderline useless in the game.

That said Pepper Grinder does try to do other things like make you drive vehicles and a few levels are basically shoot em ups. These other sections aren't bad, but they aren't amazing either. It kinda feels like they ran out of ways to make the drilling fun and just decided to add extra shit in to make it not as repetitive.

There is also a shop which unfortunately doesn't really sell anything interesting. You collect these diamonds throughout the game, but the only thing you can buy with them is stickers and temporary health. Stickers are especially bizarre as people interested in playing a fast paced platformer are probably not super interested in decorating with stickers. You can at least buy extra levels and different colors for your character with the skull coins, which ain't too bad.

That said, Pepper Grinder is never boring or frustrating to play. It's an overall a solid platformer with a fun drill mechanic and a great art style. I just think it could've been a bit more.

10 days ago


10 days ago


Skwidy backloggd Neon Blight

10 days ago


Skwidy is now playing ElecHead

10 days ago


Skwidy is now playing Trombone Champ

10 days ago


Skwidy backloggd Apotheosis X

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