Radical Rabbit Stew Reviews

fun.

This game is pure old school brilliance. It says a lot that I absolutely loved it because I tend to hate when video games make me wait, mechanics like waiting for moving platforms to return are really annoying, and Radical Rabbit Stew's main concept is all about waiting and timing: You start with only a simple wooden spoon, and you must hit rabbits into pots as they walk around to win each level. Yet, it is a joy to interact with these simple mechanics, it never takes too long for the rabbits to line up or for you to have an AHA moment and hit them in a way that mostly automates the rest of the path as it interacts with all sorts of mechanics on the way to its final, stewey destination. The controls are tight and the game gives you plenty of space to get used with the mechanics you have before introducing new ones, there are new enemy types and gimmicks almost every other couple of levels but the level gimmicks never feel TOO gimmicky, like you're playing a completely different game or a mini-game, oh no, the gimmicks are all properly intergrated with the game and all gel together with the main objective of sending rabbits into pots or breaking apart blocks that stop you from putting them into pots. In that way, it feels like a more puzzly, timing based approach to Bomberman, though there are both levels that favor action and speed while some are purely puzzles, the fact they both work so well is incredible, there is not a single bad or annoying level in the whole game. And it would be a giant mistake to not mention each world has a mini-boss battle and an overall area boss, all super fun to fight, all different enough to be separately enjoyable, the main game might clock in at just about 3 hours long, but it is a creativity filled 3 hours long that wraps up when the ideas of the devs probably wrapped up as well, which is a good thing, more developers could learn from that. Surprisingly, in spite of being based on old school games, with the music and the graphics recalling the greats from the SNES/PC-Engine era, this one is really approachable in terms of difficulty, there is a hardcore mode for a more old school challenge, but more casual gamers shouldn't skip this one either, if you have any interest in simple, arcade-like gameplay loops with no frills that simply try to be fun from the word GO, you own it to yourself to try out Radical Rabbit Stew.

The game is fun and the puzzles are good enough but the stock and memey sound effects are incredibly annoying if you can get past that it's a fun game to kill some time

There's a lot of content for the 2 euro i paid for this. The gameplay is pretty solid, the puzzles are engaging, the story is pretty well written, the abilities you get are great, and the bunnies must be stewed. The boss fights are very frantic and they test your agility and quick thinking, but they are never unfair. It's a very good puzzle game, and I saw it has multiplayer, which I haven't played :o