Rocketboat - Pilot

Rocketboat - Pilot est un bon jeu d'action aventure, il est court et gratuit. vous y incarnerez un des membres (au choix) du groupe de rock "Rocketboat". Le style visuel de ce platformer est novateur et très réussi, mêlant personnages en 2D et décors en 3D. Les musiques sont également très bonnes et entraînantes. La maniabilité ne pose aucun problème, et l'intérêt de jeu est présent. Ce jeu est plutôt facile, il se termine en une heure.

The word "Pilot" might be doing an awful lot of work here in acting as a proof of concept or testing ground for some ideas that will be refined upon full release. But if this is a true representation of things to come, then I think I'll pass, thanks. Bearing an uncanny resemblance to [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/515740/Radical_Heroes_Crimson_City_Crisis/]Radical Heroes: Crimson City Crisis[/url] (to the point that I actually thought this was by the same people at first glance), this draws inspiration from many retro classics. There's flavours of landmark NES games like Mario, Kirby and Earthbound, even just within the three sections contained in this glorified demo. So an old-school platformer with a 2.5D twist is what you're getting here. It opens with a curiously quirky cutscene about an indie boyband trying out a new form of publicity and finding themselves needing to head out to the city upon its immediate success (whilst also seemingly being monitored by outside, alien forces to some unknown ends). The brief but fun introduction leaves much to the imagination, but it's not long before you get into the meat of the game, and also where it soon presents its flaws. In short - the platforming is poopy and the camera angles are bad. The mix of pixel-perfect precision jumping coupled with 2D sprites hopping around often cramped 3D environments, and hampered by a side-on camera constantly switching to a skewed angle, all combine to an incredibly tricky, frustrating experience. Having 2D enemies move into the fore or background, or moving from side to side while the camera contributes with an almost diagonal view, just makes things gratingly awkward and largely a matter of either patience or blunt trial and error to navigate. Perhaps in the final product they'll go a little easier on the player and the layout of stages and positioning of enemies will be more forgiving. But for what's on show right here and now, despite the appealing aesthetic on offer, it's more frustration than fun, and feels closer to a relic of its inspirations than a modern masterpiece in the making.