Sights & Sounds
- It's a bright and colorful game. The visuals almost always trends towards cute and cheery
- The music follows suit. Most of the songs are fun and tropical sounding
- Although the sound design for the game is above average overall, I just wish the pinball sounds had a little more punch
Story & Vibes
- You're a little bug who rolls around a ball that for some reason has become the new mail carrier on a tropical island. Some nonsense involving the island's god getting attacked by the big bad goes down, and it's the mail carrier's responsibility to fix that for some reason
- It's really not a story-focused game. It's mostly just set-dressing for the novel gameplay
Playability & Replayability
- There's really not much out there like this. I suppose some people may want to compare it to Sonic Spinball, but this is pretty different. The entire map is interconnected, and you unlock new areas using pinball mechanics to progress
- That's the long and short of it. There's plenty of familiar table concepts like bumpers and flippers, but the game adds enough twists to the formula to keep things interesting
- My only complaint is the reuse of the "break crystals to unlock new path" concept. I would have appreciated just a little more variety for making new paths within the table sections
- The map is fairly huge and easy to get lost in, particularly if you fall from a great height. It can feel pretty discouraging to lose a bunch of progress if you haven't unlocked fast travel to where you're heading
Overall Impressions & Performance
- It ran perfectly on the Steam Deck. The camera largely did a good job zooming in on the action, but there were a few times that would have benefitted from a larger screen
- There's so much extra content, but I didn't feel motivated to continue. I felt like 4-5 hours was enough. I think I would have gotten a little bored of it had I bothered with all the sidequests and post-game stuff
Final Verdict
- 7/10. A fantastic and fairly unique gameplay concept with great presentation that is just long enough. And hey, if you really like it, there's several hours of extra content beyond the final boss
- It's a bright and colorful game. The visuals almost always trends towards cute and cheery
- The music follows suit. Most of the songs are fun and tropical sounding
- Although the sound design for the game is above average overall, I just wish the pinball sounds had a little more punch
Story & Vibes
- You're a little bug who rolls around a ball that for some reason has become the new mail carrier on a tropical island. Some nonsense involving the island's god getting attacked by the big bad goes down, and it's the mail carrier's responsibility to fix that for some reason
- It's really not a story-focused game. It's mostly just set-dressing for the novel gameplay
Playability & Replayability
- There's really not much out there like this. I suppose some people may want to compare it to Sonic Spinball, but this is pretty different. The entire map is interconnected, and you unlock new areas using pinball mechanics to progress
- That's the long and short of it. There's plenty of familiar table concepts like bumpers and flippers, but the game adds enough twists to the formula to keep things interesting
- My only complaint is the reuse of the "break crystals to unlock new path" concept. I would have appreciated just a little more variety for making new paths within the table sections
- The map is fairly huge and easy to get lost in, particularly if you fall from a great height. It can feel pretty discouraging to lose a bunch of progress if you haven't unlocked fast travel to where you're heading
Overall Impressions & Performance
- It ran perfectly on the Steam Deck. The camera largely did a good job zooming in on the action, but there were a few times that would have benefitted from a larger screen
- There's so much extra content, but I didn't feel motivated to continue. I felt like 4-5 hours was enough. I think I would have gotten a little bored of it had I bothered with all the sidequests and post-game stuff
Final Verdict
- 7/10. A fantastic and fairly unique gameplay concept with great presentation that is just long enough. And hey, if you really like it, there's several hours of extra content beyond the final boss