Deadfall Tropics

Theoretically I often wondered if entertainment media genres were offered in a sequential time line as training lessons for androids; Gen X first exercised in memory training through pattern memorisation titles If so then us Gen Xers have long since passed this particular course. You'll find most people desiring these seemingly difficult games to be the new generations desiring self promotion and bragging rights. The main reason, however, that many of us in our mid forties can no longer tolerate this type of game play is that our memory is not what it used to be back at age fourteen playing Castlevania. The developers of Deadfall Tropics seem to have taken note and compensated by adding an advantage that games like Contra and Odd World didn't have: frequent checkpoints. With the generous number of checkpoints in each level even us oldies will find that it's easy to memorise twenty-five percent of a level as opposed memorising a level in its entirety including the end-level boss fight Despite being only an hour and half into this game I wanted to place a good word for it now as with a backlog of close to 5k games, spread across several platforms, undoubtedly this will be back in …

This is a weak thumbs up. A modern take on old catridge game difficulty platformers. 1 hit deaths with difficult platforming. This game is quite difficult, and unfortunately has some flaws in that regard, the later levels being ridiculously harder to the point of frustration Pro: Good art Enjoyable gameplay Cons: Offscreen projectiles Difficulty spikes

Legend tells of a lost platforming treasure waiting in the manky depths of Steam's festering bowels for one to discover and shout with joy "I found a new indie platformer that doesn't suck!". Surely this is the very definition of a hidden gem? It came out over 4 years ago and as of writing this has only 11 reviews! Go to any 'Top 10 list of Indie platformers' on Youtube and you will see all the usual entries Celeste, Hollow Knight, Spelunky ... yawn. Not that's there anything wrong with naming the obvious ones, but enough already! I need something else. Personally, this is just the sort of thing I've been looking for. As you can already see it has lovely pixelart. The game feels like a mixture of difficult cartridge platformers, mixed with cinematic elements of of the Amiga classic Flashback. While the artwork (with outlined characters) reminds me of classic Konami arcade games like Green Beret, Mat Mania and Track & Field. You can see that a lot of love has been poured into this game, so if the look of it appeals I really think you can't go wrong with spending $5 bucks or less on it. And do the developer a favour and leave another review. This game deserves some love! Oh and by…

reminds me of a mixture between PITFALL! and every AWESOME sidescrolling platformer ever invented! It's BRUTALLY tough, but so worth the payoff. You will feel like a "Sidescroling KING" if you beat it! Solid 10/10!

This very charming oldschool game is a throwback to the era of personal computers in the 80s, when playing videogames meant you were some kind of masochistic autist. Indeed, Deadfall Tropics is difficult and it's whole offering is based on difficulty. The gameplay seems to be an hommage to the old Rick Dangerous game of Atari ST/Amiga fame. You will have to restart the same jump a dozen times until you perfect it and learn the good combination. Only then, can you proceed through the dozen other chokepoints of each level. That said it's the good kind of difficulty, the one that you can overcome with strategy. The last level will require a bit of perseverance because it becomes a tad hectic and the game doesn't save enough progression at this point. But even an average, non-hardcore player like myself I managed to complete the game, and if you stick to it, you'll constantly amaze yourself by how you can exploit the floaty platforming to beat the odds in the most unclean ways. The dev managed to reach the sweet spot where you feel rewarded by yourself for having overcome the obstacles and at the same time get the narrative reward. The old movie theme and the narrative aspect are rewa…

Nails-hard pixel-perfect platforming, reminiscent of the 8-bit greats. Frequent checkpoints help with the difficulty spikes. Almost has a Super Meat Boy feel to it at points. The writing isn't great, but that's not why you'd pick up this game. 8/10 - well worth it at the price