Super Sami Roll

I might be late to the party, but good god is Super Sami Roll incredible. You have so much control over your moveset, the levels have while having a set path they also let you play around in their sandboxes. Very rarely do I feel deaths are the fault of the game. I cannot WAIT for the sequel Sami is also just incredibly cute and the outfits are wonderful.

[b] TL;DR: Inconsistent platformer with strange difficulty ramp and mechanics that straight up don't work. Do not recommend. [/b] (Beaten in around 3 hours, [spoiler] did not play the second unlockable story with the new character.) [/spoiler] [b] Pros: [/b] The OST is actually bangin'. Level design is (at times) pretty interesting and unique. [b] Cons: [/b] There is little to no consistency within the movement mechanics. Depending on where Sami is on the geometry when you jump, you can either jump where you'd expect OR ricochet off randomly/incredibly quickly. This leads to frustration when some jumps require very precise timings. Furthermore, the tongue grapple/jump cancel mechanic does not feel good in the slightest. It's a mandatory movement tech but it feels so sloppily implemented and imprecise. The bounce pads and balloons you're required to jump on just straight up don't send you high enough/far enough ~50% of the time. The geometry in some levels sticks ou...

Old-school platforming game. Hard at times but fun and cute. The main character is my namesake so that's a plus also.

Even though it always sounds like I'm being tortured in excruciatingly painful ways whenever I play this game, I assure you that I'm having fun. Also the completely destroyed monitor and controller were already like that before... I swear!

it hurts