19 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 2.2 hrs on record
Posted: Oct 26, 2015 @ 9:16am

This is a fun puzzler with bundles of cartoonish charm. You play as RedEyes, a kleptomaniacal rat. The aim of each level is to run through the building, nab the diamond and then leg it before the time is up, picking up bonus coins along the way and trying not to get caught whilst doing so.

The game has been well designed and is satisfying to play. I found myself replaying levels over and over to complete all the tasks and get that elusive final gold star, and yet it rarely got tiresome to do so as it can with other timed puzzle games. What helps with this is the fact that the only way to get a "Game Over" as such is to run out of time, which is when the police arrive (I say police, it's a single grizzly bear in a uniform. A really, really fast bear). Even if you run out of time, if you're close enough to the exit you can still complete the level if you out run the bear. This leniency really helps keep frustration levels down. Getting detected by guards doesn't lead to automatic penalties either - instead you only lose time beating them up if you get caught. Sometimes it's much faster and easier to run to the exit alerting all the guards, resulting in a mad, Benny Hill-type chase through the corridors.

The visual style is nice and cartoony. The animal characters have been well thought out, with funny expressions and sound effects to match. It also has a great soundtrack, which really puts you in the mood for sneaking around in a black polo neck.

The trailer for the game didn't impress me all that much, but I found that the time just flew by when I first started this game up. Highly recommended.
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