The Eternal Cylinder is very much worth checking out while it’s in free beta (just head to their website and enter your email to claim a code). All the weird and wonderful worldbuilding and sense of humor you’d expect from the makers of Zeno Clash and Rock of Ages combined with an exploratory adventure platformer reminiscent of EVO and Spore, where you eat stuff to gain new mutations and change the shape and nature of your creatures. Some light Pikmin puzzle-solving in there too. It’s a real hoot, the ever-evolving mechanics sold by the storybook-esque narration and the wonder of what oddity you might encounter next.

Excellent Sunday afternoon experience. Haven’t encountered any bugs yet despite the beta state.

I will say the actual platforming mechanics in this game are not very good—not very good at all—but thankfully you’re only actually required to use them like once or twice an hour.

Reviewed on Mar 14, 2021


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