Demon Turf: Queens Edition

this game is extremely unique in the 3d platformer genre it was an extremely fufiling 100% completion

This game isn't perfect, but it sure is good. Demon Turf is a high-skill 3D platformer that rapidly oscillates between making you feel like the sickest gamer to ever touch a controller and making you want to strangle the developers. When it works, it's a blast. When it doesn't, you're probably playing one of 5 terrible boss fights. Or fighting in general. The absolute best of this game is the core gameplay. Your moveset is surprisingly deep right out of the gate, and you would be best served to run through the whole move list in the menu and noodle around in the main hub to get really familiar with what you can and can't do. Once you get the hang of it, you become a puzzle-solving machine, judging distances, scouting out walls of interest, and finding little bits of level geometry that let you skip big parts of levels. If you love making the most of a platforming moveset with a high skill ceiling, this is your game. If you love cheesing your way around huge sections of levels because you spied a little ledge that you can juuuuust barely stand on, this is doubly so your game. Second best is this game's aesthetic. This game is very stylishly messy, and I mean it in a good way. Models and textures are low-fidelity, effects are crude, and all of the colors are garish. It makes my eyes bleed, and I love it. The music is mostly just fine, but a few tracks stand out and overall the soundtrack complements the game's personality. Sometimes the visual effects can get in the way (I'm looking at you, smoke particles in the second boss's final stage) and you can lose track of Beebz's size when her shadow isn't on the ground, but overall I think this game's visuals are a big win. The game's flaws really lie in its inconsistent level design. Most levels are somehow both tight and freeing, but some just have weird jank that exposes the very few sore spots in the game's physics, or drag on in unfun ways. Sometimes, the game forces you to fight, and the combat system is awkward at best, being slow, floaty, and finicky. Fortunately, many (about half) of the fights can be skipped with some creativity (or with a grapple spot that the developer placed to let you skip it), and skipping fights is just as rewarding as skipping level segments. Fortunately, despite the game being tricky at times, you can afford to skip levels. You don't need to finish every single level to beat the game, and you can even use some of the sweets you earn from exploration and side content to buy your way past a level. Then, if you want your sweets back, you can go and beat the level yourself once you've gained some confidence, skill and/or equips. As for length, this game is MEATY. It took me 34 hours to 100% it. A good chunk of that time was replaying levels for trophy times and doing completely optional side content that rewards you with currency for customization, so you can run through it in probably half the time if you don't care for trying to be the sickest platform gamer that ever lived and don't want to. But if you like the core platforming, you'll probably at least want to try some of the trials, which are mostly just standard gameplay in a more frustrating package. If you love 3D platforming that really does challenge you to fly and can forgive a terrible combat system, poor boss fights, and inconsistent level design, go knock yourself out. I'm more of a 70%-80% completion kind of person, and I enjoyed it enough to 100% despite and not loving it all the way through. I think that means something.

a great game but sometime a bit boring

Boring and long.

Really enjoying this. Having just played Bubsy 4D, it's been a pleasure going back through this dev's releases. Super underrated! If you are an enjoyer of Nintendo nostalgia and platformers, don't miss out on this one!