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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 23.5 hrs on record (18.4 hrs at review time)
Posted: 23 Dec, 2020 @ 3:28am

7.5/10 – A fantastic game with only a few complaints

Note: As of writing this (23/12/20), I am 18 hours into the game with all the bees and all levels at least completed, I have not yet beaten the final boss.
So, this was a game that I had received from a Humble Bundle not expecting much, I’d seen footage of the previous game and had heard issues with the game falling apart a bit in later levels. This game DOES NOT share this problem.
This game is totally engrossing, easy to pick up and play with very little to no fall off over time.

Pros
+Very easy to pick up and play (levels can be warped to and take anywhere between 5 – 15 minutes depending on exploration)
+Very attainable achievements (achievements are all very understandable with attainable goals)
+Good balanced quantity of collectibles (Coins, Bees and Tonics)
+Great controls (simple, yet efficient, not too floaty neither)
+Great diversity of levels (Each level comes with a variant, along with plenty of levels following the standard diverse range of underwater, chase, etc)
+Diverse Overworld (Plenty of diverse settings, platforming and details to explore)
+Fun, Cartoony Soundtrack (Perfectly fits the setting of the game with good diversity through levels)

Cons
-Repetitive cutscenes drag A LOT… (Unskippable cutscenes for every bee; loud needlessly long unskippable logos intro *this also plays when you return to menu to close the game which is very frustrating)
-Camera inconsistency (Throughout most of the game the camera has been fantastic, however there have been on a few occasions where the camera seems too slow, such as chase levels, where the camera favours following the chasing object over the player making platforming needlessly harder)
-Damage System woes (The game has a two-hit system with flying off when you are hit once, this system is great but the flight pattern of Laylee is completely imprecise and often buggy with Laylee flying off straight away to inaccessible areas.)
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