Egging On-ի ակնարկ (PC)

“You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.” Well, as it turns out, making an omelette is a lot harder than simply կոտրում a few eggs. Scratch that, it’s an զգացմունքային draining task—a daunting, almost one-sided affair that serves little to no benefit to the whisk-beater whatsoever. Ձգտում եմ, for example, does a splendid job of illustrating this scrambled feud. However, it doesn’t remediate your feelings about it; it simply informs you that, if you’re գնում to make an omelette, then you should at least be prepared to witness your sanity gradually plummet before tasting the fruits, or դեղնուց, of your labor.

Ձգտում եմ is ամեն ինչ that is wrong with the world. And I’m being աղի here, not because it doesn’t թույլ տալ me to make an omelette, but because, despite it being aesthetically wholesome and harmless, it ատում me. It’s a lot like your typical զայրույթի խաղ, in that it ներկայացնում է itself as a seamlessly balanced experience, but then makes it so that even the ամենապարզը maneuvers are made to feel fundamentally flawed and impossible to execute. It’s I Am Հաց without the toaster; it’s Ես Ձուկ եմ without the bowl; it’s Strong Crab without the missing claw. It is, in short, an egg with an irritable obsession with cracking at the mere sight of a whisk.

Ձգտում եմ Անշուշտ ունի the appearance of a family-friendly platforming game, but the truth is, it isn’t one that’s for the faint of heart. No, what Ձգտում եմ is, really, is a ցավալիորեն tough precision-based platform game that utilizes its carrot-on-a-stick tactics to entice you to պահել the ball rolling, even when you’re at the end of your tether and emotionally hard-boiled. It doesn’t առաջնորդելու you; it mocks you for being inept.

I Don’t Like Omelettes, Anyway

Ձգտում եմ չէ, որ կատարելու an omelette; it’s about ferrying an egg from the chicken coop to an idyllic yolk-friendly haven. It’s a simple, clean-spirited tale that doesn’t leave much to the imagination, true. Yet, while the նպատակ is as clear as day, it’s the խնդիր of bringing that egg to said haven, that’s the clincher.

A textbook rage game at its core, Ձգտում եմ tasks you with manually rolling an egg-shaped “protagonist” through a series of environmental puzzles and not-so-structurally sound buildings. Unlike, say, I Am Bread, though, you don’t control each portion of the egg; you manipulate the լրիվ thing through a conduit of rolling, jumping, and building momentum to execute otherwise ordinary maneuvers. And if you think that հնչյուններ easy, well, you’re mistaken. See, where the act of simply ցատկել wouldn’t be an issue for most, Ձգտում եմ makes it so that every attempt is either met with an uneven surface, a daringly large gap, or a paper-thin tight rope that lacks the strength to hold your weight. It’s the little things like որ, annoyingly, that make Ձգտում եմ an absolute pain in the neck to romp through.

The mechanics aren’t the problem here; if anything, the mechanics are almost նույնպես easy to grasp. No, it’s the աշխարհ and its questionable layouts, the tight-fisted nature of the checkpoints and the fact that, perfect timing or not, ոչինչ is ever guaranteed. I suppose it’s a game that leans towards dumb luck and broken dreams, last-minute desperation and the երբեմն spurt of success. Is it a արդար game? Absolutely not, no.

Breaking, Emotionally և Ֆիզիկապես

Այսպիսով, կա Ձգտում եմ a զվարճանք game? Eh — define the word Զվարճալի: To make it a little clearer — այո, it is fun, if only in short bursts. However, like a lot of rage games that lean on cluttered environments and questionably poor design choices, it does have its drawbacks. And when I say drawbacks I mean, barbaric obstacle courses and ludicrously tough environmental curveballs. But that’s to be expected, to be fair.

Թող ասվի, որ մինչդեռ Ձգտում եմ is a bit of a pain in the backside to beat, it is one that supplies some great breadcrumbs for you to follow en route to the final stretch of its relatively short journey. For example, the level design is great, albeit a nightmare to tackle as, you know, an ձու Moreover, there are some fantastic obstacles to overcome, too, including an entire multi-layer chicken coop, an object-heavy backyard, and the inner workings of an frosty appliance. With all of that, let it be known that, campaign-wise, there is plenty of bang for your buck here. And yes, that was an սարսափելի նույնիսկ.

Դատավճիռ

If I can ignore the bulging veins in my forehead and take a well-needed breather, I Պետք be able to find it in my heart to give Ձգտում եմ a firm but fair review. Don’t get me wrong, I am flabbergasted—no, գոլորշիացնող about its mere existence. Yet, once I breeze over the emotional turmoil that is actively driving me to the brink of a meltdown, I կարող think of a few good reasons as to ինչու you should also give Ձգտում եմ a crack.

Բավական է ասել, Ձգտում եմ isn’t a rage game that you would necessarily turn to for a quick blowout. Rather, it’s a game that you typically Սեր to hate, and with that, one that you need the patience of a saint to muster up the mental energy to beat. It isn’t even all that rewarding, either. Yet, it’s a bit like մեծ մասը rage games à la Հաղթահարելով այն, in that you don’t խաղալ it to reap the in-game benefits, but to unlock bragging rights over your peers. And that’s all that this is: a challenge that, if beaten, can elevate your ego.

Of course, if you’re easily defeated and, more to the point, you lack the virtuous qualities of a patient user, then you will probably hate Egging On and just about everything that it stands for. If you’re all for the idea of watching yolk drizzle from an eggshell a հազար times over, however, then you might just have the skills needed to rustle up that ever-elusive omelette.

The omelette is a lie. There is ոչ Ձվածեղ.