Their bright eyes and glimpses of movement draw the player's attention away just enough to appreciate the gorgeous background art, without distracting from the task at hand. Pierced by ominous blinking lights and unsettling architecture, the deep, foreboding woods hide their own secrets as curious figures watch silently from afar. We can't go any further without praising the gloriously grim art style, which may borrow from Limbo's shadowy palette, but ultimately stands out thanks to its sprawling jungle setting. Rest assured - there's a seriously vicious streak to Badland's difficulty, even if it starts off a little meek. On top of that, you're judged based on time, skill, and the amount of clones you bring to the end, with bonus missions adding to the replayability of passed levels. Levels can last anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minutes depending on your skill, but the checkpoints are more than generous enough to avoid frustration.for the most part.Įventually, you'll face levels with no checkpoints at all, and these pretty much require flawless execution to survive. The level-based single player campaign takes place over the course of a single day, starting in the morning and ending in the cold dead of night, with additional days waiting to be unlocked upon completion. Controlling your momentum and positioning is vital, with each tap of the 'a' button prompting a flap of your wings and a little extra height, which soon becomes second nature.Įach stage ends with an unceremonious trip through a pipe, before you're dumped into the next set of challenges. Think Flappy Bird, but much better and put through a Tim Burton blender. The environment is filled with spindly branches, narrow caves and half-operational graveyards of industry, all waiting to slow your progress so if the screen catches up to your creature then it's back to a checkpoint and a chance to re-evaluate your surroundings. Sporting improved graphics and plenty of extra levels for its Game of the Year release, is this a mystery worth diving into on Wii U?įrom the very first level, the left-hand side of the screen acts as a punishing timer, making sure that the pace is kept frantic and your aim is to always keep moving. All you really have to do is keep moving to the right - a simple goal carried over from the title's initial release on mobile devices - but you're never really told why, or even what exactly you'll be up against. This initial sense of experimentation and discovery says a lot about the way Badland wants you to play. After a few tumbles and unfortunate accidents, a journey through BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition has begun. Without really knowing what to do the player tries out a few buttons, and quickly discovers a way to keep the little furball in the air. In a dark forest, scarred by alien machinery and steeped in an unnatural silence, a strange, hairy creature bobs awkwardly across the foreground.
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