This game is stellar. It's a lot of fun to play because there's so much the controls allow you to do. (It would make for a fun speedrunning game.) Controls feel great. It is a lot like Donkey Kong Country + Joe & Mac + Rocket Knight. All great games, and this one combines elements from them well. Pretty much all the joy of playing comes from the solid controls/mechanics. I like the look and sound. The visuals are just a little cartoonish, with a slight painted stop-mo feel. The style works really well for what it is. The game has funny animated cinematics which provide a good story between the levels too. They are short and sweet. I'm surprised the game's rating isn't even higher. This game is about as great a game as I've played in it's genre/style. I haven't finished it, so It might not be all that long (says 5 hours?), but it should have plenty of replay value. It has an achievements system in it as well, so that would help. The controls make for a lot of speed-running potential. I got this game for a couple dollars because it was on a crazy good sale, but after playing it, I think it would be worthwhile even at the full price. Props to the developers!
This game is very difficult to get working on a modern version of Windows. The process necessary to make it work are pretty complicated. It turned out to be not worth my time. I think gog.com should have a feature that warns you when a game is unlikely to work "out of the box" with default settings.
This game is great, except that it doesn't work with a control pad by default. You need to write you own script or use a seperate gamepad emulator in order to have it work with a game pad. Software like Glovepie and AutoHotkey can work well to solve the problem, but the game really should come with gamepad support. (Or gog.com should create the necessary gamepad emulator. If I can do it, they're crew should have no problems writing one.)
