Solid Platforming (mostly), a cool message and solid controls makes this game a winner!
*REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS*
Before I begin the review, I will inform you I have not listened to David Bowie's "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars", though after playing this, I just might!
Alright, you begin the game on a planet of some sort or a spaceship, called the Arcology. I am not really sure but all I know is that you are really far away from your nice home, Earth. You are a black figure with white eyes, for the sake of the review I will call him Steve. Steve meets with a white figure who tells him that the Earth is doomed to be destroyed, he asks Steve to find 3 different things about people on Earth, in the end he gives Steve 4 different choices of what memory of Earth to keep (Wisdom, Love, Daring, and Spirit). The 1st one he gives you the task of finding is Love, it transitions to an orange guy looking for his girlfriend in a huge city called Metropolis (saw that name coming), in this level they introduce you to platforming (well, they did in the first part too, but not to this extent). You have to traverse lots of jumping on floating platforms and stuff, (makes you think how disabled people get around this place, doesn't it?). Anyways, this level is pretty good, the platforming is simple fun, and there are lots of spots where these little floating grey balls are, I am not really sure what they do; but they are fun to collect nevertheless. Eventually you find your girlfriend and all is well, as you transition back to Steve again. You return to the White guy as he now says you now must find Spirit in Earth, the screen transitions to a light green guy being woken by his mother in the hut they live in, she tells him that today is the day he becomes a man, and that he must climb the great K'rata Tree and find the sacred Red-Blue flower, the son tells her he will acquire it before dark, and he departs. This level introduces you to climbing vines and swimming. After getting to the flower it transitions back to Steve, you return once again to the White guy and he says you must now find the "Daringness" of Earth. The screen transitions to a red guy on a small plane with a pilot who I assume is his friend, the red guy says that there is uncharted land west of a place called Yale Grotto, and that he wants to explore it. You free fall out of the plane into water and you go explore a big cave. This level doesn't introduce anything new, which I was disappointed a little bit by, but it's still a good level. The level ends as you get to the end of the cave, it transitions back to Steve a last time and you return to the White Guy, he then tells you that you must make a choice. You are teleported to a room with 4 portals you can go into, you must make a choice between Love, Spirit, Daring, and the last choice, Wisdom. Depending on which one you choose it changes the player you control at the very last part. The very last part is just a little platforming and then walking up a slanted path, until the screen turns white and the game ends. This game could use a little improvement, people have said there are many bugs with the character control, however I didn't experience any on my playthrough. Good Job!
Reviews for "Man Who Sold The World"
very interesting game
Too hard for me, but it's really fun. If I dedicated more time to climbing and jumping from vine to vine, I'd be better at this game.
This game deserves a 5 star rating.
Ad first the animations were good looking
The story was obviously superb and so was the music. I hope to more like this.
It's absolutely upsetting that there aren't more gaming experiences with an art style like this. Great game.