Super Sami Roll Reviews

[b] TL;DR: Inconsistent platformer with strange difficulty ramp and mechanics that straight up don't work. Do not recommend. [/b] (Beaten in around 3 hours, [spoiler] did not play the second unlockable story with the new character.) [/spoiler] [b] Pros: [/b] The OST is actually bangin'. Level design is (at times) pretty interesting and unique. [b] Cons: [/b] There is little to no consistency within the movement mechanics. Depending on where Sami is on the geometry when you jump, you can either jump where you'd expect OR ricochet off randomly/incredibly quickly. This leads to frustration when some jumps require very precise timings. Furthermore, the tongue grapple/jump cancel mechanic does not feel good in the slightest. It's a mandatory movement tech but it feels so sloppily implemented and imprecise. The bounce pads and balloons you're required to jump on just straight up don't send you high enough/far enough ~50% of the time. The geometry in some levels sticks out where it shouldn't, killing your momentum and forcing you to restart. The timer is a horrible idea. Limits player agency/creativity and forces collection of coins to re-up your timer. If you so much as stray from the path a small amount or miss a couple of coins, you're already at risk of timing out. In some instances, you're genuinely better off jumping off the map once you hit a checkpoint so as to not waste the effort of getting to the end just to get timeout'ed before you can physically reach it. If you absolutely NEED to scratch a 3-Platformer related itch, buy it on sale. If not, avoid it.

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Good movement and a fun time achievement hunting. Highly recommend if you like any movement based platformers. Hella cute art style and a great difficulty curve.

Even though it always sounds like I'm being tortured in excruciatingly painful ways whenever I play this game, I assure you that I'm having fun. Also the completely destroyed monitor and controller were already like that before... I swear!

Old-school platforming game. Hard at times but fun and cute. The main character is my namesake so that's a plus also.

I might be late to the party, but good god is Super Sami Roll incredible. You have so much control over your moveset, the levels have while having a set path they also let you play around in their sandboxes. Very rarely do I feel deaths are the fault of the game. I cannot WAIT for the sequel Sami is also just incredibly cute and the outfits are wonderful.