VGChartz's Evan Norris: "In the end, gruelling might be the word that best summarizes psyscrolr, a charming game with a big heart that nevertheless dishes out huge helpings of frustration and confusion. With clumsy physics, awkward touch-screen controls, broken collision detection, random difficulty spikes, and baffling puzzle design, it's impossible to recommend this game, no matter the enthusiasm and energy of its creators."
NWR:
Psyscrolr is a poorly-designed game that you should not play. It’s about a boy, who might be a wizard, guided across the countryside by a monotone voiceover to accomplish…something. Between him and his hazy goal are boars, wolves, walking trees, and one of the most frustrating boss fights I’ve ever experienced in my life. I would suggest that the game’s third area just wasn’t playtested because it’s so broken and unenjoyable. Do not play this game.
NL:
Critics are sometimes given a reputation for their occasional harshness. You might hear a critic accused of "wanting to hate something" or "looking for things to nitpick." While there are exceptions to every rule, it should be understood that most highly enjoy the medium they've chosen to review; as such, these complaints - in particular the idea that a reviewer might want to hate something - are largely unfounded. This reviewer always tries to play games with a good sense of empathy and excitement for the work of developers, yet wishing something to reach its potential doesn't make it so.
Actos Games, creator of the recently released Wii U exclusive title, psyscrolr, have announced their first content update to the game.
