Unexpectedly good! Nostalgic for 80s and 90s kids. You've never played a game like this! As you run through the 3rd person full 3D world, the narrator constantly makes jokes about the scene and what you are doing.

Climb the tower and the camera angle automatically changes to guide you on what the game wants you to do next. It's mostly linear but fun. I did get stuck once but reloading from the auto-save points was reliable.

First 20 min wasn't really my gaming style but it kept surprising me with it's humour and sprinkling of new "game mechanics" from start to the very end. I was impressed how well it handled incorporating so many references to other games sprinkled around including Mario, Space Invaders, Frogger, Donkey Kong, Dr Who, Mars Attacks, just a few simple platformer timed jumps, and more! Any other game would feel disjoint having so many styles of game play but this really does it well with short bursts. Addictive like a poker machine because you never know what's next.

The game designers are masterminds! Well paced and balanced for casual gamers. It's not difficult but you can also die very quickly with some enemies until you figure out how to kill them.

Mostly no loading time and jumping off the tower is encouraged to rack up new achievements which gives you Level Up skill points. The tower is cleverly designed to make you explore and jumping off at different places gives you access to new locations.

The ending is perfect! Well worth slogging though :)

PROS
* Fun story with great narration
* Dying is forgiving and instant respawn from most places
* Fun variety of melee and ranged weapons with levelling up
* 3D world is seamless and you can jump from the very top level to the bottom
* Its much bigger than you first imagine
* Achievements are actually quite fun to do and not arbitrary

CONS
* Simple battle mechanics. Extra mechanics exist but aren't necessary to master eg "parry" which is a dodge attack, dodge roll, deflect using a sword, jump attack (like Mario), jump + smash.
* Must do achievements to level up / get skill points
* Can get stuck in just a few places
* Weapons mostly do the same damage, no resistance / vulnerability
* Money is arbitrary and not really needed, you'll always have enough to level up
* Map wasn't really useful for me
* Cant zoom out camera, may feel restrictive