Electron Games: Contest 01 Winner: CLIMB review

The winner of our first mini-contest here, Blok (Blok Studios), chose for me to review his most recent game, CLIMB!

CLIMB! starts you off in a nice Atari themed atmosphere, in which the goal of the player is to escape the lava that is flooding a tower. This lava rises after you quickly, so you gotta hurry! Along the way, you may find yourself falling threw floors, these are 'booby traps' he has set up to trick the player. Sometimes these can get very frustrating, but it will only take a few tries to learn where they are, and how to avoid them. These various traps aren't over used, so they're just a nice little touch to the game itself. The platforming is very basic, no friction, nothing you can do that is extremely precise. This is exactly how the Atari version would have been, it's a very close clone of the gameplay. With the gameplay and graphics both in favor of the Atari, what more could you ask for? Well, this game has some shiny sound too. The music is nice, and it fits the theme very well. It is rather slow paced imo for such a 'rush-to-the-finish' game, but somehow it fits great. It fits well with the Atari theme too. Overall it's a great game that I recommend you should try out. Though it's simplicity, it's rather awesome. :P I'd give it a 4.6 / 5.