Rex: Another Island Reviews

Fast and fun collect-a-thon featuring a sweet pink dino who [i]doesn't[/i] want to eviscerate you with his massive dewclaws. Some pleasantly tricky sections, with long, simple segments in between that let you feel like [b]the man[/b] for a while. A world that feels [i]huge[/i], but in which you can't get lost. A bite-sized joy of a game that emphasizes the fun of collection, with none of the headache that comes from canvasing every dark crevice for that [i]one last doohickey[/i].

Short and sweet retro-platformer. 100% completion will probably take 1-2 hours, depending on your ability. Some people might find that too short but I personally enjoy being able to sit down for an hour and just have a good time, then be done with a game.

A quick and simple game with cute graphics. It has a purple dino, it's 8-bit, what more can you ask for?

Got it on sale, but honestly would have been worth the 3 bucks. Great soundtrack and a distinctive platformer in its own right. I recommend picking this one up!

I really like this game! It's fun to exploring the island for coins. Although I will admit, the controller support could be better. You can only use the d-pad to move, not the sticks. The buttons work fine though.

Great game. What more do you need than dinosaurs? I think it's worth the price and it also goes on sale for less than $1 so keep an eye on it. Other small games like this usually take an hour or less, but this took a pretty good chunk of time. I thoroughly enjoyed my time playing it. I hope there will be a second game sooner or later.

I thought I would leave a Negative review for this game since there aren't any as of yet, and someone might want to see a different opinion. This isn't a bad game, it's just not much of a game. We played through the first 5 or so levels in 20 minutes and encountered no game mechanics other than platform jumping and collecting coins. We saw a total of 2 enemies, both of which were simple move-and-avoid enemies. Other than that, no bosses, no power ups, nothing but jump, avoid spikes, collect coins. I would call this a half developed game.

Rex: Another Island is a retro Platformer game. The game starts out easy and becomes very hard later on, but with the amount of checkpoints that is forgivable. The moving platforms are incredibly buggy however and that's extremely frustrating. The graphics are very nice for retro graphics and the music is good. The game doesn't really have a story but that doesn't matter. I have a HUGE GRIPE against this game however, as it conveniently shows your progress in collecting all coins (for a special ending/achievement) and my checklist was all messed up! At some point I got to 774 coins and every single areas completed on the checklist with a checkmark at the end (the keyboard X menu), but for some reason... the 777 coins door wouldn't open! That includes the hard to find ones and the secret one, so that's not an user error. To continue on this very peculiar bug, I explored the entire game and found the 3 missing coins approximately 30 minutes later, in an area I had never seen before in Mountain. I found 3 coins just laying there while I'm at 45/45 completion on top of the screen. So I grabbed them and they counted as if I had never grabbed them before, my total on the X menu didn't change and it still shows I have only 773 coins, while the game now shows I have 777 instead of 774 coins! Mind-blowing bug, but I lost 1 hour in total trying to figure out this bug. Overall, this is a very mixed review, because that bug drove me crazy.

A really good platformer that all takes place on one giant map/level, but still has several distinct biomes. You can beat the game in just a few minutes if you know where you're going, but this is a game built for replayability and speedruns. There's three endings- 1) collect all the gems and make it to a special exit, 2) collect all the coins and make it to a special exit, and 3) make it to the 'normal' ending exit. The gems/coins exit are considerably more difficult, as you might expect. The controls work well, though occasionally they're a bit punishing- you really need pixel-perfect jumps in a few spots. But it never feels unfair. Music is good, but you can turn it off if desired. Graphics are nothing that will blow you away but they serve the game well and have a great retro feel. This isn't just another crappy 2d platformer to idle for cards, this is actually a good game. edit: 11/28/2017: A few more notes: The devs are really nice people, the game's music is actually STELLAR (there's hints of Donkey Kong Country here), and more players need to be checking out this game, particularly speedrunners. It's a real gem.

Beat it with 100% completion in an hour and some change, it's short and [i]incredibly[/i] sweet. Everything is well drawn, and the music is a big plus as well. It can be as simple of a game of making it from point A to point B, or you can go for the collectathon route and try and get everything; just all depends on how you want to play it. Has a lot of cute design 'teaching' moments without actually ever spelling the mechanics directly out, besides the most basic controls. I highly recommend it at any price, preferably the full price for a well designed, thought out, tight controlling and above all adorable platformer.