- July 28, 2020
- One More Dream Studios
- 20h median play time
Ageless
A challenging platformer with an interesting hook and some frustrating mechanics.
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Ageless is a single player platformer game. It was developed by One More Dream Studios and was released on July 28, 2020. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.
"Ageless" is a single-player platformer game with unique ageing mechanics that allow you to control the age of animals and plants. As Kiara, you'll navigate through intricate puzzles and challenging platforming levels in a world full of myths and magic. This emotional journey explores themes of loss, heartache, and inner demons, taking approximately 20 hours to complete.
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- Creative and unique puzzle mechanics that evolve throughout the game, providing engaging challenges.
- Beautiful pixel art and a solid level design that enhances the gameplay experience.
- Decent story and character development that touches on relatable themes, making it more than just a platformer.
- Controls can feel clunky and unresponsive at times, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences.
- The story is often criticized for being rushed and lacking depth, which detracts from the overall experience.
- Difficulty spikes can be inconsistent, making some puzzles feel overly challenging while others are too easy.
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The gameplay is characterized by unique mechanics that foster creative puzzles and platforming challenges, particularly through the innovative aging mechanic. While the level design is praised for its dynamism and variety, some players find the physics and controls frustratingly wonky, which can detract from the overall experience. Despite these issues, the game offers a solid challenge and is recommended for those who appreciate intricate puzzle-platformers, though it may not reach the heights of titles like Celeste.
“The core mechanics are unique and lead to some very interesting puzzles that offer a good degree of flexibility in how they are solved.”
“As a puzzle platformer, it's got creative mechanics that lend themselves to both good puzzles and good platforming challenges.”
“The controls feel on par with what you'd expect from a precision platformer, and the gameplay was good throughout: with some creative uses of its core mechanics, some unexpectedly dynamic boss battles, and a good enough system that it's sometimes possible to find seemingly unintended solutions to puzzles.”
“This game feels sloppy; you get stuck on everything, jumps are unnecessarily tight, and the mechanics they give you hinder your ability to do awesome stuff or anything your brain wants to do.”
“This is a puzzle platformer made by people who either didn't have the budget or passion to create a proper platformer. Celeste was a work of blazing passion; everything works and feels incredible. This feels like a failed copy of Celeste with some mechanics shoved in because they didn't really know what else to do.”
“The game is littered with glitches, which become more and more apparent as you go further in the game, and often can mess with the gameplay severely.”
Ageless
In the end, Ageless has the signs of many great puzzle platformers. It has the colour, the beautiful and stylish pixel art, and it simply is an endearing puzzle platformer. Just like its protagonist, who is trying to give her life something of a meaning, the developers have kept focus on a single gameplay mechanic and fleshed it out to make it meaningful. The game has a solid concept that it sticks to and evolves with new ways to play with its ageing mechanics that some players will be genuinely surprised at how smart the puzzles become. But, I cannot help but feel the game is missing that final polish, that spark that puts it on the same pedestal as Celeste and a few others. There are some irritating issues with the controls, which spoil what would otherwise be a quality puzzle platformer. I can say that fans of the genre will entertain with what Ageless delivers, and anyone who enjoys a challenging game, if sometimes frustrating, will find something to like here.
70%Ageless (Switch) Review
A challenging platformer with an interesting hook and some frustrating mechanics.
70%Ageless Review
Ageless is the sort of game that could best be described as a great concept that almost nails the execution. The sombre narrative, cerebral gameplay, and distinct presentation are all great in their own regard, but each is plagued with enough inconsistencies and caveats to hold back the overall experience from true greatness. We’d give this one a cautious recommendation, as the distinct brand of puzzle-platforming gameplay ultimately proves to be a worthwhile experience, but this is also certainly not the ‘next Celeste’. Still, if you’ve been looking for a decent new indie for your Switch that you can clear in a reasonably short timeframe, it’s tough to go wrong here.
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Ageless is a platformer game.
Ageless is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, Steam Deck and Windows.
On average players spend around 20 hours playing Ageless.
Ageless was released on July 28, 2020.
Ageless was developed by One More Dream Studios.
Ageless has received mostly positive reviews from both players and critics. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its stability.
Ageless is a single player game.
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