A side-scrolling action game from Grasshopper Manufacture. The background moves behind the player to simulate movement.
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Japanese Action Game Dev Challenge:
1. Do not include a forced shmup stage when the game isn't a shmup.
2. Do not include a mandatory boss rematch section before the last boss.
3. Do not make the player replay the entire fucking game for a barely changed shitty final boss + ending.
[Difficulty: IMPOSSIBLE]
1. Do not include a forced shmup stage when the game isn't a shmup.
2. Do not include a mandatory boss rematch section before the last boss.
3. Do not make the player replay the entire fucking game for a barely changed shitty final boss + ending.
[Difficulty: IMPOSSIBLE]
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A forgotten gem from the Xbox 360/PS3 era from the mad mind of my favourite game director/writer Suda51. Come for the Monty Python/Gilliam inspired storybook aesthetics, stay for Akira Yamaokas demented score, punishing difficulty and rough janky gameplay. Pick this up before the store closures happen.
I would like to try it again because I remember loving the style of everything but that the difficulty differences were total bullshit.
This is a game that has unfortunately been forgotten.
And that's a real shame, because it is a unique, imaginative and lovable parody of the classical fairytale and the traditional theatre aprroach to storytelling with a lot of engaging Suda51 madness. It even features a cliché theatre/fairytale narrator and an actual theatre stage with a curtain. And the enemies and the main character all look like they belong into a set in a childrens theatre. It's very memorable.
The game is too punishing and the gameplay needed more work, but overall this is a very charming indie package, that lovers of action platformers, especially weird and different action platformers, really shouldn't miss.
And that's a real shame, because it is a unique, imaginative and lovable parody of the classical fairytale and the traditional theatre aprroach to storytelling with a lot of engaging Suda51 madness. It even features a cliché theatre/fairytale narrator and an actual theatre stage with a curtain. And the enemies and the main character all look like they belong into a set in a childrens theatre. It's very memorable.
The game is too punishing and the gameplay needed more work, but overall this is a very charming indie package, that lovers of action platformers, especially weird and different action platformers, really shouldn't miss.
It was fun, but don't expect too much