Big Hops

A lot of love went into this game and it clearly shows in the variety of mechanics that were attempted and implemented. You can see inspiration from mario64, spyro, crash bandicoot, sly cooper, and even newer games like celeste towards the end. It's just a fun world to drop into and spend some time hopping around. Once you get the more physics based movement down, it feels really good sliding and rolling along through the levels so smoothly. Lots of cool items to pick up and hoard for just the right moment. My biggest gripes were: - The high jump mechanic is somewhat annoying how it doesn't propel you forward. You can get a little better at this if you do it quickly while maintaining some speed before using, but it never felt like what I wanted to happen. - Swimming is not very enjoyable, mainly from the short breath timer. Luckily you can unlock a motorized swimming device if you explore a little bit shortly after unlocking the ability to swim. I used that thing anytime I touched the water. There's also not that much swimming overall Other than those couple of things I enjoyed this one and would definitely recommend to anyone who likes platformers.

A well-constructed 3D platformer that goes beyond the now-deafault ps1-era stylings for indies and manages a comfortably ps2+ level of not just graphical quality (style owes a lot to Wind Waker and Sly Cooper) but other aspects of presentation like character interaction, cutscenes etc (although cut corners sometimes show up due to presumable budget constraints, they're generally the right corners in that nothing too essential feels lost). Gamplay features a variety of environments that are different levels of open to exploration for collectable-hunting goodness, though the main path through the game is functionally pretty linear. It's unlikely to rock your socks off if you;ve played games like this before, but it's consistently competent, decently meaty (i have offline playtime on the deck, beating the game probably took me ~15 hours with some but by no menas exhuastive sidetracking), and has a healthy helping of modern schmoovement goodness in the form of dash-jump chaining, momentum swinging and other physicsy stuff. The game's most unique giummick, the consumable fruit/veg you can carry and deploy for traversal abilities, are cool like you'd expect and and add variety and depth to the game's platforming challenges, but it's also the aspect with the most clearly unfulfilled potantial - you can do some really enjoyably clever/exciting/powerful things with them (and if you;re like me you will where you can for the fun of it), but you;re never really cahlleneged to because as a mostly linear game that wants success to be possible with an empty backback (probably for the best under the circumstances), the game never really pushes the boat out and asks you to 'think with vegetables'. There's no convetional 'enemies' either, but I was impressed by how consistently the number and variety of hazards, contraptions and tools kept me engaged and never made me feel bored or like anything was missing. Other thoughts: Story unexceptional but keeps the game going. Would probably make a pretty cool speed game.

3D Platformers are really tough to make, and so many of them feel repetitive after a few hours in. BIG HOPS is different. This was the best 3D platformer I've played in so, so long. The mechanics were deep, the art style was rich, the world was exciting to explore and the music was sublime. There is so much this thing nails: the emergent gameplay from throwing fruits with different properties, the trinket system which spices up your movement/gameplay preferences, and being able to go underwater and climb by managing stamina was fantastic. I really commend Chris and the rest of the team for spending 6 years to make this masterpiece. Big shouts out to y'all, I truly loved this game!

Such a gorgeous game. This game is such an easy 9/10 for me and it is SO CLOSE to a 10/10, but it misses the buck in just a handful of areas. The controls are shy of Mario 3d platformer levels of smooth and effortless, which is a very high bar and very reasonable that they didn't hit it, but all the same...The characters are cute and fun, the tutorial is simple and fun enough, and the gameplay is the PERFECT level of challenging. The story is a bit odd though. Who the hell is this main villain? He's weird looking and even my player character doesn't know him. Feels like the creator left a lot of exposition on the cutting room floor in favor of jumpstarting the actual game, which I really appreciate. Maybe even trading it in for the mystery of who this villain is that we can potentially uncover as the story continues on. I am very excited to play more, especially on my AYN Thor and Retroid Pocket 5 as I was flipping back and forth between them for my gameplay so far. AMAZING GAME! SO GLAD I GOT IT! CAN'T WAIT TO FINISH IT!!

Very nice platformer, about 10 hrs of gameplay Controller is preferred The game plays very nicely and the mechanics all work very well, you can feel the inspiration from mario odyssey One of the best platformers I've played in a while

Really fun game, one thing that's annoying that I just experienced is when you play a song on the jukebox and it doesn't cancel the main games music.

banjo kazooie vibes. loved it. nitpick: late game tablet that reveals remaining collectibles should have fast travel. That would make finishing collection fun and not a chore.

First glance I thought this game was like A Short Hike - You explore the map, collect items and climb to higher places. I was only half right, it eventually feels like a mix of A Short Hike and PEAK, with a strong charming story and plenty of humor. Sure, a lot of the gameplay is about climbing and visiting different areas, there are also many lovely city buildings and houses to look at. One of the most fun parts is using different functional fruits: some work like ropes, others shoot floating bubbles, offering the little frog guy plenty of creative ways to cross gaps. There are badges you can pick and equip as buffs along with interesting costumes. Most of the puzzles are built around crossing gaps or getting over walls, I’m about a third of the way and the only tricky part I’ve found so far was a trapdoor that required timing. It took me a few minutes to get through but overall, the game is mostly lighthearted, fun and exciting. One funny mission involves two rabbit brothers who refuse to talk to each other over some small disagreement even though they clearly want to make up. Each of them asks you to get an item from the other and after trying almost everything without a solution, I threw a flame fruit at one of the rabbits. He caught fire and said it must be his brother’s way of apologizing and they immediately made up lol. Another is a robber rabbit who appears from a pipe like Zorro, and later leaves a note if you followed the wrong pipe. I can really tell Devs put a lot of love into this game, I recommend it. [u] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43342176-Why-Not-Games/#browse] My curator page[/url][/u] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3725386759&fileuploadsuccess=1

Super fantastic game 🙏, very well made in pretty much every department. Gameplay feels very punchy, responsive, and awesome, and there's about 20 hours worth of content for a regular playthrough that's enjoyable for the entire time through.

Good mechanics, chill vibe, best new 3d platformer!