Skyhook Review (Mitch)
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TLDR: Local Multiplayer Action Platformer with grapling hooks, and recovering from a bad fall is hard if not impossible.
BIAS:I have not played much of this game, but there isnt much to it at this time so I thought a review was in proper order. I love super smash brothers enough that I spent over 100$ to get a gamecube, controllers, and melee. Duck game is my current fav game. So its safe to say that I love the Genre and as long as the game isnt too terrible I will play almost anything in this Genre.
As stated in the TLDR this is a Local Multiplayer Action Platformer, akin to super smash brothers, duck game, and towerfall. There are currently 4 playable characters, but play style does not differ very much between characters. Some are faster, some have longer grapling hooks etc. There are 3 different levels, The Castle, the Egyptian tomb, and the snowy mountains. Those are not the real names, but its a good summary of the levels. the maps themselvs vary, with platforms at different places each time. I am not currently away if this is random generation or pre set generations, but either way it provides a good amount of replayablity.
GAMEPLAY: The 1-4 players move around the level by jumping and using their grapling hooks. Kills are made by hitting a player with a grappling hook, and one hit is enough to kill a player. You can die by falling off the map. Each player has a set amount of lives and last one with lives win. It is really that simple. However it is fun. And for 5$ this is not too much to ask for. It is importaint to note that this is early access and more features are coming soon.
This game does have AI, and the AI is ok most of the time, although they do have a tendancy to just stand still.
I have found this game to shine at its best when having 4 players(AI or human) on a TV with controllers on the snowy mountian map. THIS GAME DOES HAVE FULL CONTROLLER SUPPORT. AND I SUGGEST YOU USE IT
Pro:
-fun gameplay
-cheap
-easy to get the general idea and start playing, hard to master movement with grappling hook
Con:
-(EDIT: Devs taught me how, its actually easy, +1 for awesome Devs, disregard following on recovery) it is RIDICULOUSLY HARD to recover. If you are on the castle or egytain tomb map and you find yourself hanging off the edge of the tall towers towards the bottom of the map, your screwed. It is almost impossible to recover. That or I suck at recovery. It would be nice if that was made easier.
-Keyboard is not solid. But it seems like a game to play with controllers anyways, I cant think that this can be fixed.
Overall a nice fun party game that I am legitimatly excited to play with my friends. I am very excited to see where this game will go.
Online play would be nice. Arcade mode will be awesome.
9/10 would cause a cat and a shark to fall to their deaths while being a viking with a grapling hook again.
GAMEPLAY EXAMPLE: https://youtu.be/mjppEgwC-l4