Pongo Reviews

Frustrating by design and just not fun. [list] [*] Every level is clustered with props, so you often end up cutting your jump from beneath a tree or landing on a rock that would push you off stage. [*] The jump bar is only displayed at the bottom-left corner of the screen and you need to hold the jump button at the right time to fill the bar and be able to jump at your peak height, so you HAVE to look away from your cross-hair (your main focus point) in every section where jumping at your peak height is most desired. [*] There is no 'Always Run' option, despite almost every jump in the game requiring you to run to maximise your jumping distance. [*] Enemies, including bosses, do not have a health bar, so there's zero feedback on how much damage they're taking up until their death animation. [*] A lot of the gaps that you have to jump across are unforgivable precise to the point where you need to have a full jump bar and land on the closest corner of the platform, that combined with the previous listed flaws just makes these sections feel extremely frustrating to get through. [/list] I've only paid £0.60 for this game and I still want a refund after the amount of physiological strain that it's given me.