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Inide game developer Rake in Grass have done it again! This small crew based in Prague, Czech Republic have released a new top notch game; the platformer puzzle Archibald's Adventures. Just take a look at this game play video and tell me you don't love this game! To get back on track with the review, Archibald's Adventure is mostly a puzzle game disguised as a platform game. The goal of each level is to guide the hero Archibald to the exit. To do this Archibald must operate various switches, teleporters, and such, all while avoiding acid drops, mutated monsters, stompers and many other deadly perils. Archibald moves about using his skateboard, but using a number of special abilities he can also remotely explore a level, move crates, climb the walls and even fly. This variation makes for some really interesting and cool puzzles! Graphics are on the happy side, coloful and cheery, and quite an opposite of the graphics in Larva Mortus. As a side note Rake in Grass displays an amazing breadth in their current game portfolio. If there is anything to complain about in this game it could possibly be that I'd like the controls to be a bit tighter, also personally I'd like the game to be a bit more focused on platforming action. The game is also possibly a bit on the easy side... Archibald's Adventure is definitely a new classic casual game and I hope it will be a big hit for the great team of Rake in Grass. The game is available for both windows pc and OsX (there is even an IPhone version in the pipe), and you can of course download a generous demo. Now go and try it out! |
Submitted by hObbE
Tue, 11/11/2008 - 19:30
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Reminds me of Rick Dangerous for C64 and Amiga
I played a lot Rick Dangerous when I was a kid, it was a similar platform game with a lot of traps.
Rick Dangerous was a real
Rick Dangerous was a real favorite of mine too. However, I remember it being more focused on timing and precise controls. Archibald's Adventures is much more focused on the puzzle game mechanic.
That is "move that crate over there, so you can get to the switch" etc.
Rick Dangerous was much more an action game, at leas as I remember it.
Cool!
Love the pixel perfect graphics and the IT Crowd reference hehe (Have you tried turning it off and on again?).
I agree that there's an element of rick dangerous in it... It kind of reminded me of Chip's Challenge (on win 3.11 and other platforms) for some reason, even though it has a completely different camera view and controls. Maybe it's the emphasis on tiles that does it.
Seems the Rake in grass guys have produced more than one nice game too!
Sounds interesting and fun.
Sounds interesting and fun. I have a thing for puzzle games and this game looks like a catch, too bad I can't get it for free.
The Archibald's Advemture
The Archibald's Adventure demo is quite generous, so you should definitely check it out!