About:
From the creative mind behind The Adventures of Shuggy comes an exciting new retro-styled 2D platformer, a winner of Dream Build Play 2012 and a top 50 game of 2012 according to Game Informer. Grab the gateway guns and explore a huge lab filled with mysterious puzzles in this classic platforming adventure.
Scale:
Game: Gateways
Webzone: www.smudgedcat.com
Devel: Smudged Cat Games Ltd
Engine: ???
Price: $4.99
Makes with the working
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on both ATI and Nvidia
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Had to force enable VSync from AMDCCC before I could even create a profile.
How do you cock up the menu so bad?
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Shiny / Sounds
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Retro, pixel, platformer. It’s like Mari0 /w puzzles.
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The Visuals aren’t horrible but the sound is
I know there is a bias against pixel platformers but the music gives me a headache
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I would excuse retro graphics and 16bit sounds if there was something about the game to redeem it. Unfortunately there is not.
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Control
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The menu navigation was upside down using the gamepad.
After playing for a bit I obtained the portal gun THEN we need a hat pad. Had to switch to the key/gerbil.
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The controls can get a bit tedious with keyboard and mouse
Controls are equally as tedious with the controller. Logitech generic controller didn’t work but ps3 controller did
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Save for the jump function being a bit temperamental and having to keep the button pushed for almost a second to do the full jump. I don’t really mind the controls much.
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FUN
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Fun is a strong word. I’m going with challenging on this one. This is something you can pick up, tinker with, and forget about.
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After about 30 minutes I got reaaaaaaaaaaaaal bored with this one
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The game screams: “We wanted to make Portal. But our budget only allowed for a 2D retro-platformer and no snarky, homicidal computer voice actors stepped up.”
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