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Bit Tech- Papo & Yo Review

BT:Papo & Yo is about alcoholism and paternal abuse. That theme is central to the entire game. It's shared through playing as a young a child creating a fantasy world that allows him to escape from his real living situation, but this creation is flavoured by his real surroundings. He's altering environments he's familiar with and he replaces his father with a hulking giant monster. By day it's docile and occasionally helpful, but as soon as he succumbs to his vices he's a terrible threat to the child’s safety.

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coolbeans3917d ago

In case reviewer sees this:

"The Xbox 360 version, which we haven't played, apparently offers somewhat crude visuals and has issues with framerates, as well as suffering from a few bugs, so make sure to pick up the PC version."

There's a PS3 version, not a 360 version.

And I gotta say I disagree with such a high score, especially when there's rarely any semblance of challenge throughout the game.

SirBradders3917d ago

Is there not a higher difficulty?

coolbeans3916d ago

There's no difficulty settings for it.

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ElementX3917d ago

I think an easy game can be rated highly if it's a great experience, this game however, should be given a 7.5 or 8.

coolbeans3916d ago

For the genre this one falls under: I find it very tough to weigh in the experience part when the puzzles and platforming is even "below easy" (my meaning from first comment).

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How Papo & Yo Helped Me Deal With My Childhood & Grow

PSLS: "Five years ago indie studio Minority Media released Papo & Yo on the PlayStation Store. The 3D puzzle-platformer features contrasting settings of a fantasy world where monsters exist and the broken down favelas of Brazil. As the player continues solving block puzzles and attempting to keep their friendly beast of a partner away from the frogs that enrage him, they start to learn that this isn’t a story of fantasy, but of a young boy trying to find an escape from an alcoholic and abusive father."

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jukins2445d ago

This game and it's meaning are very deep. If you know the developers story and depending on your own childhood playing this game can be a healing or scar opening experience.

The_Sage2445d ago

It's great that this excellent game helped you grow. I never had to deal with the things this game portrays in my home, but one a dead on analogy for one of my friends and his Dad. It was scary when he'd come home drunk at 1 or so in the morning. The guy I talked to at dinner with the nice smile and kind eyes was gone replaced by a beast of a man who was willing to scream at and hit his family for apparently no reason.

Fist4achin2445d ago

I find it odd that videogames as a medium are so disregarded as an art form/medium that can convey powerful messages. I almost feel like movies lately have lost that touch because they are just being churned out to be churned out. Meanwhile, there seems to be more videogames that have made made me go through a broad range of emotions and sometimes connect with in game characters on a more personal level. I also love how music and sounds in videogames has come so far to become very effective for setting moods and eliciting feelings as well.

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Indie Legends 5 Bundle Now Available

How often can you pick up a good game for less than R50? How about eight great games for R47? The new Indie Legends 5 bundle from Bundle Stars packs eight of the best Indie titles of the year (valued at over R1400) into one great bundle, and it only costs $3.49 (R47.22)!

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Games and Alzheimer’s: It’s Complicated

While dementia and Alzheimer’s impact the lives of millions, it’s a relatively rare subject in the escapist fantasy worlds of video games. Not surprising. Who wants to be reminded of a disease that has no known cure and that robs people of their memories and identities?

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FullmetalRoyale2992d ago

Damn! Forgot what I was going to say! 😏