The imagery uses a cartoon art style and relies heavily on vivid colours and tones. Several levels buck this trend using side-scrolling gameplay, which helps to mix things up, and alleviates the aforementioned problem with repetitive gameplay. Most of the action takes place from a bird's-eye perspective, with everything playing out in front of you using a fixed camera angle. Fortunately, Playful Pasta have created a fun and colourful environment for you to explore. The game mechanics follow a very similar pattern, which allows players to accuse the developers of creating a relatively repetitive title, yet, I think that the minor tweaks to the difficulty and landscapes, combined with the storytelling give this enough variety to keep you interested for the short time needed to run through every stage.Īs this is an indie title set in a 3D world, I think that you have to come into it with a relatively low expectation on how you hope it would look. Like in Thomas Was Alone, you soon discover that giving intelligent life to an inanimate object is a regrettable decision, and how this plays out across the length of the gameplay is both heartwarming and amusing in equal measures. The story that is told alongside the basic action keeps this title from becoming boring and keeps you focussed on wanting to complete all 50 levels. I could never dream that life as a piece of spaghetti would be so exciting, so this was an eye-opener for me. During your new existence as a piece of pasta you may smash up kitchenware, play football, leap from neon shapes, jump spikes, avoid cars, and more. His elastic, al dente structure makes him very flexible, and he can fling himself to great heights (which is lucky, as he has to overcome many gaps on his journey). Freddy is moved by interacting with either end of his spaghetti body. For veteran gamers of this genre, you will find the only challenge that you'll face is keeping your temper under control, as some levels are more luck than judgment. The concept of the game is as simple as it sounds, making this an accessible puzzle adventure for players of all skill sets. The voice over work is dry, witty, and progresses the story at a comfortable pace. It reminded me of the title Thomas Was Alone by Mike Bithell. Each different stage that you'll face is punctuated by some of the funniest narration that I have heard in a long time. As the game progresses, the spaghetti becomes more intelligent, and the objectives become progressively more challenging. This physics based patience testing title has you exploring 50 short levels across 5 different scenarios. As Freddy you must leap, stretch, fall, dodge and avoid obstacles on your way to the end goal. Yes, you read that correctly a piece of spaghetti that can move, think, and solve problems all by itself! This is the concept of Freddy Spaghetti, which has been developed by the aptly named Playful Pasta and published by Ratalaika Games.įreddy Spaghetti is a 3D action-adventure title that asks you to control the newly intelligent piece of pasta who has been created by Dr. Can you imagine that moment when Earth's greatest mind decides that he is going to use his phenomenal discovery to give life to a piece of spaghetti. Some of our greatest achievements have come to life thanks to the brightest people that exist on this little blue planet. The world of science is a crazy place, many people fear it, yet it has advanced mankind to the beings we are today.
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