Octahedron

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    May 9, 2018
    70
    Yes, you will fail, but failure seldom feels cheap or unfair. [May 2018, p.74]
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  2. Push Square
    Mar 19, 2018
    70
    Octahedron is an unconventional 2D platformer with clever level design centred around an innovative core idea. The controls are very simple but can take some adjusting, especially when your allowance of platforms changes from level to level. However, the stages introduce some great mechanics that make you use your platforms for more than just makeshift floors. If you're looking for a platformer with a difference, Octahedron offers up an accessible, intelligent, and challenging game with more ups than downs.

Awards & Rankings

63
#63 Best PS4 Game of 2018

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User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. GBG_Jason
    Mar 25, 2018
    9
    About three decades ago the NES took the video game world by storm, with many games on it defining the platforming genre. Since then, gamesAbout three decades ago the NES took the video game world by storm, with many games on it defining the platforming genre. Since then, games have become a much more accessible platform for developers, with available tools allowing for people with no experience to jump into development. The indie scene has meant lots of competition, and a fair amount of solid games within the platforming genre.

    Octahedron is the latest game from the Square Enix Collective, coming from the one man developer Demimonde. Along the lines of recent platforming greats like Celeste, VVVVVV, and Super Meat Boy, this looks to take a place among the big names of the past decade. It starts off very drab as the protagonist is drawn to a very colorful shape that transforms and transports him to another world. In order to get back home, the challenges awaiting the character must be completed.

    Opposed to the typical left to right gameplay, this focuses on vertical platforming. And rather than jumping on preexisting platforms, you’ll be given the opportunity to create your own and ride them for short distances. Just when you think you’ve mastered the mechanics, the next level introduces something new to learn. Luckily, the game is nice about doing this, providing you a few lives per level. Should you lose all your life, you’ll start at the beginning of the level but maintain all the collectibles you’ve gotten. Should you lose all your lives, you’ll have to start from scratch.

    As you make your way through the puzzles of increasing difficulty, you’ll find yourself entranced by the game’s music. While it’s not strictly required to play to the beat like Frequency or Crypt of the Necrodancer, you’ll often times find yourself jumping and bouncing to the never ending beat from artists you are bound to recognize, such as Chipzel and Monomirror. The infectious rhythms will be stuck in your head for days beyond playing it.

    Perhaps just as enticing as the music are the visuals that the game presents the player with. Mere screenshots do not do the colorful euphoria justice, as you’ll no doubt see in the trailer above. Of course, visuals with such strong personality have the potential to become a bit overbearing, and the later levels occasionally suffer from this. It’s here that the game requires your utmost patience and is perhaps the most trying as you progress through the game.

    If you’re a fan of platformers, there’s a ton for you to choose from in this day and age. There are plenty that are awful, many that are good, and a select few are great. Octahedron falls in the last category, creating an experience that is both familiar and uniquely fresh in a genre that is tried and true.    … Full Review »
  2. dorohedorofan90
    May 14, 2021
    10
    Within the platform genre, we have regular, well, very good platformers. But Octahedron is simply brilliant and great and I assure you thatWithin the platform genre, we have regular, well, very good platformers. But Octahedron is simply brilliant and great and I assure you that these are not exaggerations.

    Do not be fooled by the retro aesthetics of the sprites of the 8-bit generation, because it really hides a great potential and creativity rarely seen in a genre that needs to revitalize and bring new ideas.

    Octahedron offers that and meets expectations, strongly inspired by the level design of the original "Mega Man" games we have a platformer in which you advance by creating your own platforms, exploiting the verticality and forcing you to play with the architecture that is calculated with the utmost precision.

    At first glance it doesn't seem like something really revolutionary, but I don't think I've played any 2D platformer that offers me such an enriching, varied and fresh experience since the days of Super Mario on the NES. Too bad it will go totally unnoticed as one of the best indie of the past 2018.... Because it is an authentic masterpiece.    … Full Review »
  3. inbetween
    Jan 31, 2020
    10
    This game is insane! The amount of creativity that is thrown at you with each level is unbelievable. The music is awesome and enhances theThis game is insane! The amount of creativity that is thrown at you with each level is unbelievable. The music is awesome and enhances the experience terrifically. The game has a decent learning curve, tight controls and is pretty decent with lives. For the most part I found the game to be challenging yet manageable. But at some of the last levels in world 5 I thought the guy who designed the game must be a sadist psycho who takes pleasure in torturing people. :) Brace yourself with patience and be ready to die a lot. If you like platformers do yourself a favour and get this game. You'll have a mesmerizing experience...… Full Review »
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