Bacon Man: An Adventure
- March 6, 2018
- Skymap Games
Get on SteamIn "Bacon Man: An Adventure," play as Bacon Man and fight through different food groups to clear your name and reclaim your place on the Meat Throne. Experience tough platforming, 2-player couch co-op, and a satire-rich story. Unlock abilities, costumes, and obliterate enemies with versatile moves.
Mac OS
Nintendo Switch
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features a unique and charming art style, with fantastic illustrations and a colorful palette that enhances the overall experience.
- Gameplay is generally enjoyable, with well-designed levels that offer a good balance of challenge and reward, reminiscent of classic platformers like Mega Man and Donkey Kong Country.
- The soundtrack is excellent, providing engaging and memorable tunes that complement the game's quirky humor and food-based theme.
- Controls can feel floaty and unresponsive, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences, especially during platforming sections.
- The game suffers from numerous bugs and performance issues, including graphical glitches and unoptimized settings that detract from the overall experience.
- Level design can be tedious, with poorly placed obstacles and checkpoints that force players to replay frustrating sections repeatedly, leading to a lack of enjoyment.
- graphics20 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 65 % neutral mentions
- 15 % negative mentions
The game features a charming blend of 2D and 3D graphics, with unique artwork and vibrant, colorful aesthetics that enhance its replayability. While many players praise the gorgeous visuals and distinct level themes, some have reported technical issues, such as graphical settings not saving properly, which detracts from the overall experience.
“The artwork and level themes feel unique, and the characters are different enough to feel replayable.”
“Actually pretty sweet so far, graphics are gorgeous.”
“An enjoyable art style, with fantastic illustrations, a colorful palette, and charming character designs.”
“Runs like garbage, graphical settings don't save (or even work) properly.”
“Every time I set graphics, they un-set themselves after I'd hit apply.”
“Cute 2D platformer with 3D graphics.”
- music19 mentions
- 68 % positive mentions
- 21 % neutral mentions
- 11 % negative mentions
The music in the game is widely praised for its incredible quality, blending retro elements with modern production, and effectively enhancing the gameplay experience. Each track is thematically aligned with its respective zone, contributing to a varied and engaging soundtrack that complements the game's art direction and level design. Additionally, players appreciate the clarity of sound effects and the option to adjust both music and sound settings individually.
“The soundtrack is fantastic; it's varied, engaging, and helps set the stage.”
“The music is outstanding, the comedy is on point and it's got a great combination of challenge and reward without punishing you too hard like some games in this genre.”
“Each song lends itself well thematically to the zone it belongs to.”
“Game sounds are clear, and both soundtrack and sound effects are individually adjustable in the options.”
- story14 mentions
- 14 % positive mentions
- 64 % neutral mentions
- 21 % negative mentions
The story is described as goofy and campy, centering on Bacon Man's quest for redemption, reminiscent of the humor found in titles like Earthworm Jim and No More Heroes. While players can skip the narrative if they choose, those who appreciate a good story may find enjoyment in its whimsical nature, despite the presence of plot holes and the fact that all cutscenes focus solely on Bacon Man, rendering the other playable characters largely irrelevant. There is hope for future DLC that could expand the storyline and address these gaps.
“I can only hope the crew will cook up some DLC maps or storylines soon!”
“Goofy and campy; if you don't play platformers for their story then there's a convenient skip feature, but for those of us who enjoy a good yarn, the woeful tale of Bacon Man's quest for redemption is inspired by the humor of Earthworm Jim and goes full No More Heroes closer to the end in terms of zaniness.”
“In the same vein as a Suda51 game, there seem to be several purposefully laid plot holes that I can hopefully conclude will be resolved by future playthroughs as the other characters.”
“You have 4 playable characters... except as far as the game is concerned, Bacon Man is the only one - all cutscenes have you transforming into Bacon Man for the only story the game has. If you thought 4 characters meant even a slightly different story or levels, you are mistaken.”
- gameplay12 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 58 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The gameplay is a standout feature, combining elements reminiscent of classic titles like Mega Man X and Donkey Kong Country, resulting in well-designed levels that provide a satisfying challenge. While players may face some minor bugs and frustrations, the overall experience is rewarding, with success largely dependent on player skill and timing.
“As a longtime fan of the Donkey Kong Country series, I was pleased to see mechanics like throwing enemies and hanging from ceilings present.”
“Gameplay is the game's true strong point, offering up well-designed levels that actually provide a challenge to what is advertised on the store page.”
“This means that any failure I may have encountered stemmed from my own mechanical inability, impatience, and the occasional generous hit detection, which means that success is all the more satisfying.”
“From a mechanical standpoint, imagine that Mega Man X, Donkey Kong Country, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night had a threesome and birthed a delicious, greasy baby.”
“Gameplay is the game's true strong point; however, it offers up well-designed levels that actually provide a challenge to what is advertised on the store page.”
- humor10 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is described as goofy and campy, drawing inspiration from classics like Earthworm Jim and No More Heroes, which can lead to genuine laughter. However, some reviewers noted that the writing occasionally relies too heavily on self-deprecating jokes about its own dialogue, which can detract from the overall comedic experience. Despite these criticisms, the humor is generally seen as a positive aspect that enhances the platforming experience.
“Goofy and campy; if you don't play platformers for their story then there's a convenient skip feature, but for those of us who enjoy a good yarn, the woeful tale of Bacon Man's quest for redemption is inspired by the humor of Earthworm Jim and goes full No More Heroes closer to the end in terms of zaniness.”
“There were times I caught myself actually laughing out loud.”
“This game has all the right things to create a great platforming game - such as challenge, awesome music, tough jumps, hidden chests, and humor.”
- grinding8 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be excessively tedious and unengaging, with slow movement and poorly designed levels contributing to a lack of challenge. The combat is described as boring, and the platforming mechanics feel frustratingly simplistic, leading to an overall experience that many consider monotonous.
“The game is too easy, the combat is boring, movement is slow and feels like you're on the moon, platforming is tedious as hell, and the levels you're platforming through are poorly designed.”
“This room, on the other hand, was tedious.”
“And tedious is all that it is.”
- stability6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's stability has been heavily criticized, with users reporting numerous bugs that hinder gameplay, including unresponsive controls, audio glitches, and visual issues like blurry textures. Players have encountered game-breaking problems, such as getting stuck in tutorial sections and experiencing erratic boss behavior, leading to a perception of the game as unpolished and poorly optimized. Overall, the stability issues significantly detract from the gaming experience.
“Also, so buggy I couldn't even pass the tutorial - it wanted me to shield, and the buttons refused to work.”
“Full release of garbage, buggy, unpolished, terribly optimized gaming.”
“So far I've experienced audio glitches, strange blurry textures on certain objects in the environment as if they didn't load in properly, died to random floor geometry on a forced scrolling level, had one boss that got stuck in an attack animation loop, and another just suddenly die before I ever landed the last necessary hit.”
- replayability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
Players find the game highly replayable due to its unique artwork, diverse character options, and levels filled with branching paths and hidden caches that encourage exploration with different characters. This design fosters a sense of discovery and motivates players to revisit the game to experience all it has to offer.
“Levels are full of branching paths and hidden caches, some of which seem to only be reachable with one of the other playable characters, leaving room for replayability.”
“The artwork and level themes feel unique, and the characters are different enough to feel replayable.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game is widely criticized for poor optimization, with players experiencing low frame rates even on systems that exceed the recommended specifications. Many have resorted to lowering the resolution to 1280 x 720, yet still encounter significant performance issues.
“The game is unoptimized and runs at low frame rates, despite being well over the required specs. I'm even above the recommended specs, yet I still had to crank the resolution down to 1280 x 720, and even that worked like garbage.”
- character development2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The character development is enhanced by an enjoyable art style featuring fantastic illustrations, a vibrant color palette, and charming character designs, which contribute to a visually appealing experience.
- emotional2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The emotional aspect of the game is marked by frustration, as players frequently express their annoyance with overly sensitive hitboxes that lead to unexpected deaths, creating a sense of unfairness and tension.
