There’s also some weird conditional double jump that I still haven’t figured out, which is a pretty big red flag if your game can’t clarify how a central ability works after thirty minutes and two dozen levels. You can wall jump but it’s the same anemic launch and scaling a single wall is impossible thanks to agonizing diminishing returns on your jumps. I can forgive most platforming sins if the movement is solid but your character in Bloody Trapland toddles around lazily and has a depressingly weak jump.

We’re not going to talk about the multiplayer though, because there’s enough wrong with this game that no amount of buddies can make it better. Since this one is designed with an eye towards multiplayer as well, you can open shortcuts and turn off traps to help your less nimble compatriots join you at the finish line.

Some levels hide secrets that can be used to open up alternate paths and levels on the world map, which is laid out like a big archipelago of Super Mario Bros 3 worlds. It’s not a big deal because the real point is to get to the end of each level un-murdered so you can go on to the next one. I saw one guy that looked like my character triggering traps to kill me, so presumably you’re on the trail of some little asshole or something. If there’s a plot to Bloody Trapland I don’t know what it is. And it’s not like those are the only issues with the game, either. That’s why I’m so confused as to why Bloody Trapland 2 is even in Early Access, because both of these issues are very clearly dragging the game down like a pair of cement shoes. Similarly, a stuttering, unoptimized platformer is never going to fly with anyone because that would interfere with whatever challenges are in store. No one wants to play a platformer with awkward movement, for example, because controlling your character is absolutely core to the experience. There are infinite ways to make a good platformer, but some elements must be constant. Review copy provided by developer via Curator Connect

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