Grow Up

[h1]Well, it certainly is more a game now.[/h1] Grow Up is the sequel to a fine enough tech demo, Grow Home. It expands on the game in nearly every possible way, while presenting some new ideas. It also falls into some of the typical Ubisoft shortcomings. + While BUD is still a slippery stumblebot, it feels much refined to control him. + The world is genuinely fun to navigate due to an expanded toolkit and several biomes to conquer. + The new major mechanic of scanning plants and placing them (Floroforms) is a neat concept... + The different objective means there's multiple means to accomplishing it, be it from above or below. + The music and atmosphere are vastly improved over the original title. - BUD is somehow more fragile than before, now able to get his block knocked off from new forms of impact that didn't before. - The challenges are largely crackhorse agility courses. My name isn't Oguri Cup, so I'm frankly not interested. The few actual platforming or navigation courses are neat, though. - ...Floroforms become completely moot with enough crystals. - Nobody bothered to waterproof BUD in the intervening time. - Hades help you should you miss one of the starplant rocks and have to climb down for them. - One of your abilities is still non-directional, annoyingly enough.

[h1] What is this game? [/h1] Grow Up is the sequel to the game "Grow Home" - putting the player in the role of the character B.U.D yet again; as he tries to put M.O.M back together after a fatal crash. Along the way you collect seeds for various alien plants and grow "Starflowers" - massive plants that reach in to space. [h2] Price/replay value [/h2] Horrible - Bad - [u] Decent [/u] - Good - Amazing [h2] Achievement hunting [/h2] Mostly collectible based, some rely on small challenges like bouncing on a Youch 7 times. "Along for the ride" is probably missable as this requires an uncompleted challenge to fulfill. [h2] Pros/cons [/h2] [b] Pros [/b] [list] [*]Way more variety in movement [*]You can choose your order of progression [*]Eagle eye camera is a nice addition [/list] [b] Cons [/b] [list] [*]Still incredibly jank [*]Crystals don't show properly in eagle eye view [/list] [h2] Overall opinion [/h2] I know this game has very mixed opinions but I personally prefer this one to the first game. The movement (whilst still janky) is a lot better, and the ability to plant seeds at your own volition as well as the glider and air brakes not being consumable, made this game considerably more fun to me. The crystals are slightly easier to find due to the eagle eye camera; but can still be a nuisance when in caves or the like. The increased radar distance does help considerably in spotting them. Starflowers also being optional does make for interesting metroidvania-esque gameplay imo and generally adds flavour to an otherwise fairly bland concept. [h2] tldr; [/h2] Better movement, better collectibles, also way easier. [h2] Should you buy it? [/h2] Probably not at full price, but it's a pretty solid game on sale.

Cool physics and plenty of exploring to do

One of the most underrated physics based platformers ever made. Ubisoft please make a 3rd game in this series.

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good game

Really cute game, I love the exploration and physics as it reminds me of a lesser Astroneer. I did the Xbox 100% when the game first came out, but it was really nice revisiting it. The controls and camera can be kinda clunky at times and the crystals are a bit annoying to find in the end-game/cleanup but overalll fun game.

top 10 games to breathe and smile to

I bought this game a long time ago because i saw it on a video of unique short games but never got around to playing it. It's definitely a very unique game, essentially it's a somewhat physics based game which actual planet physics on a small planet, where you control each hand individually(mainly used for traversal and pulling switches, not much point otherwise lol), and you collect different types of plants which can be used to boost or float you higher, The main goal of the game is to collect all the ship parts so you can go home, but there's a few other collectables around the planet, some unlock new appearances and others make it easier to traverse. As it's a short game i won't go into too much detail, however, i do want to highlight one really cool feature. Across the planet there are 4 different "star plants", very large vines which you can grab onto and fly onto energy sources to make them grow bigger. Which is really cool, it feels fun flying these tendrils out to other islands! I like how as you collect more crystals and gear, the world feels much easier to explore, you go from having to find a islands to hop on to climb higher or using star plants to bring yourself higher to being able to rocket around with your hangglider infinitely lol One somewhat major complaint i had was that the controls can be very janky. For example, you might rocket on your hangglider and it'll inexplicably shoot straight down instead of forward, and sometimes the jetpack whips around weirdly. Another minor complaint is i kinda wish there was more to do,, i feel like a game like this could've been stretched over multiple planets but it can be beaten under 2 hours if you rush it. However i somehow managed to get 11 hours in and i didn't even do any of the challenges lol Would still recommend it, it's a very cute game!