The Adventure Pals

bought this when dantdm played it, so like trillions of years ago. pretty good and still hold up to this day. achievements are hard but very easy to get once you know how. overall very fun and enjoyable.

Great game. The music and visuals are phenomenal and the game feels great, if your using a controller that is. The combat is simple but it doesn't need to be too complex. The stages are fun but they drag on for a little too long. The art style is one of the best parts of the game. I do have to say, some of the collectibles are too easy to get, and some are easier to get than actually beating that part of the level. Also, the game is way too easy up until world 4, where there is a noticeable difficulty spike. Other than that, this game is great.

Adventure pals is an action side scrolling adventure game with RPG elements leading to a unexpected surprise. The RPG elements being that you level up you character while having a wacky and interesting story to be told. As you level up, you can customise you upgrades. When you traverse each world with a Giraffe and a Rock, you meet some interesting characters that mostly guide you to the next level to collect a story's main item. An example is a farmer wants you to find his wife in a level. When you meet his wife, you will know the wacky nature of the story. The story doesn't end there. You also have a huge overarching story of saving your dad becoming a hotdog. The game is simple having a low to moderate difficulty and contains collectables. Depending on the collectable it can give you new costumes or stickers to add to your book. Each level took on average between 15-20mins (levels get larger as you progress). After a while, I saw each level as an episode from a kids cartoon. From there, I can see the genius of what they were going for; story, adventure, collect, resolution with a nemeses cursing you. You can even see each world as a season to the show. The game has 5 worlds and each world will introduce a new mechanics keeping it fresh and enriched. Enemies are diverse and just as silly as the rest of the game. The lore and the graphics are well suited to the game. Some minor issues I encountered are: - Some performance issues, such as the last area had some stutters, nothing major but was jarring - The level design branches off to different directions and choosing the wrong path to get a collectable, can result in back tracking which is annoying. - The final collectables were annoying to find and unsure what I was missing. - The game feels unfinished as some of the artwork in the conclusion of the game seems rough Being a quarter of the price of a Mario game, it took me about 11 hours to finish, which includes exploring and mucking around which is encouraged. I 100%'ed the game and recommend for kids 5-11 for sure

Fun action platformer. Not too difficult. And never really frustrating. Per level you have 5 sublevels and each sublevel has a cupcake to collect. In the level there is also a sticker somewhere to be found for your scrapbook.
If you missed one, you can return to the level and select the sublevel you want to replay. So you don't need to replay from level 1. I found that very important. Otherwise I wouldn't played it that long.
Graphics are cartoony, detailed and have funny touches. The conversations are also funny.
I played it on my Steamdeck and it is excellent suited for that.
Overall a good game. I would give it 8.5 / 10.

Cool game to chill out, very easy combat and fun quests

A not too easy, not too hard platformer. For reasons, (literally the explanation the bad guy says in the exposition) Mr. B is turning all the old people into hot dogs and has taken your dad on your birthday to continue this dastardly plan. So with your trusty pals you set off to rescue him and solve everyone else's problems along the way. Be it getting a whale a panty or teaming up with a pirate to get her supply of root beer back, this game is entertaining from start to finish and the controls feel great to boot! I imagine the local co-op would be a blast as well, but I "cheated" for the achievement because I just hooked up a second controller and pressed play. :p But yeah! Defs a title worth picking up!

Had a good romp with this in my quest to play everything in my backlog.
Well made cutesy platformer, nice humour, good controls, not punishing. Same devs as Cult of Lamb, and right now (as I type this) it's on sale, certainly worth the few bucks they're asking for it.
If you like platformers, give it a shot.