This game is the Super Mario 64 of 2D Platformers. Comatoast is SO, so much more than the sum of its parts.
Where do I begin? This is the best game I have ever played. Please play before reading further.
The one-liners that play throughout are just as densely packed and enjoyable as Gex, but they are self-contained, and therefore require no pop-culture knowledge and they will not age as poorly. The platforming in this game is absolutely stellar. If you watch videos or see screenshots, you might say "This is a BABY game" but it is NOT. Right from the get-go, the levels are out to get you. But where some games are "cheaply" difficult, relying on invisible blocks and abruptly jerking spikes, *Comatoast* lays it all out in front of you. The obstacles are right there, you have plenty of time to plan out your movements and your path, but executing is another beast entirely.
The way you approach enemies is seamlessly sewn into this landscape. The rooms don't feel like bare platforms with enemy stickers randomly scattered about. Each enemy is painstakingly drawn, attacking in patterns that you must learn and integrate to inform your movement. The soundtrack absolutely nailed it, there is a palpable difference between the dreamy earlier stages and the nightmarish later stages where platforms pixelate and disappear, subverting the expectations of level design and mechanics that the player builds over the first two levels. This is remarkable, in a game that lasts only 5 minutes, there are two strikingly different aesthetics but both are a joy to play.
I only have one complaint: Why are there not 10 of these?
LD48 — Deeper and deeper (1)
Comatoast by crow_seeds 2021-04-27T07:04:17Z ♥ 5
TL;DR
This game is the Super Mario 64 of 2D Platformers. Comatoast is SO, so much more than the sum of its parts.
Where do I begin? This is the best game I have ever played. Please play before reading further.
The one-liners that play throughout are just as densely packed and enjoyable as Gex, but they are self-contained, and therefore require no pop-culture knowledge and they will not age as poorly. The platforming in this game is absolutely stellar. If you watch videos or see screenshots, you might say "This is a BABY game" but it is NOT. Right from the get-go, the levels are out to get you. But where some games are "cheaply" difficult, relying on invisible blocks and abruptly jerking spikes, *Comatoast* lays it all out in front of you. The obstacles are right there, you have plenty of time to plan out your movements and your path, but executing is another beast entirely.
The way you approach enemies is seamlessly sewn into this landscape. The rooms don't feel like bare platforms with enemy stickers randomly scattered about. Each enemy is painstakingly drawn, attacking in patterns that you must learn and integrate to inform your movement. The soundtrack absolutely nailed it, there is a palpable difference between the dreamy earlier stages and the nightmarish later stages where platforms pixelate and disappear, subverting the expectations of level design and mechanics that the player builds over the first two levels. This is remarkable, in a game that lasts only 5 minutes, there are two strikingly different aesthetics but both are a joy to play.
I only have one complaint: Why are there not 10 of these?