Boti: Byteland Overclocked

[b]KAMGUSTA'S MINI REVIEW[/b] It's an easy, colorful (I love it!), bright, humorous, charming and fun 3D platformer set in a "hardware" world. You destroy ".zip" boxes, you collect "Bytes", you jump on "bugs", you enter inside CPUs... It may remind you of "Astro's Playroom" for PS5. You can also play it co-op with one of your friends! I had a couple of crashes, but that shouldn't diminish all the good things about this game (there is also a narrator voice that keeps you company on your journey). Keep it up guys! Thumbs up! [b]Best played with joypad Recommended buy price: 5$ Score: 7/10[/b]

Welp, it started out as a really fun sorta linear 3D platformer that was kinda chill, nice music, looked nice with lots of color, fun to play game. But then the frame rate started to tank from 60 to the 40s and everywhere in between, like a cheap hooker. Then it was the grapple/push ability- awkward to control and horrible to use, I hate it. Then the framerate got worse. Some levels were in the low 30s to mid 40s all over the place like Methany looking for her next quick fix while sniffing an oily tire in the woods. After that the levels flow felt absolutely terrible. Level 3 was just, ugh. And that's another thing- these levels are way too long. Like a dude with a giant monster dong is trying to bang you. Like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ if you're gonna ♥♥♥♥ me, you're gonna really ♥♥♥♥ me. Even worse with the 2 talking floating clocks that follow you through every level. Some of the dialogue is fine but I absolutely cannot stand the bickerings between the 2 idiots. Please shut up. I'm trying to play and enjoy the game and you 2 yapping all this nonsense all the time is gonna break my foot off in yo' ass. In addition I really started to dislike how while I'm in a level there's bad guys of course but there's also tons of friendly NPCs just bopping around and I dunno but that feels weird. They should be only jamming along in the player hub world. And the currency you get can be used to purchase places in your hub world which seem to serve no purpose but to waste your money. No upgrades to buy it seems either. I dunno like a lot of stuff the game doesn't really show you very well or at all. Final nail in the coffin is the Fatal Error and crash. Im getting it a lot in level 4 and the game actually sets me back much further than I was, so will all that bad stuff combined I previously mentioned, ♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥ I'm out. I wanted to like it but with zero dev interaction on Steam it'll probably stay that way unfortunately. It's really too bad because I think they have something that could be really fun. Time will tell.

I really wish I could recommend this game. If I could give a middling review, I would, but I gotta edge towards slightly negative on this one. Conceptually, you got a great game. You play a cute little data courier robot named Boti, accompanied by two smaller bots named One and Zero, who handle all communication in the game, since Boti is mute. Your goal is to overclock the system of the computer world you live in, and then figure out why a lot of problems cropped up as a result. What you have here is your typical enough linear 3D platformer, with side paths to take to get bonus goodies like currency, data logs, and extra costumes. You go through various different worlds, all corresponding to different parts of the computer, CPU, Network Adapter, GPU, PSU, etc. Reminds me very much of Astro's Playroom on PS5. You have some really good art design for these areas, and some decent music to go along with it, though nothing that ended up being an earworm. Unfortunately, that's about where my praise ends. Physics-wise, Boti feels a bit on the heavy side when jumping, and it just doesn't feel all that satisfying, as a result. Doesn't help that the physics feel a bit janky at times, especially when dealing with the magnetism ability, which lets you swing and launch off certain objects. Aside from that, and some minor bugs, that major one I cannot ignore is just how often the game crashes. It's probably crashed over a dozen times in my playthrough, and it mostly seems to stem from something in the physics it just...wasn't expecting, I suppose. Sometimes it happens when breaking boxes, sometimes from taking damage, etc. This is the one thing that I'd really need to see fixed before I could say I'd recommend this game. Oh, and the sliding sections. You have to get 100% of the notes on each section if you are to earn the trophy for it, which is just a ridiculous ask considering how slippery and janky the physics during these sections are. If you demand perfection of me, then I am going to demand perfection right back, or I'm not putting up with it. I think if these sections asked for 95% instead of 100%, it would be a lot more reasonable. I'm hoping these issues can be resolved, but given the game is 2.5 years old at this point, I have my doubts. Again, it's a shame, because you have a really good concept here, and a lot of good things about it realized, but the bad just weighs it down too much.

Stay far away from this game. It is absolutely riddled with bugs, crashes, synchronization problems, and visual glitches. Maybe it performs better in local co-op, but based on my experience with online co-op, I would not recommend taking the risk. During our playthrough, we encountered multiple crashes and countless technical issues. The player joining the session would sometimes be unable to see platforms or movable objects that were clearly visible to the host, making progression frustrating. Enemy behavior was equally broken; some enemies don't move, others became completely invincible, and some wouldn't even disappear after being defeated. What should have been a fun co-op experience turned into a constant battle against the game's technical problems.

Went into the game with 0 expectations, but the visuals and character design got me interested in the game. Shame that's where the positives for me end with this game. Contrary to most of the reviews, I didn't experience a single crash during my time (I assume that's because the game's been patched to hell and back to be more stable), but a few other aspects of the game unfortunately didn't leave a very good impression for me. Character design is great, Boti themself is cute. Zero and One are also neat, if they don't constantly try to chatter even when you're idle. Appreciate the toggle to turn them off completely, but a Chatter Frequency slider would probably feel better. This was my first Collectathon experience and the length of the first level had me slightly intimidated with how large and long the later stages could even be. It does seem like the levels were built with Boti's controls in mind though. Speaking of which, they're really tight, which is always a nice thing. Boti sinking a bit too fast feels a bit too much for me however. The game certainly looks cute and interesting, but unfortunately it felt a little boring to me. Perhaps it could turn out to be more interesting as the story goes on, but with the first ours of gameplay i wasn't really impressed. Another case of "I wish Steam had neutral game reviews" for me, basically.

双人成行，但是各玩各的

真的是粑粑游戏

Let's be honest this game is nothing new or phenomenal. You get a cute robot character in a cute world with forced in co-op and fluid mechanics. Requires a little bit of skill in later levels but nothing a child couldnt handle. For a grown up this game is boring but it is a nice game to play with your younger family member and a good game to get them familiarized with a controller. No regrets buying it as it was only 1.75 on fanatical but if I paid full price it would have been thumbs down.