Aqua Kitty captures the old arcades feeling perfectly... or purrfectly in this case. At it's core, it is a simple arcade game as they were in the arcade's golden age: you move up and down, left and right and shoot sea creatures that threaten the milk mining operation of the kitties. As you do that, you gather power ups and and shoot even more sea creatures. And all that in a beautiful and cute retro look with a fitting (and great) arcade soundtrack. I highly recommend this to anyone and everyone who likes the good old oldies. Now all I need is to play this co-op...
To start the game, walk to the right. And so you walk and are given a very quick rundown of the game. Smash a chest; collect the shield. Kill a monster. Throw a throwing spear; use spears stuck in walls to climb the walls. And double jump for that little extra height and roll throw a hole in the wall. Simple enough and let's be honest, we didn't really need more than that in games to have fun. And so you leave the little intro area... and most likely die repeatedly. One hit the shield is gone. A second hit you are dead. And since those blue lizard creatures witshtand two hits, unlike the green ones, simply trading blows sword vs club is not necessarily a good idea. You ressurect at the big crystal and once more into the frey of endlessly spawnng enemies. You jump over spike pits, climb up and down ropes, always killing stuff and collecting gems, gold etc... and you die repeatedly. And that is as it should be. Repeatedly dying is what the genre is all about. And eventually you will survive and get that warm fuzzy feeling. If only there weren't those walls and the double jumping. It doesn't always look as if you would need a double jump, yet you do. You can't stand too close to the wall or you wont be able to jump on top of it. Yet the wall is narrow so you'll easily jump too far and land in the spike pit... And then deadlyness comes through akward controls. But maybe that too is just part of the learning curve. But even with all the deaths you come back for more.
