Like its predecessor, Sabre Wulf, you're given absolutley no clues about what to do other than get out of hell. The bad news is the game isn't good, but the good news is it's at least goofy as hell and I love it.

Now it's a 2D platformer, but it's still a pre-Super Mario Bros. world which means jumping is absolutely awful. But here it's done in such a silly way that I love it: The guy just goes full force, and will bounce off everything he touches in a free fall state as you cannot control the Sabreman after making the initial jump. The bleeps and bloops and this guy's dumbass jump are charming as hell don't ask me why. Often time you'll have to initialize a jump on the previous screen and predict what happens on the next, meaning you can just get bopped for no reason by an enemy and fall to your death, which is the only way you can die. Thankfully your weapon is far better, you can just shit bullets (or shit knives) and get past everything when you're not busy falling to your death.

There's even a hanging from a rope bit which has nice physics but like everything else in the game is funny by how easily you can be bopped by endless enemies.

A very funny game, but I get the feeling the unintended humor is a sentiment only I hold.

Reviewed on Mar 20, 2024


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