Pumpkin Jack
Pumpkin Jack is a spooky scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an epic adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good! Colorful Cartoon Setting: Travel through lurid landscapes in levels featuring alluring atmospheres, each crafted with vibrant color palettes, and high-quality lighting effects Fight For Your Life: With challenging beasts lurking around every corner, players must master the art of combo attacks; dodging, and timing to survive dynamic real-time battles! Players must unlock weapons and choose wisely in order to strike down all who oppose them Don't Lose Your Head: Solve puzzles that focus on physics; gravity, and reflection as Jack, or ditch the skinsuit and just use your flaming head to burn books; hammer some moles, create paths for magic spheres; and more as each level introduces new and exciting challenges Find Friends to Fight at Your Side: Helpful companions are there to assist Jack on his journey, including a haughty hooty owl to guide him along; and a snarky crow, itching to assist with long-range attacks
Game Discussion
Steam User 48
If you want the videogame equivalent of your grandma's mac and cheese, you should check out this game. It will make you feel like you’re a 10 year old picking this up at a Blockbuster on a Friday evening.
Playing this was reminiscent of the action platformers of the PS2 era with a touch of Medievil as well. Had a great time with it.
This is basically a AAA game from 1997. It's not going to compete with modern platformers, but for a $30 indie game it's actually impressive what they were able to come up with, even if it's a little outdated and basic. The writing can be a little... immature? Like a teenage graphic novel type writing.
I say $30 is kind of a steep price. I'd maybe wait for a sale. At $15 the game is well worth it. The game is pretty short, but It is real fun to play; Especially if you are looking for a Halloween game to get you into the spirit.
7/10
Steam User 36
If you love MediEvil, you'll love Pumpkin Jack.
Steam User 25
Great little platformer with a MediEvil vibe and setting.
Steam User 18
Spooky 3D-Platformer adventure
Pumpkin Jack hits your nostalgia of the 90s 3D-platformer era with a Halloween atmosphere. The fantastic soundtrack and the beautiful graphics will delight you.
Pros:
Gameplay is fun, really fun and level design it's great.
Boss fights are good.
Good visual effects, very colorful and the art style it's on point.
Soundtrack is very atmospheric, and boss music are great
You can unlock some costumes, i really love when a game allows you to change your character clothes .
Gramophone dance break and mini games 10/10
Cons:
Kinda short, took me like 6 hours to 100%, I'm pleased with the game but it could be longer.
Combat could be better, it's fun but too simple.
Note:Do you need to play something like a classic 3D-platformer?, well just buy Pumpkin Jack.
Steam User 14
A short and very enjoyable 3D platformer with humorous dialogue.
I really enjoy simplistic games that just focus on fun and a decent story. Pumpkin Jack does that very well, easy to run and pleasant to pick up and play
Steam User 12
Got this game for the immaculate vibes, don't regret it. Pumpkin Jack is a super campy, colorful halloween game that's just fun to run around in and appreciate the colors and fun aesthetic. It feels like an early PS3 game with the lack of detail in the models and it gives a super cute style to the whole thing. Super clever dialogue and really fun characters with great designs. You can earn raven skulls that act as currency to buy fun skins for Jack and they're all incredibly neat and worth the running around.
The gameplay is fun, though very simple ( lots of hack-n-slash of the same few enemies, simple parkour, simple puzzles ). The puzzles are cute and fun to poke around with and figure out. You get a different weapon every level which lets you navigate each level in a different way.
a few minor complaints in an otherwise super fun experience:
- the boss battles are incredibly simple but overcrowded with effects that can make the fight more annoying than challenging. Boss repeats 2-3 moves/phases and they litter the battleground with AOEs and other affects, which isn't a bad kind of fight but it comes across as more overwhelming than challenging with how PJ executes it. They're all super neat in concept but could have been executed a little better.
- ( revoking this one, I spoke to soon. They do reuse some basic enemies a tad bit too much for my liking HOWEVER its unfair of me to say there isn't enough diversity in enemies! )
- this one might just be user error but I found it a little tricky to navigate regardless, but there's a cart race that requires you to spam the space bar to push the cart forward while using WASD to steer, AND you have to use your mouse to knock other carts out of the way because you have to redo the race if you aren't first. It only took me 2 tries to get through it so it wasn't awful but its a little overwhelming controls-wise.
Those small issues aside, I think Pumpkin Jack is a fun little game and I had a great time jumping around it and interacting with all the characters. At least worth trying out if you can catch it on sale.
Steam User 8
Pumpkin Jack is a true gem nowadays. It's a tad short, but in todays gaming scene of 10-20-60-100+ hour games it's so refreshing to play a light hearted old-school platformer. The game is beautiful, giving that MediEvil or Spyro vibe. Loved every second of it. The game is not too hard, but some of the boss fights and encounters gave me a hard time. Also the jokes in the game are pretty good too.
If you loved those old-school platformers like MediEvil, Spyro, Banjoo-kazooie give this one a shot.
I really hope it gets a sequel later down the line.