Reviews - Reasonance

Simply amazing platformer. The most graphic way I found to describe it shortly would be: A fusion of the platformers of the past with visuals and feel of Trine & They Bleed Pixels [this one because of the bit bigger emphasis on combat than most platformers].

Presentation is top notch - each level has its own style of graphics, its own music track - which are all top notch, full energy or calming, appropriately to the tempo of the stage. The second level - "sunset" [ which I personally call Sakura Holland :)] with its cherry blossoms, pagodas and windmills is simply a sight to behold.

But the real meat of the game is the gameplay - and it's superb.
Wooden sen'sey does not try to reinvent the wheel (as it is a stupid and pointless idea) but rather puts its own spin on classic mechanics like double jump and trinesque grappling. Especially the stomp-jump, allowing for a higher jump only after hitting the ground, changes the way the game plays rather more drastically than one may think it would - as the stomp jump only gives you more height, usually at the cost of the distance travelled, making some otherwise simple jumps far more threatening.

Each of the 9 levels has three goals:
1. Get all the booze [Usually over 100 individual, sometimes hard to see pellets]
2. Kill every monster - probably the easiest of the goals
3. Beat the dev par time - and that's the real challenge for each level.

Controls are fine, responsive, with great support of xinput [played the game on my wired X360 controler - probably the best way to experience the game].

Also there's an achievement system - always welcome, though it gave me the achievement for beating all the times after getting one - probably they are reversed, will see.

Fun little platformer - riddles and key mechanic were a nice touch