Bad Pad Reviews

I decided to finally buy this and give it a chance after seeing the creator advertise this on r/metroidvania and realizing a few days prior that "the metroidvania review" curator is a joke. This is basically super meat boy reimagined as a metroidvania. It's clearly someone's first game and it shows but it has undergone several patches and the developer is very active and will immediately fix any issues that get reported. Nonetheless, if you're going to buy this, you should wait for a sale. Also, keep in mind that this game has some of the worst world design ever in a metroidvania. edit: after playing more I've decided that this can't be recommended. The reason is that no amount of patches are going to be able to save this first attempt at a video game. The devs need to move on to their next project and stop clinging to the past.

Awesome cool little game, just cleared the first chapter and still have plenty to do. Also loved the soundtrack!

Although the influence of Super Meat Boy is hard to miss, the open-ended nature of the levels makes Bad Pad feel like a fresh platformer in an overpopulated genre. But the key differantiator is the sound, and you have to turn on the speakers to understand how metal this game actually is. Funny as hell, and difficult enough to match.

I've played less than an hour, early thoughts: I wish I could give a neutral review. From what I have seen so far, it is not a metroidvania (Exploration has been pretty much linear, and opening new areas just consists of flipping switches to open doors). This might change later of course, but I would describe what I've experienced thus far as more a precision platformer with some adventure elements. The music/sound effects are.. at times i like them, at times I chuckle, other times I find it annoying. Not sure the grunts while wall jumping were a good idea. Ultimately the art and production is probably what's keeping me from playing further, I wasn't immersed in this world like I was with super meat boy.

I got the game today, and I liked it. It's a sweet platform game with puzzle elements.... (I am a big platform/run&gun fan) I played it with gamepad, and it was quite responsive. Love the fact that you can also jump on walls and you can climb on plants hanging from the ceiling... this makes sure that you have to learn several game meccanics. More skills=more fun :)

this game is great really always a new challenge the sound is amazing i can play this game only to hear the soundtrack the sotry is funny (guys really funny(: ) the mechanic are very good(controler support) so if your looking into this one dont think twice

This game reminds me of super meat boy but more forgiving. The bosses are hard but not too hard although sometimes you will get screwd by RNG. All in all a pretty good playthrough.

English: A hidden jewel for all platformer-aficionados. The graphic-style is somewhat retro, more like filtered SNES than muddy NES style. Some situations are really tricky, but they are never so hard so that you want to give up. The price of 12,49 EUR atm is more than fair. Edit: I ran into a few problems, and within a few minutes teh developer answered on the steam discussion boards. And he even released a patch after an hour or two which fixed the bug I've found. Another big thumbs up! German: EIn kleines Juwel für Plattformerfans. Die Grafik ist Retro, aber nicht so nervig pixelig wie andere Vertreter. Eher wie gefilterte 16-Bit Grafik als 8-Bit Pixelbrei. Der Schwierigkeitsgrad schrammt (bisher) immer an "nervig" vorbei, die Motivation reicht aus um es immer wieder aufs Neue zu versuchen. Preis derzeit: 12,49 EUR...geht in Ordnung.

This is a great platformer with tons of content even though it's still in EA, which means there is much more to come. Very responsive controls and comfortable physics are the backbone of any good platformer and BadPad has a solid foundation from which a great game has been built. You can tell this game has been made with love and it oozes charm. I highly recommend anyone who enjoys platformers to give this game a try,

A very nice hard-yet-fair platformer with tight and responsive controls. Overall a very polished game with an amusing story, great art and sound track. Some levels were pretty brutal but were made more forgiving with the many save locations. I played through on the easiest difficulty level and found it to be a quite a challenge. It's not rage quit inducing although some levels I found myself attempting many times before finishing them and the satisfaction of completion was gratifying. Total playthrough to beat the final boss was around 20 hours. Someone with more experience with hard platformers (and better coordination) could do it in a lot less time. The levels were numerous and vast and there wasn't a whole lot of back tracking. Warp gates, which are numerous, helped when back tracking was required. A highly enjoyable game.