Lasagna Boy

Skip this game, its not what you think. I thought I was getting a game with some puzzle solving, tense moments of hiding from monsters, exploration and some frightening chase and hide moments, you know, typical indie horror stuff. Instead, I got a game that is about 5% that buried under 95% of really really REALLY annoyingly implemented platforming, over and over again. Each time getting more frustrating than the last. Most times when I failed, it felt cheap and out of my control, almost luck based, often having to take leaps of faith, jumping to things i cant see or arent expecting, or throwing poorly designed mechanics at me, and Im wodering "did I screw up, or is the game just badly programmed" for the times I did die over and over. Even worse, the game doesn't even have the courtesy of letting you practice and work past you cheap deaths. Oh sure, it saves often, and you respawn, until you run out of LIVES and get a GAME OVER. Still, not that bad, it only takes you back a few rooms when you game over whats the harm, that is until the later parts of the game, when the platforming and mechanics get so punishing and are so poorly implemented, I have to assume its all luck and just pray the game has mercy on me to get through it (yes devs, im talking about the minecart, what were you thinking?) The few and far between moments that this game shines coupled with the nice art can't make up for frustrating gameplay, which is a shame. Once again, just skip this one, theres a difference between difficultly that feels like my fault when I screw up and difficulty that feels like the game cheated me, and the devs need to learn the difference before trying another game.