Arcane Golf

If you follow retro gaming you might know Snolf. Snolf means Sonic golf and it's a hack of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 where instead of steering the critter yourself you send him flying through the levels golf-style, picking a direction and velocity then hoping he pinballs the right way. As you can imagine it's a tremendous pain in the butt given that the levels aren't at all designed to be golfed through. Arcane Golf is Snolf but good. Arcane Golf is called a puzzle game, but it's built like a puzzle-platformer, just one you happen to navigate with golf shots. Much of the challenge comes from a tight shot limit, often exactly the number needed to reach the goal. There's a wide array of dangers and stage mechanics, my favorite being the green gem that makes the ball phase through everything until you click the mouse button, which always feels like pulling off a cool stunt. The 200 levels are single-screen and many can be finished quickly, but it's plenty of content for the price. Physics puzzle games tend to annoy me, and when I first played Arcane Golf it pushed me away for the the usual reasons: demanding precise results and timing from an imprecise input system, repeatedly trying slight angle changes until one happens to work, hoping the physics system decides to let me win. Recently the game got a 2.0 update with a large-scale rebalance, and while I can't compare the 2 side-by-side I found playing it much more palatable this time. Those old frustrations still crept in from time to time but mostly the tuning seems solid. Playing by feel, quickly dragging the mouse to nail a series of rebound shots is really satisfying, and most levels are built to maximize that satisfaction. This is a physics puzzle game a physics puzzle game hater can enjoy, so I imagine fans of this genre would have a great time.

6/10

[h1] DISCLAIMER: This is a first impressions review, and NOT a full review [/h1] Arcane Golf is a game developed and published by FromLefcourt and thatgregperkins The game offers some nice graphics and a nice aesthetic, although some ugly glitches here and there, it is pleasant all the same The game does suffer with some repetitiveness at certain areas of the game but a fun game nonetheless Arcane Golf overall, however, is a fun game to play, yet sometimes repetitive and it does get boring if being played for a long time, but is a really good physics-based puzzle game to play in short bursts! [h1] RECOMMENDED :) [/h1] [b] REVIEW SOURCES: [/b] [list] [*] None

Great little golf game with hundreds of levels and interesting challenges.

A really fun little puzzle-y minigolf game! Enjoyed it!

Mignon. Sympathique. Et avec de bonnes mécaniques. Que demander de plus ? Sous ses airs de simplicité chill se cache un petit mastermind de réflexion sur l'utilisation des angles pour vos tirs. Vous allez vous surprendre à tenter beaucoup de choses, et de niveaux, aussi efficacement que possible ou aussi vite que vous pouvez. Recommandé.

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Fun little mini-golf puzzler. Check out https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41559946 for more recommendations!

Its okay. I love a good golf game, but this one is not my style. It never really felt like a golf game. Its someone's style though, so I will leave the thumbs up since there's nothing wrong with the game, and it plays well.

Great Game. Had a lot of fun with it :)