FlippUp

It's taken me so long to beat this game. I am unspeakably bad at it. I bought it near on-release and a lot of the early negative reviews reduced it to "just a rage game", which just isn't true. It's beautifully crafted: the fun areas, the pixel art, the style are all incredible. It's clear a lot of work went into this game, but I don't know how valid some of my gripes are since I think they were probably designed to be infuriating. I think a lot of the areas are really cool, especially as you climb higher; the environments definitely gets way more interesting after you board the ship. The only section I legitimately do not like is after boarding the ship in level eight (?) where the flipper controls switch. I am a muscle memory-based creature, you can't do this to me. It wasn't a rewarding section to me at all, it was legitimately just frustrating. But still, I couldn't stop playing this game. Even if I ragequit after like two minutes, I'll be back. I'll always be back. I was looking to fill the void that Celeste left and I got sold cocaine for £8.50. good job everyone

like the Wii controller, where we only needed to move our wrist, but we ended up swinging our whole arm about in frustration. Let’s make this clear from the outset, as it can be confusing: this is a platform game, not a pinball game, so – to put it this way – the ball ‘has to jump’. In fact, there are brief moments where a pinball machine is introduced, and you can clearly see the lightness achieved. That said, it’s less intense than Jump King, as it’s more compartmentalized, and it captures the feel of pinball nicely, especially during the jumps where we need to use the ball’s momentum to send it further. I think it’s a brilliant idea, and whilst I’m not sure if I’ll be able to progress, the fact that it’s less demanding means we can let the ball rest and try again another day. I’ll update the review if I manage to make it all the way to the end.

A wonderfully worthy entry in the Foddian genre - a brutal climb with a unique mechanical spin and absolutely stellar visuals. Congrats to the dev team!

A friend gifted this to me because I biult a pinball cabinet to play pinball games on (It does not work in protrait mode, and I told my friend it probably would not, most games do not support portrait mode and I never expected this to do that. BUT it really should, Portrait mode is how a pinball style game SHOULD function) This thankfully is not called pinball because nothing about the way it plays resembles pinball The flippers GO HIGH and FAR on the middle of the flipper, wait till its near the end where you expect it to have the most velocity and it flops like a dead cat Make one mistake and you'll go all the way back to the start I don't find this fun or engaging in any way

Tough

Been playing this via GameNative on my Retroid Flip 2. Great game! I didn't like the physics at first, but I took a break and gave it another try, and now I get it. It's not quite like other pinball games; the ball has a bit more weight to it, and you have to get a good feel of how the flippers work. It's a challenging game, with great atmosphere, tight controls, and an addictive premise. If you are getting frustrated, just take a break and try again later.