DROS

Dros is a third person action/puzzle game with platforming elements wherein you must switch between two characters to complete each level- one of them is heavy and can't jump but can hold down buttons and fight enemies, and the other is small and nimble and can jump to higher places but is helpless against enemies and blockades. The characters share the same body until you switch to the small one, going off alone and leaving the big one behind, immovable until you warp back to him (which you can do at any time). This combination is pretty cool mechanically and allows for some fun, unique puzzles. The combat aspect is not as fun and sometimes a little irritating, but you do more puzzling than enemy-fighting, and after you've killed them, they don't respawn while you're still in the level, so that's nice. There are some new movement abilities you get during the story that change it up a bit, but a couple aren't very useful beyond the next few levels where they are necessary to solve the puzzles. There are a couple different kinds of collectibles in every level if you like exploring like me. One of them is what you use to heal and revive your character, and there's a par amount you need to have left at the end to get that particular goal, so not getting hurt in combat too much is necessary. For the other two types, you just have to find all of them to meet the goal. I like to think I'm pretty thorough, and in the last couple worlds I was really having trouble with these. I didn't get them all so I don't know if they change the ending or anything. There's also a par time for each level you can try for. The story is okay, nothing super special but it's interesting enough to carry the game. The dialogue and characterization could definitely use some work- it feels... off. Like the characters are not part of the world and don't take it seriously. Many of the conversations are oddly nonchalant and don't feel real, and the dialogue of the main character often does not feel like it's coming from a consistently written person. There's some mild structural grammar issues too. (I kind of assumed it was a translation issue but the devs are Australian.) There's a general feeling that you're not having the story presented to you in full detail and you are left with some major questions at the end. If it's any consolation, I'm usually only this picky about stuff like this if I really like the game and want it to be as perfect as it can be! Regrettably, I do have to report that I experienced a few pretty major bugs during the game, and most of them required me to manually close the program to get out of a frozen state. A couple times my character froze when rapidly jumping through a few small, uneven surfaces, and a couple times the game refused to load back up when I went through a door. Since the game is level-based, I didn't lose much progress by restarting, but it was irritating. Sorry if I didn't make it sound like it, but overall, I definitely recommend Dros for some unique, puzzly fun. Just watch out for bugs.