Retro gaming, modern fun
Ever play Cave Story? Spelunky? Pagantizu? Bionic Commando? Then you dont need to read this review.
The rest of you, listen up! This is old-school puzzle-action gameplay, adorable (and super-fast!) pixel art, and more hats than Bartholemew Cubbins ever dreamed of. Swinging madly through a cave, armed with your trusty grapple, you are trying to stay one step ahead of the manifest curse of...whichever idol you happen to have just stolen from its eternal resting place, and believe me, there are a lot of idols sitting around. Its maddening fun, and hands down the best and most entertaining platformer Ive seen on this platform yet.
Liked Canabalt but thought it was too repetetive? No such problems here. Youre escaping-to-the-right, yes, but you go up, down, sideways, over lava and through crumbling walls - and you have your trusty rocket boots, shotgun, and...bat musk? Yes, bat musk, because the bats explode when you touch them, propelling you a bit higher and faster, and bat musk attracts them closer to you faster.
In short: Dont download this if youre looking for 3-d graphics, a first-person perspective, voiceovers, a serious plot beyond the typical Raiders of the Lost Macguffin fare, or a really boring, repetetive, badly-put-together game with no fun factor and no depth.
If youre still reading, what are you waiting for? Download Hook Champ RIGHT NOW and get swingin!
...no, Im not one of the developers, and no, Im not getting a kickback. I paid three bucks for this and with another four levels Id have gladly paid ten.
ZiZ Productions about
Hook Champ LITE