Review anarchistica 2/5 · Nov 8, 2022
Clever but clunky
Playtime: 45 minutes
Intro
Adventures of Chris is a platformer with metroidvania elements. Gameplay consists of platforming using your inflate/deflate skill and fighting enemies with magic and fists. Along the way you collect cookies that are used to buy upgrades.
The Good
- Inflate/deflate works quite well and sometimes requires fun upside down platforming.
- On death you quickly respawn, usually not …
Playtime: 45 minutes
Intro
Adventures of Chris is a platformer with metroidvania elements. Gameplay consists of platforming using your inflate/deflate skill and fighting enemies with magic and fists. Along the way you collect cookies that are used to buy upgrades.
The Good
- Inflate/deflate works quite well and sometimes requires fun upside down platforming.
- On death you quickly respawn, usually not that far back.
- If you get stuck you can often leave the map and return later with upgrades.
The Bad
- If you get stuck you'll have to grind cookies.
- No option to automatically speed up dialogue.
- Metroidvania means backtracking.
- Enemies are unpredictable in a bad way.
- Annoying hard-to-see spike traps.
The Ugly
- The hitboxes are really bad.
- The difficulty is all over the place with some weirdly hard parts.
Conclusion
Adventures of Chris isn't a bad game but it lacks the tight gameplay that you want from a platformer. Instead you clumsily bounce around the map until you manage to get past enemies that suddenly turn around mid-patrol and unbalanced areas.