Parasite Pack by Lowtek Video games

Parasite Pack is a bundle of two retro 8-bit fashion video games themed across the titular parasites. Flea! is a platforming title following the adventures of a slightly energetic insect because it ravenously hunts down the blood it must sate its thirst. Tapeworm Disco Puzzle gives a slower tempo of motion with an assortment of brainteasers involving the musical tapeworm protagonist. Each video games are set in the identical surreal world the place blood is a a lot coveted useful resource.

Flea to Do What I Need Any Outdated Time

Flea! is the extra acquainted entry of those two video games. The leaping protagonist is on the hunt for blood and should soar, hop, and bounce by 80 ranges to free it from the grip of a tyrannical king flea. Every degree options a number of blood containers to gather, every of which gives an additional life, and these quickly begin to pile up. A very good factor, too, as Flea! begins to dial up the problem after the primary few ranges.

Flea! brings a twist to the traditional platformer expertise within the type of the eponymous parasite’s incapacity to cease leaping. It’s vital to keep away from any overhead obstacles, and the one management over this relentless leaping is the power to shorten the soar with fastidiously timed button presses. This provides a way of fixed move to every stage, and the extent design is constructed round this limitation.

A pair small boons are offered as the sport progresses, most notably the power to sprint ahead in a straight line. This arrived a bit of too late within the journey for my style, because it provides a enjoyable dynamism and management to the motion that feels absent earlier on. That stated, it additionally makes the degrees a tad simpler and so it calls for trickier degree design to compensate. The phases themselves are nicely conceived, and there is a fascinating boss on the finish of each set of ten that entails a dash throughout a scrolling degree (versus the static screens that make up the majority of the sport).

Difficult Tapeworm Time

Tapeworm Disco Puzzle slows the motion down a bit, however that isn’t to say it isn’t with out some tempo of its personal. The vast majority of its ranges are puzzles constructed round transferring the worm throughout a grid to attain numerous objectives with restricted physique size to spare.

Some phases contain defending fleas as they navigate the surroundings, whereas others merely require the gathering of musical notes. Each few ranges, there’s a extra action-oriented stage that takes its inspiration from the traditional Snake online game style.

Each video games share an 8-bit aesthetic, and that is beautifully executed. Pixel artwork graphics depict all the pieces from fleas to wormholes to the slightly grisly surroundings of the degrees. I’ve to query the selection of theme for these titles – I can’t say parasites leap to thoughts as an interesting selection of protagonists for platforming or puzzle video games – however to every, their very own!

All in all, Parasite Pack is a well-designed, flavorful, and difficult pair of video games that may convey one thing to the desk for platforming and puzzle followers alike.

Parasite Pack is obtainable through the Nintendo Retailer, the Sony PlayStation Retailer, and the Microsoft Retailer.

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