Platforms Unlimited Review
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.2
Device Reviewed On: iPad Mini Retina
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Platforms Unlimited takes the formula of The Impossible Game and similar titles: geometric shapes thrust into platforming environments filled with adversity. This game's twist? Procedurally-generated levels. This immense variety serves as the core of an incredibly well-made game.
What Platforms Unlimited really does exceptionally is offer the ability to dive back in right away after dying. The game is very challenging, but it's not frustrating because a new game starts within a second, with the only delay popping up when a challenge is completed, notifying the player of what they've accomplished and the reward they've received for their victory. I also appreciate that the game lets players share their top 10 times and when they were scored, instead of just one top time.
The daily levels mode provides not only three different reasons to come back to the game, but also serves as an odd sort of practice mode. See, the main game mode's procedural generation makes it difficult to practice a particular section. The daily mode, with repetition of specific sections, lets players get a feel for the various sections of the game in order to get better at them. Also, it's nice to 'win' at something in this challenging game!
The visuals perhaps could be a bit crisper - everything's kind of soft-edged, and it feels like with much sharper visuals, this game could look great. Otherwise it feels kind of low-fi in its current state. Of course the visuals do a good job at not being distracting, either.
Platforms Unlimited is just an all-around well-made game. It provides challenge without frustration, and plenty of reason to keep coming back. Platforming fans would do well to pick this up.