Omegaland

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Omegaland calls back to 2010-era Flash games on Kongregate and Newgrounds, games which themselves called back to SNES platformers. Double-retro! Omegaland is easy to play, and so its rough edges become charming eccentricities. The world map lets you explore in the direction of your choice, so it's quite possible to reach at least two of the "boss" levels before any of the shops that sell powerups - but then it's possible to [i]defeat[/i] the bosses with minimal upgrades. The difficulty curve can be a little schizophrenic, depending on what order you play things in, but if you're struggling with one level then backtracking and trying a different one will usually work. It's cheap and simple and manages to evoke a huge world in spite of that. One gets the impression that this is the game where Jonas Kyratzes got to do all the things that he wouldn't be allowed to do in a big-budget AAA game. Some levels don't lead anywhere or seem to serve any purpose. Others seem to exist solely to sho...

There are some games that are hard to talk about in a review, because they go to great lengths to hide what they really are. From eversion to Doki Doki Literature Club, these titles are best experienced personally for their twists to have the greatest effect. Reviewing them is a struggle, but luckily Omegaland isn’t too hard to explain without dropping the great secret that lurks within. It’s a quality platformer, hearkening back to the golden age of such simple pleasures, and when it shows its hand the game only becomes deeper and more engrossing for it. You are Pat, a running, jumping, helping soul residing in the picturesque Flower Kingdom. Princess Omega has been locked out of her castle, and it’s up to you to locate the keys scattered across the land. There are plenty of enemies to bop and pits to hop, along with coins to collect along the way, of course. Those coins aren’t just for score, either, as they can be used to buy new upgrades and powers to help you get around. ...

Well worth it for fans of Mr. Kyratzes (much) earlier works.

Pretty fun little platformer, with a world full of colorful characters and secrets to discover. It starts out pretty relaxed, with no time limit for the levels and a lot of collectibles and treasures to find. You can use the coins you get to purchase a few upgrades for your character, which will definitely come handy as the ending starts to draw near. And then, well, as the game description says, let's just say that there might be a few surprises along the way indeed. Definitely worth its asking price (and more, certainly).

If you're thinking about getting this game because it's made by Jonas Kyratzes, and you (rightly) loved his work on Talos Principle and The Sea Will Claim Everything, but you're worried that this game looks really boring/dumb/simplistic and aren't sure if it's worth getting purely based on the developer... Get this game. It's much more clever than it looks. And no, I'm not just talking about the fact that there *is* a twist, but that it's actually *done* really, really well. This isn't going to reach you as deeply as TTP or TSWCE, but it's unmistakably a product of the same mind. Unquestionably worth $3.

Much more to this than initially meets the eye. A solid little platformer with some startling twists and turns. An absolute bargain!

If Eversion was a modern take on Super Mario Bros (plus extras), this is what happens if you do Super Mario WORLD (plus extras). Wink wink nudge nudge.

No controller support for a platformer??? I Cant stand playing this type of game with the keyboard. Not worth the $3 as it is right now :(

A simplistic platformer with stiff controls, dodgy hit detection, questionable level design, and no gamepad support. At least Kyratzes found time to include lots of bone-brained communist propaganda!