Frogun Encore

truly better than the first, but honestly they both are great games

This is an adorable and slightly busted collectathon platformer that mimics PS1 games but at times feels more like Sonic the Hedgehog or another Sega game. It's the sequel to the first "Frogun" and since they're both indie titles, expect a little roughness around the edges. Despite the cutesy graphics this game can be quite challenging. It's very different from the first Frogun game in that it is smaller (half the stages) and somewhat more polished (though still comedically breakable at times). The main difference between this game and the original is that this one uses a fixed camera angle that always faces forward. This means you never need to adjust the camera. At first glance, this is good, since you can just focus on platforming. But you have to aim the frog tongue in all directions and it's easy to miss and mess everything up. You also can't rotate the camera to explore every nook and cranny. Each level has objectives that contribute to completion of an emblem. These include a deathless run, speedrun, collecting all the coins, collecting all the eyemaralds (Two emeralds) and a skull token that's hidden in a challenge area through a portal. I love this game's structure and i…

[h1] 6/10 [/h1] A fun and digestible little experience. While it lacks polish and has a lot of jank, it's nothing that ruins the experience in my eyes. The way the game just OPENS UP to you when you start thinking three dimensionally is just fantastic as well Overall nothing spectacular, but impressive nevertheless!

This is an odd one to review cause I don't think I can truly separate it from the previous game. I think they work best as compliments to one another because they both have very different strength and weaknesses. I think this one has a lot of fun moves, but at the cost of less distinct level designs due to things like double jumps making a lot of stuff not as difficult. I do miss the camera from the previous game, I like looking around to get a good idea of where I am going. I didn't play the multiplayer which I imagine probably is why the camera is the way it is. I think where I ultimately land at is the first frogun is a more frustrating and the moment to moment feels clunkier, but it is also more interesting and distinct. I would recommend playing both, but honestly if you only wanted to play one I think that one is more interesting. This one is more consistent though if you don't want to deal with frustrating platforming, and is probably easier overall (I 101% it, getting collectables that aren't actually tracked as well). It also fixes some balancing things like frogun 1 has an insane amount of grinding to 100% it.

Forced camera feels weird after the first game, but there were only a couple spots where it was a problem. Overall I liked it. Maybe not quite as good as the first one, but certainly good enough. Definitely easier and shorter, but I didn't really mind. The new abilities are nice.

Fun time challenge, collecting, and tight platforming.