Picker Bot 42

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Not a lot going on here BUT what there is? Good.

"Picker Bot 42" is yet another of literally thousands of 2D retro pixel amateur platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere. What do you do in the game? 2D retro pixel platforming... not speedrunning, or adventuring, just jump around. This is shallower than Super Mario Bros from the 1980s. I think if you're trying to develop a game and you can't even come close to the games from 40 years ago, it may be too early to hang up that Starbucks apron. This features really godawful pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks much worse than most other games because of that decision, and that's a major deterrent to gamers. Games like Terraria and Stardew Valley succeeded [i]despite[/i] the bad graphics, not because of them. Not every "free" game really is. There's often MTX, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of things that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say th…

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Restoring the 10th review that disappeared :-) GG!