The author reviews Armillo, a new and exciting puzzle games by indie developer Fuzzy Wuzzy games.
Fuzzy Wuzzy Games
What exactly is an Indie Developer? No longer a small, independent developer who cannot find a publisher or create large scale games, the term has evolved to encompass more and more game producing teams. In recent years, the number of Indie Devs has increased to the point where the term is thrown around almost randomly, as everyone jumped onto the bandwagon. In a sense these developers produce what can be described as a range of budget to average priced games.
"Games like Armillo are what set the Nintendo eShop apart from other digital distribution platforms. Inspired by established and beloved franchises, they are unique to Nintendo’s system and contain their own set of distinctive traits that differentiate themselves from the competition."
"Shake your head all you want but the fact just simply remains that even after the introduction of Wiiware and eShop; the realm of indie games is still strange territory for Nintendo to cross—at least it seems like it with the way they’re going about it.
Thankfully, the big N is still trying to improve their approach towards their relationship in indie game distribution, and one of the products that’s especially benefited from their efforts in this campaign of exposure is an indie game about a space armadillo—a friggin’ sweet space armadillo.
Fuzzy Wuzzy Game’s Armillo channels the light-hearted spirit of character driven games of the 32-bit era, and humbly creates an adorably minimalistic atmosphere of challenge and colors that will universally appeal to the simple instincts and drive of platforming in a surprisingly intriguing way."
-Presspauseradio.com
The review is fair. Even if I disagree with the final score, the points made in the review are valid. The game plays OK but the story is pointless, the graphics are a bit bland and the game sometimes judders and stutters (once freezing for about a second on me). Apparently they'll be patching the framerate/freezing issues though.
Overall it's still fun and playable, especially for the price. Worth an "OK" 70-75/100 IMHO.