Metascore
66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Negative: 1 out of 8
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  1. Aug 3, 2020
    80
    Skully on Xbox One is a fun game with creative elements, and if you love platformers and want to try something new, then Skully is worth checking out.
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Aug 27, 2020
    6
    Skully is a 3D Puzzle Platformer. You are a Golem, well, most of one. You've been created to help an Earth Elemental fix the relations withSkully is a 3D Puzzle Platformer. You are a Golem, well, most of one. You've been created to help an Earth Elemental fix the relations with his siblings. The story was interesting, but the jarring, still frame cutscenes detracted from what was going on. Given the smooth and beautiful graphics of the game and the clean art of the still frames, I felt jipped every second of every cutscene. The gameplay is back and forth between fast-paced rolling and platforming in your skull form, then solving puzzles with one of your Golem forms. The platforming is bland, and I never felt like my abilities were being tested, in some segments even used. I felt like so much more could have been done with how fast you roll, and the incredible inertia, and gravity physics that are woven into the game. The Golems are limited in what they're capable of, each with their own couple of abilities. The puzzles relied too heavily on mixing these abilities. Scattered around the world are leaves, they seem to line out the paths, but don't have any real bearing on gameplay. They unlock character art, and thats all. So much more could have been done here, it felt lacking, even in the final stretches, when things started to get challenging. Skully is an interesting journey to take if you can get past the cutscenes, and lackluster platforming. Full Review »