While the mechanics themselves are solid, some of the segments in this level aren't.Īnd that second level. They're just not intuitive for the most part. I really don't know how someone with no experience with this style of gameplay would handle some of these sections. The game sort of expects you to know how every system works (along with their rough patches) right off the bat and, with an overabundance of pitfalls, it's really all a test of trial and error. I won't harp on it too much with it purely being a fan made demo but the jank in level design is very apparent. With that being said though, there are a lot of issues. The team should be recognized for that alone.

Graphically it looks nice enough (if a little excessively effects-heavy) and most fan games don't even get to the point of having cutscenes so there's some commendable effort there, but it feels like they've fallen into the trap of rushing ahead to the flashy stuff before getting a proper handle on the fundamentals.įirst off, this is one of the most fully featured 3D fan projects that I've ever experienced and the amount of work here really does show.

The third part's a big flashy escape sequence but it seems like the equivalent of a mach speed section without the auto-run, in that one mistake could put you horribly off track and completely disoriented. There's a switch hunt with basically no guidance or indicators, there's a weird section that's just semitransparent platforms and dash hoops, and because it's all a big vertical climb it looks like you could lose several minute's worth of progress with every missed jump. The second section though, it feels like they gave up trying to make a level. The first section looks like a somewhat janky remake of the original White Jungle, which is ok I guess, but not that interesting.

Haven't played it myself (I'd probably get like 2 fps on the lowest settings.) but honestly I don't think it looks too good.

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