Game Reviews8.7/10
The Messenger Turns Time Travel Into a Platformer’s Core Hook
A hero carries a message through time to save his town, battling foes across centuries in this swift, demanding platformer.
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Tag: Platformer
Game Reviews8.5/10
Trine 2 Review: Three Heroes, One Screen, Plenty of Joy
A review of Trine 2, a physics-driven platformer with three heroes, each with a distinct skill set, offering joyous cooperative puzzle-solving.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Bear and Bat Team Up Again: Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Turns Rotation Into Art
A bear and a bat share one body in a spinning realm of chambers and coin, a sequel that trims its predecessor's bulk into a tighter, finer adventure.
Game Reviews7.6/10
N++ Review: Brutal Levels Reward Patience and Punish Carelessness
A review of N++, the brutal platformer that pushes the genre further, faster, and harder across PS4, Linux, PC and Mac.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Dung Beetle Yoku Rolls Through a Crumbling Paradise in This Platformer
A dung beetle rolls through a crumbling island paradise, delivering packages and solving physics puzzles against an awakening god.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Sackboy’s Big Adventure Still Earns Its Platformer Crown
A soft toy embarks upon a grand adventure through strange lands, building platforms and battling foes in a tale of cheerful delight.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Rogue Legacy Turns Death Into A Reward, And The Castle Pays For It
A wealthy aristocrat's lineage spawns bizarre mutations as he descends into a castle's dungeons, dying and rising again.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Guacamelee! Review: Wrestling, Masks, and the Afterlife Ladder Still Hold Up
A tale of masked wrestlers, mirrors broken, and realms beyond, wherein a farmer becomes a hero of many masks.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Twelve Years On, Super Time Force Still Rewinds Time With Real Charm
A robber, a rewind, and a puzzle of time — Super Time Force reviewed.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Sonic Frontiers Review: Sonic Runs Fast, Wanders Slow
A tale of Sonic, swift and fleet, trapped within a realm of wandering wherein his true velocity is but a shadow.