Panic Porcupine

Completed as of writing this review: 100% You know, after playing the developers' previous game, which was Polyroll, [b]Panic Porcupine[/b] feels like the game made out of spite. While Polyroll was a very easy chill 2D Platformer - this game is a complete 180 on the difficulty and overall direction of the gameplay. Now you're blasting at high speeds trying to dodge obstacles with a pretty strict precision. If I say bluntly, this is basically "Sonic meets Super Meat Boy". This is all it is. But even then it's surprisingly very stable! Each stage feels crafted with thorough inspection of how to use the physics in a right way. It can take a long time to get right and developers managed to do it! Rarely will there be an instance where you blame the game rather than yourself (in a sense if you're already skilled). It might get annoying with time if going for everything in one go but in short bursts for like an hour it's a fine game! But nothing is perfect and honestly I felt really annoyed by some stages. Either because they were [i]too[/i] strict or because of the gimmicks. A lot of the gimmicks can feel weird, but my biggest enemy was a ball of some sort. Either a ball that I ricocheted from or a ball that I roll on to gain enough speed and jump at the right time. It might get on your nerves when you're trying to go for 100% with collecting all eggs. But even that doesn't compare to the nightmare that the last zone was. More so the stage with a tilting platform. And honestly... this one outright sucked. Lastly the bosses were not really that much original to be honest. The last boss especially was disappointing. However, those problems were pretty much nitpicks. For it's price, I'd definitely recommend it to people, who need to scratch that itch of needing more 2D speed-based platformers! This is a very good little indie game, that is technically and visually well done, 'nuff said!