Parallel Shift Reviews

I really liked the game, the mechanics make the game proposal very challenging.

Parallel Shift is a game about drinking space milkshake to undo your life's mistakes. If only I could do that in real life...

It's a difficult and beautiful Puzzle/Precision Platformer with a Runner-ish type of game with cool pixel art visuals and synthwave music. The progression is great, and I even rage quit sometimes but I will not give up until I finish!

Alright, so, let's get the positives out of the way, first. Overall, I like this game, a lot. It's very challenging and really fun to just pick up and play. I am absolutely infatuated with the music, 80's synthwave is possibly one of my favorite genres ever, and the sound effects are pleasant to listen to, so no complaints in the audio department. The art style is phenomenal, I will always love 80's Neon Futurism, and pair that with some stellar pixel art, art department gets a solid 5/5. Okay, now, especially considering the game just launched are there will naturally be flaws to iron out, I'll try to point out some of the problems I experienced + some pet peeves. Pet peeves, first: - There is no counter for the time rewind power up. I'm not sure if this is deliberate or not, but having a counter to know how many of the time rewind power ups I have to spend would be nice. To my understanding, it's per character, not overall, so sometimes I'll try to use the power up with a character and end up realizing that I picked it up with the other character and die; - There could be better indicators as to where exactly the time rewind will put you. Often times I'll find myself using the power up, only to have it put me [b]right on top, mid-jump[/b], of a vortex, making me die anyway. Maybe give the player the ability to decide where to end the power up, by holding / letting go of Shift for that, but still, adding some sort of meter, limiting the amount of rewinding that can be done. Problems: - This didn't happen too often, but, sometimes, when I'd try to use a power up with, say, the Blue runner, and I'd be close, but not [b]too[/b] close to a Yellow portal, pressing shift would still make me die anyway (one time this problem happened, the Blue runner died twice in rapid succession, thus making me feel like this is indeed a problem); - Now this is the big one. This problem is preventing me from completing the game, as of the time I'm writing this review. Many, many times, right after a swap (spacebar), the runner [b]will not jump high enough[/b] and get killed by a vortex. Seems to happen more, if not all times, to the Yellow runner. I'm at level... 7, maybe? And I'm simply stuck there because this glitch seems to happen often, and this level has a lot of areas where you have to swap between the runners very quickly. All in all, this game is BEAUTIFUL, I repeat and reinstate all of the compliments I gave this game, and I really hope this becomes successful. Everyone involved did a tremendous job and I offer nothing but sincere kudos and heartfelt congratulations ♥

Pretty fun game, the OST is a very neat eletro vibe that blends really well with the game. The mechanics are interesting and the levels are challenging. Overall a great game.

[h1] Very nice! [/h1] The game has simple mechanics, but it is quite challenging (but I think I am the worst player ever). You can spend some time playing. I believe that the game would be better with more stages, with a more accelerating pace. Congratulations to the developer

This game will bug your mind! hahaha It's a very simple game with a nice twist that will help you pass the time!

The death sound, something you will hear constantly, is clearly designed to make you hate the game. Also would play well with controller but it just isn't implemented thoughtfully (it _is_ implemented, even though controller support not listed on store -- but it's done badly).

This game is very interesting, it seems to be simple at first, but as you progress, the mind starts to explode. It is perfect for practicing and testing if your cognitive skills are sharp!

Parallel Shift it's a beautiful pixel art game with brain breaker challenges! Getting used with the controllers and how the game works takes times and patient but once you got the hang of it, it's pretty fun and really hard at the same time.