A platformer where you control a rolling ball sounds like an easy thing to make unfair, but Skully does a great job overall. Whether it was rolling at top speeds or carefully jumping across narrow platforms, I always felt in control of Skully. The game will slow down from time to time in order to have puzzle segments. Using one of the three transformations, Skully will have to find a way across chasms, and many of these puzzles were satisfying to figure out.

Aside from a few small issues (the overreliance of cutscenes that are just slideshows) my main issue are how some of the later levels can become tedious. A lot of puzzles in the latter half either involve slowly guiding enemies to destroy a wall, or slowing moving platforms in order to cross a gaps. There aren't too many of these scenarios, but it's a pace breaker when I know how to progress but I need to spend 5 minutes getting everything set up properly.

Reviewed on Mar 14, 2024


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