Xany's Journey - Chapter 1

Played again and discovered that I DID miss something. It IS possible to collect all 36 berries. You just have to be extra observant the first time you're playing the game (think training).

I appreciated the lack of a hit point system. This spared the need to continuously run between two screens killing mobs. It also spared the need for checkpoints every three rooms.

Well, I'm a little confused about collecting all the berries. Once I get down to the lower levels and get bouncy Joe, I bring him into the next room to the right. I use him to bounce up to the room above, where there is a wall that I will need to punch later. However, I can't punch unless I get the strong berry, and I can't get the strong berry unless I have the noise maker and I can't get the noise maker unless I bring Joe back to his friend. After that, I can't move Joe any more, which means I can't get back up to that room where I need to punch the wall. Maybe I'm missing something?

Squirrel punching - so wrong, yet SO RIGHT!!! XD

This was a pretty okay game, really. The platforming aspects were well done, for the most part. Controls were fine, except for one difficult room. The map design wasn't quite right, though. I don't know what makes a map better or worse in games such as this, but it felt off. The enemies could be frustrating at times. Not a bad game overall, though, and it's obvious that time and effort were put into this. It's just a little short of where it could have been, though, and unfortunately that makes all the difference.