You'll find a golden hat and when you jump into it the Balan's Bunghole Bout can begin. Balan's Whole Ass Bout is a 'special' thing that appears in every level. Speaking of trash, the fuckin music barely exists and the only combat music in the game has the fuckin chanting samples from the small airfield stage in street fighter 4 and it's fuckin dumb and I hate it.īut the real shit, the real shit that made me quit caring about the game, is Balan's Motherfucking Bout. The stuff with the tims are alright because I just think of Tim Hortons jokes and the little TIMBITS and I could see myself engaging with the shit if the game wasn't trash.
What else is there to say about the rest of game? It looks nice enough, obviously the CG cutscenes are the big stand out here and they're good. Also all costumes are based on like in game creatures but when you wear the costumes the shitty face of your character ruins the design and it's crap amigo it's CRAP. This can lead to grinding out an inventory of the good costumes if you're so inclined because yes, the game is a lot better when you can air cat or frost fairy around and over shit vs having a land locked costume (yes, you can't jump with some costumes) with a shitty projectile. Also while the game allows you to switch costumes at checkpoints, costumes are finite and can be lost. Because the game is a literal one button videogame and they needed to make a shitload of costumes to give the game some sort of selling point, costumes do one thing and there's plenty of overlap. Keys are always like 3 seconds away from the costume so it's completely superfluous and completely useless design. To get a costume in a level, you need a key to 'unlock' it, even if you've already done so. The implementation of the costume feature is fucked the whole way through. Y'know a few hours in I was thinking that the game wasn't that bad and that I'd shoot for the platinum but the more you play it the more the horseshit just permeates the entire experience and by the last two levels I was completely spent of caring about any of it.
Even still, those cutscenes are pure thoughtcrime. But why the fuck can't I just fucking replay the fucking Balan Bouts on the fucking spot, why the fuck must I fucking painstakingly reset the entire fucking level just to have the fucking CHANCE to try it again? Anyways, I definitely don't claim it to be perfect - but imo its positives outweigh its negatives for me.
I think its unique, comprehensive, aesthetically nice costume system (which I admit is still padded with repeats) and collection of genuinely great genre levels make it a worthwhile visit for like $5.00 - and come on, Balan's design is super cool. This being a retro throwback shouldn't really excuse so many antiquated game mechanics. At its best this reminds me of the cutesy, experimental Sega Saturn era of platformers - but it isn't really more than that, and I wholeheartedly agree with everyone else that this is mostly one big barrage of wasted potential in service of a cheap-looking, marginally aggravating experience. I can only assume that people who say this is one of the worst games ever made have only played, maybe like 3 games. While I laugh at the fact that this was touted to be the 'big comeback' for 3D Platformer Collectathons while A Hat in Time already existed years prior, I still think this is fine. Games I Like That Everybody Else Dislikes
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