- May 19, 2017
- MadGearGames
A Hole New World
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A Hole New World is a single player arcade platformer game. It was developed by MadGearGames and was released on May 19, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.
The city is being invaded by monsters from the Upside Down World! You, the Potion Master, must defeat evil all alone, with no tutorials or "Easy Mode" to assist you. You'll have to rely on the help of Fäy, your companion fairy, and your potions!
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- Strong nostalgic appeal with authentic 8-bit retro pixel art, chiptune music, and classic platforming mechanics reminiscent of NES-era games.
- Unique and clever upside-down world mechanic adds depth and variety to level design and gameplay, requiring players to rethink movement and strategy.
- Challenging but fair difficulty with tight, responsive controls and rewarding boss fights that encourage mastery and persistence.
- Difficulty spikes sharply in later levels and boss fights, sometimes feeling unfair or frustrating due to enemy spam, knockback, and frame-perfect execution requirements.
- Level and enemy design can be repetitive, unintuitive, or bland, with some levels featuring unbalanced enemy placement and underused upside-down mechanics.
- Some gameplay systems like potions/weapons feel inconsistent or underdeveloped, and the game suffers from occasional clunky controls, hitbox issues, and occasionally unfriendly checkpoint/save systems.
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A Hole New World offers tight, old-school 8-bit style platformer gameplay centered on a simple move, jump, and shoot mechanic enhanced by a distinct gravity inversion twist. While praised for its retro feel, responsive controls, and challenging design that rewards skill and replayability, some players find the difficulty artificial and the upside-down mechanic occasionally frustrating or underutilized. Overall, it successfully balances nostalgic action with unique elements, though certain enemy behaviors and level design choices can lead to unfair or repetitive moments.
“A Hole New World is a deliberately old-school action platformer that embraces the spirit, difficulty, and design philosophy of classic 8-bit games while introducing a clever twist that keeps its gameplay from feeling like pure imitation.”
“Ultimately, A Hole New World succeeds as a sincere tribute to classic platformers while introducing a clever mechanical hook that gives it a distinct identity.”
“Don't worry the controls, besides that they feel responsive, are quite basic and easy to grasp and whenever there is a new mechanic, the game will show you how to use it and in most cases, it will have some use immediately!”
“And as others have pointed out, it doesn't feel like they took as much advantage of the reverse mechanic as they could or should have.”
“Coupled with the 'new game plus' mechanic, it is obvious in hindsight that they expect you to have all the unlocks already gotten to even navigate all of the areas in what is a very linear and ruthless game.”
“Gameplay execution, enemy, fight, and level design had major flaws that made it boring, unfair and frustrating in ways that it shouldn't, such as the necessity for frame perfect execution of the slide kick if you want to use it as intended (and as is necessary for blocking the charge of the final boss), or random instances where your invulnerability suddenly doesn't matter.”
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A Hole New World is a arcade platformer game.
A Hole New World is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, Mac OS and others.
A Hole New World was released on May 19, 2017.
A Hole New World was developed by MadGearGames.
A Hole New World has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked A Hole New World for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.
A Hole New World is a single player game.
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