Difficult physics-based grapple platformer. The concept is really great and gives a unique movement system with a high skill ceiling. I definitely got better as I played but it still felt very inconsistent all the way through since it's so wobbly and weird. It's somewhere between satisfying and extremely rage-inducing, I would say Getting Over It is a lot more fair and reasonable than this game.

The graphics and music are nice and cheery which almost gaslights you into thinking this isn't a masochistic game. Sadly the PC port is half assed so the resolution is low and the controls are terrible. You can fix the internal resolution with a third-party tool but this shouldn't be the user's responsibility. I suspect you'd have a better experience emulating this game since these problems would be nullified and you'd also have save-states available which I would definitely have appreciated.

Additionally, I felt the level design was quite terrible. There is a huge learning curve so at the beginning you aren't going to pay much attention to this but later on I realised a lot of the levels are just tedious or incredibly painful rather than being fun.

I still like the game despite all its problems since the core gameplay is good and entirely unique from what I can tell, it also has great vibes. I'll definitely try other games in the series since there isn't really anything else like this out there. I just wish this game was better since it clearly has huge potential.

Reviewed on Feb 27, 2024


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