Tag Archives: platform

Journey

Computers and IT, Games10/10, 100% achievements, 3d, adventure, jump-n-run, kid-friendly, platform, puzzle, single-player

Journey is a beautiful, calm, 3D platform adventure with an interesting co-op twist. You can team up with another random player and embark on the journey together, but you can’t really communicate with them. Besides this co-op idea, limited jumps, depending on the charge of one’s magical scarf, are another interesting gameplay element.

Whether alone or teamed up, one has to guide a robed figure through various levels/regions toward a distant mountain, using only notes/chimes to communicate with the environment (or the other players).

It’s been extremely enjoyable, also trying to communicate and collaborate with the other players, all without chatting. A definite recommendation …

Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 14/14

NightSky

Computers and IT, Games100% achievements, 2d, kid-friendly, platform, puzzle, single-player

NightSky is a puzzle-platform video game where one has to guide a sphere through various world using realistic physics and properties like magnetism, stopping and acceleration power.

Peppered with numerous obstacles, the levels offer plenty of puzzle fun in two variations each.
Despite some frustration here and there, I have certainly enjoyed the little silhouette puzzle treat.

Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 22/22

Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty!

Computers and IT, Games3d, adventure, jump-n-run, kid-friendly, platform, puzzle, single-player

Oddworld: New’n’Tasty! is complete remake of 1997 teenage classic Oddworld: Abe’s_Oddysee and lots of fun to play. Just like the original, New’n’Tasty is a sidescrolling platform video game where one has to guide the main character, Abe, through various locations/levels and solve puzzles to free Abe’s fellow Mudokons.

Loads of nice designed levels, puzzles and videos in between as well as great gameplay make New’n’Tasty a lot of fun to play and a definite recommendation.

Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 19/35

Lego Bricktales

Computers and IT, Games100% achievements, 3d, adventure, isometric, kid-friendly, platform, puzzle, single-player

Lego Bricktales is calm and relaxing puzzle adventure game – maybe mostly for fan of interconnecting plastic bricks – in which you have to help your grand father to rebuild an amusement park by solving puzzle in five different worlds. Do do so one has to learn and use multiple abilities, find treasure chests and (hidden) items, and help multiple non-playable characters in the different realms.

If you like playing with bricks – I certainly do (models, BYOPD) – it’s been fun to play and it’s a recommendation for in between more stressful games …

Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 21/21

Hollow Knight

Computers and IT, Games10/10, 2d, adventure, jump-n-run, kid-friendly, platform, puzzle, single-player

Hollow Knight is a beautiful and, in parts, ridiculously hard 2D platform action-adventure game in which players must guide the main character, the Knight, through a maze of underground worlds and districts, fighting numerous bosses along the way.

The game is extremely captivating and addictive, but also frustrating at times due to the high number of failures. It also brought back nice memories of the Ori games as well as Unbound: Worlds Apart. I’m not sure how to achieve things like finishing the game in under five hours, given that it took me over fifty hours to explore everything.

Anyway, I loved playing the game and I’m looking forward to playing part two at some point.

Live Steam statistics:
Achievements: 45/63