Clive 'N' Wrench

I was hesitant going into this game because people were saying it was buggy and lacked polish. But upon actually playing the game for myself, it has polish and charm up the wazoo, with barely any bugs, and even then none of them affected my gameplay at all. I have to wonder if anyone who called the game unpolished or buggy actually played the game? Did they just parrot the opinion of a Youtuber that exaggerated negative aspects of the game for views, thus leading to an unwarranted hate campaign? Maybe. Ignore the haters, this game is super fun and has crazy amounts of effort placed into it! Support the developer and buy it now!

This game really wants to be Banjo Kazooie, but also wants things to move a lot faster. The environments are quite diverse, lots of little quirky details. So even if the presentation may be rough and janky (Oh yes it is), it also carries a lot of love with it. If you are looking for an ultra-polished platformer, maybe go look at Yooka-Laylee. But where this shines over the lizard and bat is in the sheer speed. Momentum doesn't seem to have much to say here, you can run fast from a standing start, and stop at a moment's notice. Though janky it feels entertaining to move around. The combat can go take a flying leap out the window though, there's hardly any good feeling with what hit you and when. Thankfully it's a non-issue except in some boss fights. The sound and music are, at best, a mixed bag. I would not recommend you play this for those. And the story is.....there I guess. There are a couple of boss battles where you don't actually have to fight the boss. It's clear that the developer went with doing something funny and occasionally unexpected. And I am here for it. if you can handle jank and are just hankering for scampering around a silly world, I think you may like this. I know I did.

This game is full of bugs. The colliders are weird. There's a ton of pop in that doesn't make sense. Clive's animations don't work sometimes. And the swimming controls are horrendous. I streamed the game on discord to my friends and we had a good laugh spotting all of the bugs. I really enjoy running around and jumping as clive. His move set is interesting and platforming can be fum. My recommendation is buy it on sale if you want to play it. Don't expect anything amazing though. If you do want a polished platformer this game is not for you.