Gulp! Review

Gulp is a new game from our good friends at Orange Pixel! These guys have put out quality game after quality game. So does Gulp keep up with the quality that Orange Pixel has come to show us?

Gameplay: The game is simple, it’s simple on premise and simple in execution, the point of the game is to guide your little guy through the vibrant and crisp backgrounds and worlds that the game takes him through. That makes it sound like a platformer, well it can be, and it isn’t, not entirely anways. Your goal is to take your character and move him from one side of the screen to the other while your enemies and powerups fall from the sky at what seems like random. The enemy needs to be collected and swallowed with your tongue quite like Yoshi from the Mario games, except instead of shooting straight forward, your character shoots his tongue upward and at an angle. This all seems easy enough and not too challenging, but that’s where you’d be wrong. The enemies you see, if you don’t eat them before they hit the floor, explode and remove the floor from right under your feet. This then turns the game into a platformer where you’re jumping from platform to platform in a mad dash to survive while you get fat and eat your enemies.  The game, shortly after having two or three pieces of the floor being destroyed, turns into a hectic and exhilarating exercise in running and eating!

Features:

• Several levels to advance through
• Bright and crisp graphics
• Easy and intuitive controls

Controls: The controls are simple and easy to learn, the only downside that I noticed is that the sensitivity is too high and resulted in my character running too far to the side, or running straight into a precipice of which there was no return. If there was a way to change said sensitivity I would have said the controls are the best in accelerometer controls I’ve had the pleasure of controlling, but with sensitivity this high, its hard to say they’re perfect. Or perhaps it’s the user as well, sensitivity always seems like it’s up to the user to decide, all the while, one person may find them too difficult another player may find them perfect.

Graphics: The game looks great, the character exhibits great and fluid animations, and the world around you is vibrant and crisp, nothing to complain about here.

Overall: It’s a brilliant game, it’s fun and simple and can be played either for minutes at a time, or hours at a time. It’s challenging an frustrating, depending on how you find the sensitivity is set at.

Rating: 4.5/5

Developer Website: Orange Pixel

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