Demon Turf

-Cons: Slippery movement may not be what you like in a platformer. Occasional bug, like getting stuck on a ledge A few things that looks like platforms aren't platforms Sometimes the edge of objects extends slightly beyond their model Occasionally uninteresting to look at (big walls with single color and no textures) -Pros: Super Mario Sunshine-style platforming Seriously, bouncing around feels great Forgiving base game, tough and rewarding extras Lots to do and see, some nice unobtrusive humor Lots of ways to skip, cheese, shortcut, and optimize Fun soundtrack (mostly) Graphically undemanding Lots of good options for speedruns, accessibility, etc Really, this game is a blast, and if you think it'll scratch the itch, it will. At least give it a shot.

The hybrid artstyle in this game is very unique and I really like all the different transformations and how you can combo them for platforming. It's an easy thing for me to support!

Okay, so under all this stuff I'm going to point out is a basically competent puzzle platformer collect-a-thon that once you finish you basically won't have any motivation to pick up again. I guess I wanted to keep playing to see how (for lack of a better word) deranged the story and setting got. Okay so even though the PC is supposedly the equivalent of 10, I doubt I'd let a 10 year old play this. There's a few little details sprinkled around that might give a kid as stupid as I once was bad ideas, and it just kinda comes off as weird that these guys are allegedly demons, although I guess it's a handwave for all of Beebz's weird powers and the weirder mix of characters. There's a few places the story could have gone that I'm grateful it didn't and a few I'm kinda surprised it didn't. No one's motivation is really discernible except Beebz (an indestructible jerk wants to take over the world! 'cause she's a demon, therefore a jerk!) and the DK (it's pretty stupid!), and it's kinda ambiguous just how "evil" a demon in this setting is supposed to be, and while I think I would prefer the story actually STAY light on a lot of details, Luce's reaction's to everything Beebz does still kinda didn't make sense. The way she was going I was actually expecting to fight Luce before the DK, but no. And everyone seems to overlook how the changes Beebz takeovers make to a zone aren't exactly constructive. The soundtrack is pretty nice, in that it's as kinda deranged as everything else. I wouldn't listen to it in the car but it fits the game. Making every character a 2d drawing was interesting, and for the most part the game pulls it off, but many of the NPCs are really kinda off-putting. It also seems like the game is kinda badly optimized for its style. I couldn't get above 20FPS on WINE with a 1080, but it usually ran at 60 in windows...on a 2080ti. Usually, except for one spot. I'm glad I didn't have to use the time stop the whole game. Those puzzles weren't very fun.

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