Krimson

The best way I can describe this game is "an experience". It will occasionally be frustrating, player-hostile, and tedious. But when everything comes together, it is very fun. It is essentially a platformer where the level elements react to the song's rhythm. The music, the graphics, and the level design all combine to create a really artistic and fun game experience. I picked this up in 2024 and didn't get around to finishing it til now. I do wish it was a little bit longer, it's only about 2 hours or so, but for the price, I think it is worth it because there are a lot of cool setpieces, some really cool art, music, and gameplay in here. There isn't really anything else like it besides the game "140", and the similarities to 140 end pretty quickly as the developer builds on the experience. (Also I will just throw in here that the game runs very well despite it being on Unity, and having a ton of crazy graphical and screen effects. I only had an occasional hitch in the last couple levels and nothing else that I can recall.) These are the only criticisms I can offer, and seeing it hasn't been updated in years, these will probably fall on deaf ears. That's okay though, it's fun as …

very fun little platformer, absolutely in love with the visuals, which somehow are readable despite all the flashing (I'm serious the flashing is CRAZY, do not play if you're at all prone to epilepsy or even just dislike flashy visual, this is a rough sell unless you're already drawn to the aesthetic) Even if you do not give the game a shot, please please please P L E A S E look up the soundtrack for this game on bandcamp by CryingPsycho, the soundtrack is soooooo good and unique, very gritty distorted metal, specifically the vocal tracks were absolute highlights for me. Things I LOVE: -It's tight but simple platforming, precision platformer for sure, moving with the rhythm often had me in a flow state. -T H E M U S I C !!! i'm seriously in love with Self-Destruct in particular, absolute banger! -The visuals are trippy as hell and i love it, it fits the vibe so well -It's really challenging as a platformer, but barely punishing. There's a few kinda autoscroll sections that felt a bit frustrating but ultimately the difficulty was super enjoyable in my opinion Things that bothered me a bit: -when the flow state works it works well, when it doesn't it can feel really awful and fru…

Wow, what an amazing hidden gem! At first glance, some things will be obvious to you - either you like this "argent metal destructive" vibe, or not. If you do. Do be aware that they're not kidding - this is a precision platformer at heart, and it is quite challenging. Though, for Krimson specifically, I prefer to call this genre of games an "assault on the senses" type genre. As you may see from the store page, this game is super audiovisual heavy, and for that I'm happy that it doesn't overstay its welcome at all, it will roughly take you 5 hours to finish with decent gameplay (from your end I mean). However, what isn't so obvious is that Krimson is actually super well balanced gaming challenge. It's not just a treat to play through, headbanging to the insane music madness, but also offers a great feeling of escalating challenge. Krimson will throw various gimmicks at you in 4 very distinct biomes, each biome also has its own "central gimmick" - like changing gravity, infinite jumps, conveyor belts, shape-shifting obstacles - and many more. But then each level also introduces mini-gimmick obstacles for each segment, and the game is designed in a really fun way where it's always:…

What a hidden gem! Absolute cinema! Not as hard as it looks!

This is an amazing demon meatball plat-roll-jumper. From A to A+ I need a mod to be Meatwad.

https://youtu.be/GV5Kys-fCSE Aggressive against the player in it's style and theming the platforming challenges are tough be fair with a lot of variety.