A Moderately X-cellent Collection
HIGH The first half of the collection.
LOW The second half of the collection.
WTF Stop making two-part collections!
Tag: 2D Platformers
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition Review
Half Great, All Good
HIGH Risky Boots’ adventure.
LOW Fighting the same bosses in every mode.
WTF Rottytops’ “teleport” move is unique.
Rad Rodgers Review
Sometimes Nostalgia Isn’t Enough
HIGH Unleashing the laser cannon on unsuspecting foes.
LOW The boomerang boss’s many one-hit-kill attacks.
WTF There are spiky death floors that look almost exactly like safe floors.
Typoman: Revised Review
Scrabble In Limbo
HIGH The ESCAPE puzzle.
LOW Often difficult to parse whether I was trying the wrong solution, or unsuccessfully attempting the right one.
WTF The MacGuffin is the title character’s left arm.
Aegis Defenders Review
God Is Dead? Or Just Napping?
HIGH Basically all of Kobo’s dialogue.
LOW Finding my carefully designed defenses useless against endless waves of giant slimes.
WTF Sure, why wouldn’t adding a mine to a mushroom equal a dragon head that shoots ice?
Hidden Dragon Legend Review
A Legendarily Slow Blade
HIGH The giant mech fight.
LOW All the other combat.
WTF Okay, so I restarted that trap chase 35 times.
Indivisible Preview
Set in a lush animated world full of jungles, temples, and mythological monsters, Indivisible puts players in the role of a girl who must traverse a 2D world, gather allies, and employ their aid in the strange turn-based battles that cause this game to be classified more as an RPG than its visual style would suggest.
Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back Review
Welcome Back, I Guess?
HIGH Do I have to think of one?
LOW The second boss, with its sadistic attack patterns.
WTF A ‘No Country For Old Men‘ reference in a kid’s game, huh?
SteamWorld Dig 2 Review
Deeper
HIGH A jetpack and a grappling hook!
LOW Some of the caves stumped me for far too long.
WTF Does the ending mean what I think it means?
Freedom Planet Review
No, I don’t Know Why It’s Called Freedom Planet
HIGH Landing a perfect spin dash on a boss.
LOW Cutscenes of this length feel out of place in a game like this.
WTF: THEY DON’T……NEED…….OXYGEN!
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