Tripped | Submitted by the99th on Fri, 01/11/2008 - 20:03. |
Cactus tries to take Nifflas's crazy-platforming throne, and succeeds at doing something weird and beautiful. Move with the arrows, jump with the up arrow, do things with the z button, and be different people. At the end, you'll get the feeling that you've played through the interactive equivalent of an absurd short film, and that's awesome.
The Reprover is a piece of art, and literature, in which the player/reader has the freedom to choose the order in which he experiences new passages. But there is no space for individual agency within the story, no way to make the narrative come out differently. There is also no challenge and no goal, other than the goal (certainly self-selected and individually defined) of getting an aesthetically satisfying experience out of the reading.
Nice. Any sign of an
Nice. Any sign of an alternate ending?
Just...no.
This game is, honestly, pretty stupid. It makes no sense, is too hard, and is not at all satisfying when you finish it.
Pointless
This game was too hard, or too poorly designed, or something. I couldn't figure out how to get past the screen pictured in the review. There's no way to get to the other side like the guy asks you to.
Re: kevin47
I disagree. You have to approach the "puzzles" with a sort of dream logic that makes sense in a twisted way. The only part I had a problem with was the bee segment, which was unnecesarily hard. But the ending seemed fitting (were you expecting a rational ending to a dream?)
Cactus is working on a spiritual succesor called "Brain Damaged Toon Underworld," with a demo that could be found here:
http://willhostforfood.com/users/dorkman/demo.zip
not pointless, just strange
the point isn't to get to the other side. it's impossible. you're SUPPOSED to die, and then you turn into the other guy. the whole game is about turning into other people
it does get harder later on, but it's still fun (although if you don't have a great sense of humor like i do, i don't suggest you try finishing it)