Wallkill

Frustrating platformer that limits your basic jump and opts for obnoxious camera. Gamepad is not supported, so you’ll have to make do with keyboard and mouse combination. Controls a bit strange and don’t exactly allow normal movement. First of all, camera movement is not free and you have to hold the middle mouse button to rotate it. Why this is important is because your characters behaves like it’s in constant “lock on target mode” where the target is the top of the screen. This means you can only walk forward, backward, or sidestep to left or right. However, there’s a secondary movement option when you press the right mouse button. This puts you in combat mode. Here the character will turn automatically towards the mouse cursor, and you only have to hold forward button to move around the arena. You also get to use several weapons, but they’re mostly used to shoot at switches. But since the game is a platformer, combat mode isn’t the best choice for making jumps. Although movement is free, your jumping and running are limited by energy. This mechanic is bad and constantly makes you wait until you have enough to make a basic jump. Falling in hazards isn’t that big of an issue because you respawn immediately. However, if you lose all health points and die, you will be returned to the main hub and permanently lose one health point. Camera will be your biggest enemy. Besides the fact that you constantly have to hold down the middle mouse button, you also have to deal with zero perception. The top down view doesn’t follow your character all the time, so you usually have no idea how far you can jump or even if there are elevations. Portal room is your starting point from which you enter worlds. They are unlocked in order so you don’t get to choose. Each world has a theme and its own environment and hazards. The game’s mechanic involves challenge rooms in which you need to step on targets, shoot switches, or do both. Once you do that, you open a door to the next room with another random challenge. A timer isn’t that important. If you beat the room before it reaches zero, you will earn a cog. Rooms are random each time you enter though a portal. Some have a hidden objective that opens a room to a better loot. These are marked with an icon so you know they’re around. Targets that need to be shot are marked, and so are switches. Sadly, this visual clue is barely noticeable because of the camera issues and very limited zoom capability. Once that is done, you will open a door to another room. Since a world is a grid of rooms, you might open a path to two or more rooms at the same time.