Hell Pie was a kind of video games that I attempted the demo and was taken with seeing extra of because of its platforming. Outdoors of the Mario video games, this can be considered one of my favourite 3D platformers, however it definitely doesn’t include the family-friendly tag of its friends.

Workplace Hell

You play as Nate who runs Hell’s “Unhealthy Style” division. When Devil calls for a pie for his or her birthday, it’s as much as you to scour 4 areas with a view to discover the nastiest elements round. Aiding you is the cherub Nugget who’s hooked up to Nate’s horn and acts as each weapon and free-range grapple level.

The primary motion tech of the sport is swinging. Utilizing Nugget, you’ll be able to launch Nate across the stage together with a double bounce and sprint. At the beginning, you’ll be able to solely swing one time, however discovering cherub meals will can help you improve to get extra swings and motion tech. The motion of Hell Pie is what attracted me to this recreation, and surprisingly, I believe this is among the finest 3D platformers I’ve performed from a moment-to-moment standpoint. That is a kind of video games that feels very velocity runner pleasant, as there are a lot of sequence breaks and skips you’ll be able to carry out with sufficient swing upgrades. Every stage has its personal distinctive gimmicks and there are boss fights to take care of as properly.

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Every hub is filled with collectibles and separate phases the place you will discover the elements; get sufficient, and also you’ll unlock the subsequent world. Further upgrades come from activating goat shrines by killing goats hidden all through the phases. The horns serve to get previous particular obstacles to open new areas or discover secrets and techniques.

All this sounds nice, however Hell Pie does include just a few devilish caveats.

Tastefully Unhealthy

Hell Pie attracts similarities to the cult basic Conker’s Unhealthy Fur Day in how this isn’t geared toward youngsters. There may be a number of gross-out humor (particularly with the elements you’re accumulating) and powerful language. For somebody like me, I don’t notably look after gross-out humor, however I’m not bothered by it.

The extra urgent concern is that in the intervening time there are a selection of bugs each giant and small within the recreation. I bumped into a number of instances the place it felt like the sport was not recognizing my inputs. A bit the place the digital camera refused to work, and I misplaced the power to maneuver correctly, and even an entire comfortable lock throughout a boss. The builders have stated that they’re engaged on a patch to repair the bugs, however that was not out there on the time I used to be enjoying it.

By way of stage design and platforming gameplay, Hell Pie does really feel like a best hits assortment of obstacles and phases we’ve seen earlier than. For followers seeking to go for 100%, there are a number of collectibles to search out in every one of many main hubs. In case you’re hoping to see a non-Mario 3D platformer do one thing utterly distinctive, Hell Pie isn’t that form of recreation.

A Attractive Expertise

All-in-all, I’m impressed with Hell Pie. I don’t know if the builders labored on a 3D platformer earlier than, however this is among the higher platformers I’ve seen within the Indie house in a while. In case you don’t thoughts the humor, and hopefully these bugs will get mounted, this can be a deal with for followers of platforming the place it’s simply enjoyable to maneuver around the globe.

This was performed with a press key offered by the writer