Gibbon: Beyond the Trees

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  1. andy_indierock
    May 24, 2022
    8
    Wait till got discount can buy. 3 hours can complete it. Divided to chapters, some chapter hard and frustrating. Just have to time right to release the button so can jump higher to avoid fires or cross river. Buy it if u want to save gibbons, dont know money channel to gibbon sanctuary or not. Sad story, happy at the end.
  2. fadeshiro
    Jun 17, 2022
    2
    The game has been out for a month without any updates. The loading screen to get to the main menu lasts two minutes, without exaggeration. And that's just the beginning of the waiting. It's a simple 2D game with not many assets to load, I cannot imagine what it's doing for that time. But I'd be almost willing to look past that if the game was fun afterwards. The issue is, I can't tell ifThe game has been out for a month without any updates. The loading screen to get to the main menu lasts two minutes, without exaggeration. And that's just the beginning of the waiting. It's a simple 2D game with not many assets to load, I cannot imagine what it's doing for that time. But I'd be almost willing to look past that if the game was fun afterwards. The issue is, I can't tell if the game is fun. There are so many frame drops, it constantly ends up eating inputs and missing jumps and catches. It's beyond frustrating, because the game looked fun. But it is, quite literally, unplayable on the Switch. And the developers don't seem to care.… Expand
  3. FoxyChalet
    May 13, 2022
    3
    Alright let's start at perhaps the biggest issue. the loading screen is unforgivably long. I do not say unforgivably as a cute joke, I'm talking minutes of your time to get to the title screen. It feels like a joke. I'd say "add a minigame to the loading screen so it's less boring", but the game is already a minigame, there is no reason to take this long.

    While I greatly appreciate the    Alright let's start at perhaps the biggest issue. the loading screen is unforgivably long. I do not say unforgivably as a cute joke, I'm talking minutes of your time to get to the title screen. It feels like a joke. I'd say "add a minigame to the loading screen so it's less boring", but the game is already a minigame, there is no reason to take this long.

    While I greatly appreciate the environmental message of this game and love that it's about gibbons, I really can't endorse it for several reasons. First, the unfortunate truth is that most people don't care. Some people are proud of this, some may think they care, but when it comes down to it, if you try to take away something they like that might help someone else, they throw a fit. These people will remain largely unaffected by this game, while people such as myself will be triggered by it. Apologies to the creator who is trying to do something good, I think, but that's just the way it is. the niche that this game hits is just so small, and I think GTA and COD have proven that putting things in games just desensitizes people to the real world issues even further. I have no interest in finishing the game because the true end of the game is so unbelievably sad, and has such real world applications that the game can not be a form of escapism or even fun.

    The mechanics are very basic, similar to a skateboarding game, but I have to say I expected more of an action style of controls. It's definitely clear that it started as a mobile game. That being said, as an autorunner, it's decent.

    The game is very repetitive. I was cool with the very short campaign time, but I figured, being so short, it would be a finely polished sort of campaign, whereas it's just swinging through the same looking trees over and over again.    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Checkpoint Gaming
    Jun 3, 2022
    65
    Gibbon: Beyond the Trees is a fantastically paced game seemingly designed to be experienced in bite-sized chunks with challenging controls that could be mastered by those willing to put in the effort. With all the thought and care put into representing these beautiful creatures and their heartbreaking lives, the game’s issues appear to stem from a lack of resources, not passion. Despite the repetition and technical struggles, it’s a short, sweet experience whose positive elements are more memorable than its faults.
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  2. Switch Player
    May 25, 2022
    70
    Gibbon: Beyond the Trees combines gorgeous painterly visuals, and fantastic swinging mechanics, with an urgent and emotional story told with sensitivity. Sadly a couple of performance issues hold back this lovely game, leaving it a few monkeys short of a zoo.
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  3. Press Start Australia
    May 25, 2022
    65
    Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, like Old Man’s Journey before it, is a tightly-packed, hour-long adventure that lays bare the eco-terrorism that continually threatens these titular primates. While it doesn’t do anything particularly groundbreaking as a game, it’s a brisk, beautiful and, at times, terribly sad game that moves along at a rate of knots, even if that places a strain on the now-aged Switch hardware.
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