Harlow Reviews

While the art is charming, and music, very relaxing, those are unfortunately the only two positives I could give in the time it took for me to give up on this one. The achievements are completely broken (I got the one for beating stage 6 in a certain amount of jumps the moment I launched the game, and neither of the ones related to Lito even thought of triggering, even though I got the dialogue for the friend one and interacted with them so much, the lines started looping), controls wildly uncomfortable (One has to barely move the stick if you want any semblance of control whatsoever), no ability to use the mouse to actually control the character seemingly exists in game (“Drag and Fling” means “nothing you press or do on your mouse will cause anything to happen in-game”), and motion is way too random, all the while demanding precision that's not even thought to be granted to the player to beat levels. Also, Level 5 has some “Party Data” that's seemingly above the double-jump ceiling, making it either impossible to get, or way too finicky. Most of the game feels like blind luck, in other words. [b]Verdict:[/b] In dire need of updates as it's almost unplayable in its current state, both to address the achievements, unwieldy control, and other areas. [b]Placed In:[/b] 4: Dourly Dismissed.