Claire a la Mode

Honestly, one of their weaker games in their lineup. It's kind of a glorified setup game for their next mainline curse crackers game (the dawnthief one). Game is really short, really easy, and generally not as interesting as it could be. The character interactions are fantastic, and the lore/world building is awesome as always, but it doesn't carry the [b]two hour[/b] experience that far. I'm excited for their next game, and I'm glad they experimented with this one, but I would've been reaaaaal mad if I didn't buy this one on sale.

hell yeah i totally recommend this game if you like curse crackers!

claire a la mole

This game controls like a smiling friends background character.

Claire a la Mode is a colorful action sidescroller with a huge cast of characters from Colorgrave's universe, stage design similar to the Kirby games but with faster-paced gameplay spread out across 15 stages (each with a boss) and a final boss stage. Pros: - Graphical style looks great, focused on colorful tiny sprites with lots of personality. - Music slaps hard. Guitar riffs in the first few stages? Oh yes. - Lots of playable characters with unique primary skills that all play slightly differently. - Each stage has hidden items to collect, adding to replay value. - Lots of fun extras in the game's hub world. Challenges, bonuses, unlockables, etc. - It's easy to skip dialogue or scenes. - Did not encounter any glitches. Cons: - Quitting the game and returning will dump you into the game's hub world for the first time with no guidance. Normally finishing each level will just send you into the next one. It took 10 minutes for me to figure out where exactly I had to go to get back to the level progression (it's in a building with 15 mirrors that function as doors to each stage). - Stages are inconsistent with their invisible upper ceilings. Sometimes it seems like there is none. O…

Overall love the game. If you've played ColorGraves previous game CurseCrackers, Claire is more arcady and faster paced, which for me was just a little "too" fast. Took me a bit to get used to and even by the end I still wouldn't say I was 100% in the groove like I eventually got with CurseCrackers. The pixel graphics go for a different aesthetic and are a bit less detailed but still look very nice. Music is a master class as always. Some repeat songs or remixes, but they are all bangers. Looking forward to their next game!