Alright, so, let's get the positives out of the way, first.
Overall, I like this game, a lot. It's very challenging and really fun to just pick up and play.
I am absolutely infatuated with the music, 80's synthwave is possibly one of my favorite genres ever, and the sound effects are pleasant to listen to, so no complaints in the audio department.
The art style is phenomenal, I will always love 80's Neon Futurism, and pair that with some stellar pixel art, art department gets a solid 5/5.
Okay, now, especially considering the game just launched are there will naturally be flaws to iron out, I'll try to point out some of the problems I experienced + some pet peeves.
Pet peeves, first:
- There is no counter for the time rewind power up. I'm not sure if this is deliberate or not, but having a counter to know how many of the time rewind power ups I have to spend would be nice. To my understanding, it's per character, not overall, so sometimes I'll try to use the power up with a character and end up realizing that I picked it up with the other character and die;
- There could be better indicators as to where exactly the time rewind will put you. Often times I'll find myself using the power up, only to have it put me [b]right on top, mid-jump[/b], of a vortex, making me die anyway. Maybe give the player the ability to decide where to end the power up, by holding / letting go of Shift for that, but still, adding some sort of meter, limiting the amount of rewinding that can be done.
Problems:
- This didn't happen too often, but, sometimes, when I'd try to use a power up with, say, the Blue runner, and I'd be close, but not [b]too[/b] close to a Yellow portal, pressing shift would still make me die anyway (one time this problem happened, the Blue runner died twice in rapid succession, thus making me feel like this is indeed a problem);
- Now this is the big one. This problem is preventing me from completing the game, as of the time I'm writing this review. Many, many times, right after a swap (spacebar), the runner [b]will not jump high enough[/b] and get killed by a vortex. Seems to happen more, if not all times, to the Yellow runner. I'm at level... 7, maybe? And I'm simply stuck there because this glitch seems to happen often, and this level has a lot of areas where you have to swap between the runners very quickly.
All in all, this game is BEAUTIFUL, I repeat and reinstate all of the compliments I gave this game, and I really hope this becomes successful. Everyone involved did a tremendous job and I offer nothing but sincere kudos and heartfelt congratulations ♥
