I first played this game way back on the 3DS. It must've been around 2013-ish. I never finished it, probably because of the difficulty in the later "chapters" and I had math homework to do or something...
Anyways! Revisiting the game on PC in the catastrophic year of 2023; I can tell you that I am very impressed with the game! Platforming feels tight, and the controls (although sometimes clunky and unresponsive; this is most likely not the game's fault, but Steam being weird with my PS4 controller which lead me down a sorrowful path of trying to figure it out) feel smooth and easy to learn.
Some levels, though few and far between, made me red in the face with anger and really tested my "pro gamer" abilities. But in the end, every level, easy or painstakingly hard, felt satisfying to play and finish. Oh yeah, and there's TWO water chapters. TWO?! Even if a game's water physics are smooth like butter on buns, no game should have two fucking water chapters. That's absurd.
The soundtrack is beautiful and oftentimes funny, which is a welcome surprise. It doesn't hold up to the greats of other platforming soundtracks, but it definitely does what a soundtrack is meant to do: evoke whatever emotion the level's trying to convey. It does get a bit annoying on the chess-chase(?) levels. Especially if you're a slow learner (like yours truly...).
The conclusion here is that if you like fast platformers with smooth controls, this is most likely the perfect game for you. But that probably also means that you've already played it. Good on you! Now go play something else.
Anyways! Revisiting the game on PC in the catastrophic year of 2023; I can tell you that I am very impressed with the game! Platforming feels tight, and the controls (although sometimes clunky and unresponsive; this is most likely not the game's fault, but Steam being weird with my PS4 controller which lead me down a sorrowful path of trying to figure it out) feel smooth and easy to learn.
Some levels, though few and far between, made me red in the face with anger and really tested my "pro gamer" abilities. But in the end, every level, easy or painstakingly hard, felt satisfying to play and finish. Oh yeah, and there's TWO water chapters. TWO?! Even if a game's water physics are smooth like butter on buns, no game should have two fucking water chapters. That's absurd.
The soundtrack is beautiful and oftentimes funny, which is a welcome surprise. It doesn't hold up to the greats of other platforming soundtracks, but it definitely does what a soundtrack is meant to do: evoke whatever emotion the level's trying to convey. It does get a bit annoying on the chess-chase(?) levels. Especially if you're a slow learner (like yours truly...).
The conclusion here is that if you like fast platformers with smooth controls, this is most likely the perfect game for you. But that probably also means that you've already played it. Good on you! Now go play something else.