Setting this to completed since I beat the base game.
A genuinely really well-designed, but extremely challenging game. The best comparison I can think of would be to Getting Over It, but whereas with that game, getting a handle of the mechanics feels clunky and a lot of the time a player (especially a beginner) isn't given the mechanical information they need to satisfyingly learn the aforementioned mechanics, Jump King is much simpler and "cleaner" in comparison. There is essentially only one real gameplay mechanic (that of course being the titular "jumping"), but your hurdles are clearly telegraphed at basically every turn, and it still manages to be difficult without feeling bullshit or unearned. I never found myself wanting to drop the game, I never felt like I COULDN'T overcome an obstacle, I just needed to shift perspective and try again from a different mental angle. There are also some neat little gimmicks towards the end of the game, that spice up the challenge without making it any more frustrating or tedious to progress.
The game also boasts genuinely fantastic sprite art, with some downright gorgeous backgrounds and locations.
In all, Jump King is an aesthetically pleasing, mechanically sound trial of a video game. Equal parts difficult and fair.
Also the woman is hot.
A genuinely really well-designed, but extremely challenging game. The best comparison I can think of would be to Getting Over It, but whereas with that game, getting a handle of the mechanics feels clunky and a lot of the time a player (especially a beginner) isn't given the mechanical information they need to satisfyingly learn the aforementioned mechanics, Jump King is much simpler and "cleaner" in comparison. There is essentially only one real gameplay mechanic (that of course being the titular "jumping"), but your hurdles are clearly telegraphed at basically every turn, and it still manages to be difficult without feeling bullshit or unearned. I never found myself wanting to drop the game, I never felt like I COULDN'T overcome an obstacle, I just needed to shift perspective and try again from a different mental angle. There are also some neat little gimmicks towards the end of the game, that spice up the challenge without making it any more frustrating or tedious to progress.
The game also boasts genuinely fantastic sprite art, with some downright gorgeous backgrounds and locations.
In all, Jump King is an aesthetically pleasing, mechanically sound trial of a video game. Equal parts difficult and fair.
Also the woman is hot.