Penny's Big Breakaway is a grand ol' time. I really enjoyed how Penny controlled (there's definitely a learning curve to using her and Yo-Yo) and I love how well your speedy moveset weaves into the level design. Everything feels like a playground. The music and visuals are A1, I'd be preaching to choir telling people how good the game looks and sounds.

That said, there's two big things that knock this game down some pegs for me: the bosses and execution of the denizen dilemmas. The bosses aren't terrible, they're fine, but I wish they were more engaging to go up against, you blink and you're done with them.

The Denizen Dilemmas were either fun of frustrating. When they're fun, I feel like they're best executed in a way that naturally flows throughout the level; when they're not fun, I feel like they either skimp out on giving you enough time to complete something or they're so far out of your way that it halts your skilled & speedy platforming to a crawl. It breaks the pacing.

The game does lack polish and while the occasional out of bounds clip was funny as hell to experience and didn't necessarily bother me, I do think the game would've benefited from more polish and time in the oven. I really don't understand why it shadowdropped.

Overall, Penny's Big Breakaway is still a really fun, cute, and colorful game. I recommend it if you're a fan of platformers or games with satisfying controls to master.