Struggling

Such a stupid game. I've never seen my wife laugh so much while playing a game.

I played this originally on another platform and found it really fun! The art style, presentation and music of Struggling questions "What if Dr. Dimento, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Troma, and Tiny Tim did a game collab?" If you have to Google search who or what those entities are, then this game may not be for you. If you do know then you will more than likely have a good laugh with it. In terms of gameplay however... I'm a glutton for punishment, and this is not a pick-up and play game. There is a bit a learning curve. I do find myself mouthing "left-right-left-right" to keep track of arm movements. It's a *struggle* for sure, but not so much as frustrating as something like Manual Samuel. The gameplay is enough that if you don't like or appreciate it within the first few minutes, you'll probably never come back to it. Furthermore, you will FAIL over and over and over again. Save points are actually plentiful enough, but getting to them.. Careful, Icarus.

Got this in a humble bundle? I feel like this game would have done great on Newgrounds in the early 2000s. I get what it's trying to do but the controls are too frustrating / inconsistent and the checkpoints too badly placed to want to continue with this one.

Limbs flail with no grace Chaos turns each step to farce Struggle earns the laugh

Really fun game. Especially great when played as coop with friends. Creative mechanics and levels. The only problem is the lack of online co-op, it's either Steam remote play together which can be laggy if you don't have top notch internet or local co-op. Recommended.

genuine peak