VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "All in all, Penny’s Big Breakaway is a title that achieves what it sets out to do in many areas, creating a stylish game with a fun, rich moveset that incentivizes and rewards masterful play, but which is hampered by a few design flaws and a steep difficulty spike early on. Casual platforming fans or those who are easily frustrated might want to think twice before picking it up, but those looking for a game with a high cap for mastery or simply a unique take on the genre could very well find what they’re looking for here."
2024 had a lot of great Indie games, and CGM looks at the five best, and five more to look forward to in 2025.
Well..for me some of the best indies 2024 were Forgive Me Father 2, Thronefall and Last Epoch.
Digital Foundry : It's that time of the year again! As we move into the holiday season, we'll be mixing up our content line-up to include some celebrations of the year gone by - and that begins with John Linneman's eclectic games of the year for 2024. Enjoy!
astrobot is not my type of game. But winning GOTY left and right now i want to play it just to know what the fuss is all about.
The three titles in the thumbnail are my three favorite new releases of the year.
Astro Bot is my GOTY but Indiana Jones is a close second and Stellar Blade right up with them. Shadow of the Erdtree is my favorite gaming experience of the year though.
I played Penny's Bug Breakaway after hearing John rave about it so much on DF. One of the worst platformers, it did not click with me at all, and maybe it was a skill issue but through to the end, it just felt kinda off. Like the direction and momentum I expected to go didn't match where I felt I aimed, especially with an angled camera
Daniel Kelly said: After getting out from under Sega’s inept thumb, the Sonic Mania devs have made their big debut.
Penny’s Big Breakaway is a 3-D action platformer with some of the most unique movements I’ve ever seen. Before we begin, yeah, you should buy it.
