Dimensional Animals

This was a very fun, short, cute action-adventure platformer. The game starts off feeling fairly easy and casual, but the challenge ramps up to a respectable level! The platforming is very satisfactory once you learn all of the different moves (I fumbled them a bunch, but I got there :D). The optional challenge sections definitely pushed me to give it my all. I liked how the secrets are all reasonably accessible, so long as you are vigilant. I enjoyed myself and would recommend playing it. :)

DA is a great platformer with some interesting ideas, but don’t be fooled by the welcoming visuals. It can be very challenging if you’re trying to get all the achievements. The main paths are kept easy but the point is to find all the collectibles/secrets, which is going to require more skill. You can even miss a playable character with its own unique move. There are 3 ‘worlds’ connected in a metroidvania kind of way. The main gimmick is switching between different animals seamlessly to perform a chain of moves in order to reach a spot. This feels fantastic when you master the controls, and it’s so cool to watch. I love the music in this game, one of them is still on my mind. The sound effects are also very good and the graphics are just lovely. The achievements are fine for what this game is trying to do. There is even new game plus where it’s slightly more challenging, the maps are not fully visible before exploring them and all the playable characters are unlocked right away. It was lots of fun going through the game that way. The flaws are mainly 2. I’ve probably encountered a bug where the map shows I have all the blue gems while I was missing one. The developer tried his best to help me by recording a video with the location of every blue gem, but I had them all. I ended up getting everything in new game plus again. The controls are going to be problematic if you’re playing with a controller and using the analogue stick. This just doesn’t mesh well with chaining moves reliably/quickly, especially when you have to use directions to pull certain moves. I switched to using the d-pad near the end of the first run, this made the controls much better in new game plus. This game can be very short. If you rush towards the ending, you might be able to get there within an hour. It might take 2 hours if you play comfortably by getting most of the collectibles that you encounter. But if you try to get everything, that’s where it can take 4-5 hours on the first run. It took me around 7 hours to play the game twice and get all the achievements. The price is less than €9 and I absolutely think it’s worth it. You don’t play this kind of game to rush through it, the levels are brilliantly designed. I’m very happy with the €2,63 I paid when it was on sale. Don’t sleep on it if you’re fan of the genre.

DIMENSIONAL ANIMALS IS AN AMAZING SHORT METROIDVANIA <3 Has a person who usually is busy with so many tasks I have a short time to spend on games that took a lot of time to beat, somedays I just want to chill after work and play a short but really good experience and this game DEFINITLY give you that feeling. The level design feels so good , every new power up adds some cool mechanics for the tricks to keep progressing through the leves, the toad one is one of my favorites cuse kinda reminds me of the mario odissei gameplay ^^ The sound track is so chill but in the forest level IT JUST EXPAND AND GIVE YOU SOME COOL CELESTE VIBES since you're doing some crazy platform jumps. Overall Dimensional Animals is a game totaly worth it, and I think I spent well my money < 3