Recent reviews by Ellie

I liked this one as much as the remake of BfBB. Looks even better too!
Pretty interesting story actually, with some cool level designs, puzzles and boss fights.
Great Spongebob humor as it always is, I also love the gross realistic art renders that pop-up through the story.
The platforming and new abilities are pretty fun, save for that cursed double jump.

I never played the original but I loved playing this.
The platforming felt pretty okay, its cool you can play as other characters though (Sandy is my favourite).
It looks great with some interesting world designs, but I really like all the classic Spongebob humor the most.

Perfect for anyone who loves the gratification of solving satisfying puzzles and scratching that perfectionist itch :D

Beautiful pixel art accompanied by therapeutic game play.
With a very unique way of storytelling, relax while you take your time to create the spaces as you like.
This cute game is the definition of comfy and wholesome.

I've never really played any old school fps's, but I super enjoyed blastin all those Psykos on Inzane difficulty!
LOVE the art style and sound design. Super cool and very funny sense of humor too.
Slayers X has made me want to go back and play all the games in the same genre!

I wasn't expecting it, but PWS actually has an interesting and amusing story with a unique way of telling it.
Through environmental storytelling and the text messages you'll receive from the diverse characters, slowly lead you down an intertwined-story rabbit hole with a kind of unexpected but cool ending.

This game is also great if you just want to relax while enjoying satisfying results.
I played through the whole game solo but still enjoyed it, if that's something you were worried about :D

I love a da Banjo so I love a da Yooka

I want to start of by saying I've always been a big fan of the platformer/collectathon genre and I had fun playing it.

I was very exited for the full release of Clive 'N' Wrench. I had even played a demo beta release a while ago through Patreon and it was pretty fun. Albeit there were some weird visual and also movement issues BUT I still had high hopes because it was a demo after all, and I could see there was still room for improvement and it had a lot of potential.

That said, I think I could still say the same for the actual release sadly. The visuals did improve on most things, but the movement/controls are the one thing my mind just kept going back to. I can't get over how badly it feels to move around in this game. To put it short, its just janky.

I also experienced an issue where I was going through a world and had 599/600 items collected but it glitched out and it said "World 100% Completed". I was afraid I was going to have to start a new save file to get an actual 100% game completion, but luckily there was another glitch I ended up exploiting where there is a collectible that can be duped.

One last thing of note to add, I do like a good few references here and there, but not everywhere as this game has a plethora of them.

TLDR; if you like platformer/collectathon games BUT don't mind glitches/bugs, jankiness and a bazillion references, then you should give Clive 'N' Wrench a go.

I just want to start off by saying that I've never in my life, completely fallen in love with a game so fast ever before.
I mean, this game is literally perfect to me. I also never really write reviews, BUT this game deserves it dammit!

First of all, the art style is original and very cute, not to mention super creative level design using everyday mundane household objects to really make it feel like the creatures of the house have been there for years. I also really love that there was so much to explore, so many nooks and crannies that weren't just empty spaces but actually had some kind of collectible or character to talk with, which is a really nice way to reward the player for exploring the huge worlds.
The story building and lore is also very interesting and I was wondering about so many things until nearing the end.

Next, the soundtrack... O M G... the soundtrack almost brought tears to my eyes and really gave this game that extra oomph of personality that I feel a lot of games like this just lack. And the sound design *chefs kiss* I swear the sound effects for everything you interact with really makes it feel alive just so much more.

Thirdly, the controls are soooo nice and I never once felt like I didn't have control of the character, and the move set was not overly complicated or hard to remember which button does what. The abilities also made it really nice by allowing the player to move freely and explore in a non-linear way, and I often found myself finding different ways to get to the same places. The speed was also fast enough that it wasn't boring just running/sliding/gliding anywhere.

One last thing of note, the references! And the comedy! I loved it all as there were always some funny conversations to walk into which always made me giggle tehe.

All in all, Tinykin is a game that you can really feel all the love and care that the creators put into it, so I definitely recommend it to anyone that loves cute platformers. I really love the Banjo-Kazooie series and I'm always finding myself with that "I gotta play a fun platformer/collectathon" itch. which honestly is hard the find the right game for, but Tinykin really scratched that itch.

Fun, short, sweet and cute.
All things I've personally always loved about games like this.
The art style with a mix of 2D and 3D is simplistic but detailed at the same time, which is quite pleasing to look at.
I also really liked the story that was told about the different characters, in which they remind us about not taking people for granted and the sentimental value that items hold in peoples hearts, which I love.
And lastly, the music matches the art style perfectly bringing the whole game together into a perfect little package.