For higher and worse, Frogun actually does really feel like a sport ripped from the late 90s. This can be a puzzle platformer with a PS1-era vibe, and whereas it nails the presentation, it additionally inadvertently captures the irritating and finicky nature of these early 3D video games.

Taking part in as a younger lady seeking her mother and father, you employ the titular Frogun — a gun that is additionally a frog — to traverse tough little ranges as you delve into an historic temple. The core hook is firing the frog’s tongue out to select up enemies and objects, or grapple in direction of partitions and different objects. It is a superb concept that works nicely sufficient, however the execution could be very easy, and the idea would not actually evolve past pulling a lever once in a while.

Thankfully, the auto purpose on the weapon is sort of beneficiant; the Frogun will take purpose at belongings you usually need to hit, and it is okay more often than not, however you possibly can manually purpose by holding down L2. This will undoubtedly come in useful when making an attempt to cross massive gaps, particularly because the platforming itself is usually a little too fussy at occasions. Your leap is small and so are the platforms you are traversing, and even with a full 360 diploma view of the extent, lining up a leap will be surprisingly tough.

There is a bunch of stuff to gather in every stage, nevertheless it’s principally optionally available; accumulating particular artifacts is just for completionists, however trying to find them will take you into hidden areas off the principle path, which is neat. Cash are additionally not required for progress, however they’re used to buy issues like hats and paintings, once more providing you with purpose to select them up.

From a presentation standpoint, the sport has quite a lot of appeal with its low-poly fashions and brilliant colors, and it runs completely always. The music and results are additionally pretty old-school, however will be irritatingly repetitive. General, the sport simply feels fairly flat; its central concept is sweet however ranges do not actually construct on it, and a few cutesy visuals can solely take it thus far.