An enjoyable platformer that is unfortunately hampered by a cap of 30fps. Very strange. Beautiful art and music, loved the stage design as well, but unfortunately capping it at 30fps does hurt the experience quite a bit. One major downside to the beautiful art is that often hazards - both moving and stationary - can blend in with the backgrounds, so you will often die to pieces youAn enjoyable platformer that is unfortunately hampered by a cap of 30fps. Very strange. Beautiful art and music, loved the stage design as well, but unfortunately capping it at 30fps does hurt the experience quite a bit. One major downside to the beautiful art is that often hazards - both moving and stationary - can blend in with the backgrounds, so you will often die to pieces you don't know are there until you look very, very closely.
The story is nice. The idea is that Mr. Bree (a pig) is trying to be reunited with his family and also recollecting abilities along the way. You don't start with anything but the ability to move left and right, but eventually you gather the platformer basics and then you're off to the races. The levels themselves aren't that challenging if just played to complete, but if going for all the puzzle pieces and clearing all the Slaughterhouse levels, you're in for some fun. There are only a few boss fights, but they are quite grueling, perhaps a little overtuned but oh well.
I did re-install this before making this review to revitalize my memory of it, and found myself getting addicted to it all over again. Shut it off after 15 minutes because other things to do, already have this one cleared, but just evidence that this title does hold up despite its few shortcomings, mainly the framerate cap of 30fps.
The developer of the game, Lucas Jock, had apparently planned more development for the title (there is a "Game Mode" feature that's labeled as "Available Soon"), but unfortunately he was murdered during an armed robbery in April of 2015, so that won't be happening. I own this on GoG not Steam and completed it 100% a while ago, so cannot say how long it takes to beat.… Expand