More in the ‘I missed this’ series, I recently found Uncraft Me via a Youtube suggested video, and I’m very impressed.<\/p>\n
Uncraft me is a jetpack platformer – some goddesses have been locked in cubes, and the only way to free them is to run through each level launching rockets at the cubes each time you reach a checkpoint.\u00a0 What this means is it’s an excuse to have a bunch of anime chick pictures in the background, and a bunch of levels which range from easy to ‘OK, you win, I give up’.<\/p>\n
I gave up at stage 8 out of 9 on a particularly horrible section with thin tunnels you can’t touch the sides of, with small single block platforms, and rocket launchers that seek the player.\u00a0 The levels are well designed generally, although there are some sections which will make you tear your hair out (by design), and the really rough ones are the red laser gates which are a timed obstacle.\u00a0 Too slow and you’re going to be starting from that checkpoint again.<\/p>\n
The controls are pretty good if a little more twitchy than they could be – I’ll be honest I really don’t like analogue controls on 2D platformers – on paper it gives you more control but the reality?\u00a0 No thanks – I’d prefer to tap digital to move slowly.\u00a0 You have left, right and boost – but your boost guage is limited and only refills when landing on platforms, so sparing use in some sections is key.<\/p>\n