Pumpkin Jack

Delightful platformer with old school Playstation vibes. I do think $30 USD feels a touch high, maybe pick it up on a nice sale :) It took me 7.4 hours to complete on controller (I'm not always good at remembering to pause when I walk away from my PC, so probably less). The graphics are just ok in my opinion, but I really liked the splash art for the dialog. The sound design and music is fun and silly. The story is nothing impressive but is clearly not meant to be serious. Just some goofy entertainment. I felt this was fairly responsive, though Jacks movement can feel a bit 'slippery' at times. I don't think its necessarily uncontrollable, and seems pretty easy to get used to during play. The combat is pretty simple, a few basic moves per weapon. If you don't like a weapon, you'll unlock more as you play. I didn't think the gameplay or mechanics were too challenging but there were a few deaths to be had. I think some people don't recognize how dying is a huge part of it, in my humble opinion, this is quite typical of platformers. You will die, probably a lot - often to instant death terrain - but with Pumpkin jack there is little to nothing lost from death. Checkpoints are pretty frequent, making dying less inconvenient. /)/) ( . .) ( づ♡

Delightful little hack'n'slash with alright writing, janky combat and okay platforming. It's not hard, it's not long, but it's exactly the palette cleanser you might need from playing and 100% other longer titles.

It's very obvious when you start playing this game that Pumpkin Jack is a throwback title. And to some, red alarms may already be ringing in their head. Throwback games can be good, but in my experience of playing many of the throwback games (Especially in the Retro FPS/Boomer Shooter category), they can be extremely lacking. Many throwback games wants to be like specific classics and that's the problem. They take gigantic bunches of gameplay from one game, another bunch of design from another and a redundant art style from another and smash them all together to make something that doesn't feel like it's own thing, but rather a style over substance copycat done poorly. And there's been a lot of style over substance throwbacks in the past few years. However, Pumpkin Jack isn't a style over substance throwback. It's actually quite excellent! It's a game with tons of charm, endearing from beginning to end. It's memorable characters, smartly crafted humor, really solid story and superb platforming make this a game that really hits all the right notes for me. It may take some time to get used to the controls which may seem awkward, but it becomes natural as you continue on and it's clear that Jack's levels are built around the controls which some 3D Platformers just fail to get. You can have the best movement system of all time, but if the levels don't compliment the controls, your game is pretty much toast. I've played stuff like Lunistice and Cavern of Dreams which just absolutely fail to get you behind the levels because of how poor the design is, but in Pumpkin Jack, everything feels like it was made for each other. The chemistry between level and control is great. It helps that there are many ways to break up gameplay from cart races, on rails sections and parts where you can control Jack's pumpkin head to solve puzzles. The game is also action heavy, with simplistic attacks using six weapons that unlock in all of the six levels going forward. It reminds me a bit of Pac-Man World 3, but it's absolutely not a carbon copy. Jack instead feels like it takes broad influences from Gamecube/PS2 platformers, but mainly is about celebrating the spooky nature of Halloween with simple but effective areas and creepy remixes of classical music. The game is also just really funny as Jack's interactions with everyone is just great. I absolutely would recommend this one to people looking for 3D Platformers to play. Pumpkin Jack is just excellent and I loved pretty much every moment of it. This is also the developer's first game, but it already feels future proofed to be timeless. I'm looking forward to trying out their other games. A must play absolutely!

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Lo recomiendo porque es un juego para pasar el rato y divertirse. No tiene ningún tipo de dificultad, tanto el combate, la exploración, los mini juegos, y la pelea contra los bosses son simples. Y los logros también son fáciles. El cuervo fue lo más atractivo del juego, tanto la personalidad como sus dialogos fue lo que hizo más encantador al juego

I love the aesthetic and music for this game so much. The gameplay reminds me of games I would play when I was younger and it was so nice to relive that. I love this evil lil guy!

Игра яркая и динамичная, классная музыка. Можно искать черепа и покупать костюмы, есть разное оружие. Мне понравилось бегать с автоматом. Интуитивно всё будет понятно и без напряга. По духу игра мне напоминает "Мадагаскар", так что если хотите что-то похожее из игр, то могу посоветовать. Головоломки простые, есть боссы, гонки и лабиринт.