A tiny game with a brilliant premise that got bigger than it could handle...
Fall Guys is an absolute damn delight of a game. It's a simple premise, but executed perfectly in an online multiplayer game that unfortunately was not built in a way to maintain its popularity. A good game that could be great if it had better variation and local multiplayer.
SUMMARY
+ Great, fresh game premise. It's fun and easy to just dive in over and over again.
+ Even after winning 40+ matches, winning is still a rush. Hard to capture that in a game.
+ Good presentation (art, music, etc.)
+/- Game launch was bigger than the small team was able to handle. They worked hard to fix the server errors. Even after a couple months, it's not super stable. Getting DC'd from a match results in 0 rewards, which is rough for a game based completely around said rewards.
- Lack of level variation. After playing the same the same stages over and over again, it can get a bit stale. They later added some randomized levels in the game but it was pretty minimal - just one or two minor changes. The game really needs fully random levels to mix it up. User-created content could also help keep the game fresh.
- Even after months of people complaining, bad game modes remain in the game that detract from overall enjoyment.
- Lack of local multiplayer and different game modes is a huge miss. This would be a perfect party game.
- Poor cosmetics shop that relies heavily on winning dozens of matches to be able to afford anything. Leads to hoarding crowns. Multiple colors of an outfit sold separately. Bizarre choices.
- Long, grindy season pass. Only way to progress is to just sink tons of hours into the game. Could do with some challenges or other ways to gain progress.
- Silly personal complaint, but having a trophy for winning 5 matches in a row in a game that's built to have some randomness and wacky unpredictable elements is frustrating. It's the only trophy I'm missing and I've resigned myself to never get it.
Fall Guys is an absolute damn delight of a game. It's a simple premise, but executed perfectly in an online multiplayer game that unfortunately was not built in a way to maintain its popularity. A good game that could be great if it had better variation and local multiplayer.
SUMMARY
+ Great, fresh game premise. It's fun and easy to just dive in over and over again.
+ Even after winning 40+ matches, winning is still a rush. Hard to capture that in a game.
+ Good presentation (art, music, etc.)
+/- Game launch was bigger than the small team was able to handle. They worked hard to fix the server errors. Even after a couple months, it's not super stable. Getting DC'd from a match results in 0 rewards, which is rough for a game based completely around said rewards.
- Lack of level variation. After playing the same the same stages over and over again, it can get a bit stale. They later added some randomized levels in the game but it was pretty minimal - just one or two minor changes. The game really needs fully random levels to mix it up. User-created content could also help keep the game fresh.
- Even after months of people complaining, bad game modes remain in the game that detract from overall enjoyment.
- Lack of local multiplayer and different game modes is a huge miss. This would be a perfect party game.
- Poor cosmetics shop that relies heavily on winning dozens of matches to be able to afford anything. Leads to hoarding crowns. Multiple colors of an outfit sold separately. Bizarre choices.
- Long, grindy season pass. Only way to progress is to just sink tons of hours into the game. Could do with some challenges or other ways to gain progress.
- Silly personal complaint, but having a trophy for winning 5 matches in a row in a game that's built to have some randomness and wacky unpredictable elements is frustrating. It's the only trophy I'm missing and I've resigned myself to never get it.