Unresponsive controls. I find myself sailing through the air into buzzsaws every time I jump. Fix the controls and I'd probably play this game to the end. I stopped at like level 7.
Reviews for "Handheld Video Game"
not fun
Poor game, and yes I do realize the author said it was a short experimental game. The character was simply uninteresting. The controls felt like you were sliding on ice topped with grease. There was an indicator that pointed out there is an ending to the game which was getting out of the screen, but there were zero indicator on how to achieve this. Basically finding the right path to the ending involved sheer luck or just randomly jumping around everywhere every stage to find a false wall (which I didn't try cause I thought it would be to damn obvious). Especially the ending made me rage out in frustration. A simple, The end. Seriously? Yes it may be a short experimental game but that's just shows there was no effort. I would've understand if this was not on the front page, but that's not the case. It is on the front page. I expected something fulfilling or at least satisfying when I started to play this game cause that is what I expect of a flash that is ON THE FRONT PAGE. I think the biggest fault of this flash is just the fact that it was on the front page. And yes this is with the fact after I read and understood the author mentioned this is a short experimental game. Cause if I see a flash on the FRONT PAGE and the author says it's short and experimental(which waives requirement as precision in the controls, quality of the sound, art, etc), I'm expecting something really intuitive or creative the make up for the lack of length, quality and/or plot. I guess newgrounds is at a slump or something right now. Standards have definitely reached a new low this time.
This game is far from good. After being stuck on a level for about 15 minutes... fuck it. It's not the level design or anything that makes the game hard. It's the controls. They make the game frustrating as hell. Fix that and I might consider giving this game a second try.
Short game with irritating gameplay. But with a better storyline and level design, this could have been great.
*SPOILER* The secret ending is on the level with the single moving saw blade that extends all the way on the bottom straight-away. You have to jump into the wall and there's a hidden path.