I'm not sure why a game about a greedy duck is one of the most rage inducing games I've played, but it is. easy difficulty? not an issue. the game gives infinite lives, allowing easy learning of the level. hard difficulty? I hope youre a pro. my only issue, which makes this truly feel like a rage game, is being unable to practice the later parts of levels. die three times, go back to the beginning. this makes one level take up to an hour to learn, and up to three hours to beat. of course, this doesnt apply to the first maybe 3 levels, but the fourth and fifth took me a few restarts.
spoiler for this next part: theres a secret sixth and final level, and it is the bane of my existence. some enemies are extremely difficult to avoid (or maybe I'm just playing it wrong, but I dont see another way to do it), other enemies are hard to see, and some obstacles are pure learning, which is kind of difficult when dying is this punishing... of course, I could have learned the game on an easier difficulty and then gone to hard mode, but I'm dumb, so of course I didnt.
all of my previous dislike towards the last level would not exist if it werent for the last part of the last level. the last bit is timed platforming, which you have to be perfect or near perfect to complete. once again, its very difficult to learn something that has 10 minute gaps in between each attempt.
so if I've expressed nothing but dislike for this game, why is my review positive? well, aside from the last part of the last level, the game is really enjoyable (except the above ground portions of level 4... hate that part). most of the boss fights are really fun, balanced, or both. not a single boss in the game took me more than one restart, which is pretty good for the length of the levels, and the fact that I was still learning them. plus, no one forced me to play on hard mode, and I definitely had a lot of fun with the game on easier difficulties. so no, I'm not complaining about the game, because its still a really cool concept and I didn't despise playing it.
TL;DR: this game will bully you on hard mode, and give you a fun time on easy mode. only play hard mode if youre insane at video games or you have a lot of patience.
