Gelu

Gelu is yet another of literally thousands of 2D retro pixel platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere. It's very much a copy + paste of the developers other game, Yashik, and employs similar "create your own platforms" gimmick mechanics, this time, creating the platform "kills" you and leaves a block that you can jump on with your next character. That feature simply isn't close enough to begin making up for the sloppy, lazy technical execution of the game. [list][/list]From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard.[list][/list]A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result.[list][/list]There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings. There's no way for gamers to ensure this is running at the native resolution of their displays... there's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. There's no way for gamers to try improve the low quality graphics. [list][/list]The controls and game handling are notably very clunky and unsmooth here. It's janky and unsatisfying to play... and any experienced gamer will tell you, the handling, responsiveness and general gameplay feel of the control scheme must be well polished for this kind of game to succeed. Unfortunately, this is something the developer seems to have phoned in, with little to no apparent gameplay testing. They dropped the ball on this one.[list][/list]The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers.[list][/list]These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game.[list][/list]Gelu has the pathetically optimistic price of around $4 USD, it's not worth it given the defects and shortcomings with the product, especially considering the sheer number of completely free, much higher quality games on Steam.