this was a fun time! i was a bit worried a lot of the praise i heard was just like "dude i played this game when i was 10 at my school computer it was the best shit ever made!!!" and wasn't actually that great but i was surprised at how genuinely solid it was! i think some of the praise it gets is overblown because of that flash game nostalgia, but still, it stands on its own as a good time!
my major complaints here are that the level design itself isn't entirely interesting or great. it picks up near the end of the game and gets a bit more exciting, but generally it just kinda relies on the movement and physics being fun and satisfying enough to carry it, and to be fair they are, but i also didn't absolutely fall in love with those aspects as some people did (still thought they were good! just not like best game feel ever good or anything) so the level design was a bit of a bummer. i also hated the combat, it doesn't feel terrible and honestly the animations are solid and cool looking but it's just so pointless and at best a lame pacebreaker. about halfway through the game every enemy turns into an ink monster, and it just really makes the combat stand out as annoying. you can no long jump on or slide through enemies and that was the most fun thing to do with enemies! it's a bummer, the bosses are also incredibly simple and uninteresting. it's not so prevalent that it super brings the game down, but no combat whatsoever would really just have been better lol.
positives wise, the game does feel really solid! it's got a good sense of speed/momentum and you can pull off some neat tricks! the best part for sure was just running around, building up speed, and launching yourself off of platforms. it could have worn out its welcome but the game is so short it doesn't really. it never reaches the heights of something like the classic sonic games, or a weirder more niche reference, defunct. there isn't much of a risk of losing your momentum and it never truly feels super earned. which is fine, it's fun to run around and do crazy shit but i never got that adrenaline pumping rush for going fast cause i was just kinda always doing it and didn't feel super at risk of losing it. visually this game is absurdly charming. a very cute art style, with a lot of little art book gimmicks that are very cute to see and help it all feel like a kids little sketch book. it's very unique and appealing and one of the stronger aspects for sure.
this game was fun, if not a little generic/uninteresting. i think if you make it a bit longer, up the intensity of the platforming and completely remove the combat you've got a truly great game on your hands but as it stands it's just a good one, which ain't a bad thing whatsoever!
my major complaints here are that the level design itself isn't entirely interesting or great. it picks up near the end of the game and gets a bit more exciting, but generally it just kinda relies on the movement and physics being fun and satisfying enough to carry it, and to be fair they are, but i also didn't absolutely fall in love with those aspects as some people did (still thought they were good! just not like best game feel ever good or anything) so the level design was a bit of a bummer. i also hated the combat, it doesn't feel terrible and honestly the animations are solid and cool looking but it's just so pointless and at best a lame pacebreaker. about halfway through the game every enemy turns into an ink monster, and it just really makes the combat stand out as annoying. you can no long jump on or slide through enemies and that was the most fun thing to do with enemies! it's a bummer, the bosses are also incredibly simple and uninteresting. it's not so prevalent that it super brings the game down, but no combat whatsoever would really just have been better lol.
positives wise, the game does feel really solid! it's got a good sense of speed/momentum and you can pull off some neat tricks! the best part for sure was just running around, building up speed, and launching yourself off of platforms. it could have worn out its welcome but the game is so short it doesn't really. it never reaches the heights of something like the classic sonic games, or a weirder more niche reference, defunct. there isn't much of a risk of losing your momentum and it never truly feels super earned. which is fine, it's fun to run around and do crazy shit but i never got that adrenaline pumping rush for going fast cause i was just kinda always doing it and didn't feel super at risk of losing it. visually this game is absurdly charming. a very cute art style, with a lot of little art book gimmicks that are very cute to see and help it all feel like a kids little sketch book. it's very unique and appealing and one of the stronger aspects for sure.
this game was fun, if not a little generic/uninteresting. i think if you make it a bit longer, up the intensity of the platforming and completely remove the combat you've got a truly great game on your hands but as it stands it's just a good one, which ain't a bad thing whatsoever!