8 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 2.1 hrs on record
Posted: 11 Oct, 2021 @ 3:30pm

PROS:
-Delightfully simple
-Impeccable soundtrack
-Fun story with a delightful atmosphere
-Lots of personality plus a great sense of humor
-Unnamed levels are really cool exploration pieces
-Really satisfying to find all the locations on the map
-The Tower and Final Challenge are awesome vertical sequences
-Escort mission is such an excellent idea
-Game is great at challenging you in the final sections by making you use what you've learned in isolation together and in harder sections
-Ton of cool mechanics that build on the idea of flipping and the basic gameplay mechanics
-Reward for getting all trinkets is really cool and cute
-Offers further challenge in the form of time trials
-Custom level support + built in level editor
-JUST RECENTLY got an update where as a direct result of the source code being available, the game received a ton of QoL stuff (despite it being an 11 year old singleplayer game)

CONS:
-Veni Vidi Vici (one of the hardest optional sequences in the game) is too easy to get to despite being super early in the game
-Some checkpoints level design causes you to accidentally hit other checkpoints or go to other areas due to stuff like conveyors or just positioning (cuckoo x backsliders)
-Brass Sent Us in Under the Top is really stupid for forcing you to stay off screen but the cycle keeps going offscreen, so you have to estimate how far along it is
-Too much visual noise in the flip lines area; rectangles in background need to be more transparent
-Trinkets (optional collectibles) don't have names that are puns on the areas you find them in for organization's sake and also for cool puns

I played this game all the way through once before on a 3DS on a road trip from Texas to Tennessee, and it was an absolute blast. Decided to pick it up again recently just for the sake of having it on Steam. Got all 20 trinkets and explored the map in its entirety. There's a bunch of optional challenges you could do, but I was satisfied with the campaign + trinkets.

Short, but well worth the money. A must-have for any platformer fan, or just a fan of games. Pick it up when you can!
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