![]() While I rather enjoyed my time with the BattleBlock Theater there was something that I can’t quite put my finger on, something that stops it from being truly amazing for me. I would end up just jumping or running away from them, or I made them fall into water, lava, spikes, etc. It felt a bit strange, and often when confronting one of the feline foes, my melee or weapon tool wasn’t very effective against them at all. However, the combat wasn’t much to write home about. You’ll find your standard jump, double jump, climb, etc. The controls are quite simple and easy to master. This adds a nice collectable element to the game and if you’ve played The Behemoth’s previous games, such as Castle Crashers and Alien Hominid, and the save game is on your Xbox 360, character heads from those games will be available for you to use too. Circle, square, cylinder, triangle shapes are available and each head shape has a wide range of hilarious faces to unlock. While only three are required to exit, collecting all of them will give you a better score at the end (you can get up to an A++), and you can also collect a ball of yarn found within each level should you find it. Yarn, which can be traded to cat prison guards, is used to purchase new weapons, while the gems can be used in the prison gift shop to free other prisoners or unlock head shapes, which allows you to customize your character. Throughout each level, as previously mentioned, are a number of gems to be collected. Of course ferocious felines, rabid racoons, and even killer toast (yep, I said that) are attacking you as you try to navigate your way through! Oh, lets not forget that also thrown in are some very creative ways of reaching the next platform, such as paddling a boat towards you or using a jet pack to send you soaring into the air. Things get pretty tough however, the difficulty level does ramp up at just the right pace. Thankfully, there is no consequence for dying, and you will respawn exactly where you perished, to continue on, or die three more times trying to jump up to next platform…like I did! A platformer at its core, with puzzle and beat ‘em up elements, BattleBlock Theater offers over 100 levels to play through alone or with a friend, and no split screen I might add! The goal in each level is unlock the exit by collecting at least three gems scattered throughout. Each level is very cleverly designed, with a number of obstacles to overcome. The levels are made up of a wide range of blocks that can be sticky, icy, liquid, spikey, or invisible, and they can be used to assist or deter you from reaching the exit.
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