The ending makes your pursuit so meaningful... the ending also makes your pursuit so meaningless. (Wonderfully frustrated)
This is a 'free' no stress platformer also a debut to the UK Suffolk developing career of Damsel Stone... ( https://www.damselstone.com/ ) The no stress is all thanks to the fact that every time you die you simply respawn at the beginning of the level with all the items you have thus far gathered.
While bears and bees usually enjoy somewhat a symbiotic relationship something seems to be amiss as your queen bee is missing and seems to be in peril to a grisly nemesis. There is no need to get your antennae’s in a twist though as newly born 'Beeworth' has commissioned himself even though he doesn't have wings yet, to bounce himself through several pollen filled levels to gather all the tools necessary to locate his mother's presence, and break her out of her jail cell, by locating three bears statues that will unlock her from her overbearing dungeon.
The enriching childlike art style is suitable for the young adolescent in each of us and the upbeat, heart skipping, dancing jigs will have you humming tangibly in the day even long after you have finished playing with the game. In truth there is enough in quantity and quality here to warrant a small price. Maybe the catchy soundtrack and art book could be added for sale in the near future so that many of us who would wish to include this memento in our gaming libraries for good could do so.
Without a doubt, the most memorable part of the game is when you realise that all the tools and weapons you have collected in the game, will actually play a part in your being able to locate your queen, this literally makes everything you do in the game so meaningful. Unfortunately, you then meet the queen, who is as hideous as a Norse Mythology God Statue, lazy and can't do a damn thing for you to help you in your personal pursuit of freedom and growth when it comes to gaining wings. So, instead of experiencing any culmination of you getting to buzz around the screen with mounted wings, instead you’re simply treated to credits. Credits where basically Edward claims he did everything and makes you wonder why on earth this is known as a Damsel Stone production.
Having said that though, the credits did solve one mystery for me. Every time you bounce around you keep making a noise, which at the time, I thought was the clubbing of a baby seal. I just could not put my finger on the origin of that noise. Apparently, according to credits, it’s a cat. Thanks for the information. Problem solved. I feel so much better.
I must also, make quick mention, that the eyeballs from 'brighter day' clinic are also an added nemesis in this game.
In final, a game which makes the pursuit of items so meaningful at the conclusion, somehow makes the same pursuit so masterfully meaningless. A game full of squishy cat noises, brighter day eyeballs, and a free heroic platform adventure worth a hibernating play through on one cold Saturday night.
My complete play through below…
https://youtu.be/asV7n4eENPU
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