- April 4, 2016
- AntWorkshop
Binaries
Despite being a fun game, Binaries’ Super Meat Boy gameplay style doesn’t quite fit a puzzle game like this. Mainly due to our feeble human inability to monitor two characters at once.
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"Binaries" is a platformer game where you control two balls simultaneously, navigating through over 100 challenging levels filled with obstacles and dangers. The game features quirky humor, adaptive music, and a non-linear map that allows you to choose your own path. With its high difficulty and replayability, players can strive for quicker times and S rankings on each level.
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- Binaries offers a unique and clever gameplay mechanic where players control two characters simultaneously, providing a fresh challenge that keeps the experience engaging.
- The game features excellent level design with a good difficulty curve, introducing new concepts and mechanics that enhance replayability and keep players coming back for more.
- With a charming aesthetic, a great soundtrack, and humorous writing, Binaries creates an enjoyable atmosphere that adds to the overall fun of the game.
- The controls can be frustratingly imprecise, leading to moments where success feels more like luck than skill, especially in later levels with complex challenges.
- Some players may find the difficulty overwhelming, with certain levels requiring excessive trial and error, which can detract from the enjoyment of the game.
- There are technical issues reported on certain platforms, such as Windows 11, where the game fails to launch, limiting accessibility for some users.
music31 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe music in the game has received high praise for its vibrant and dynamic nature, adapting to the player's performance to enhance the gaming experience. Many players find the soundtrack both relaxing and engaging, with some expressing a desire to purchase it separately due to its quality. Overall, the music complements the game's visuals and gameplay, creating a stylish and immersive environment.
“The music in this game is phenomenal, so much so that I kind of want to buy the soundtrack.”
“The game’s music changes depending upon how you are faring in each level. If you’re playing poorly it will slow down and try to aid your concentration, but if you’re doing superbly well, the soundtrack can become quite frantic and will help keep you in the zone.”
“Add minimalistic, but very clean design, simple, but appropriate soundtrack – and you are not only swearing and breaking your keyboard, but doing it in a stylish and relaxing environment.”
“The music is nothing special.”
“Add minimalistic, but very clean design, simple, but appropriate soundtrack – and you not only swearing and breaking your keyboard, but doing it in stylish and relaxing environment.”
“Funnier than the developer thinks and the music is quite chill and hectic depending on gameplay.”
Binaries Review
Despite being a fun game, Binaries’ Super Meat Boy gameplay style doesn’t quite fit a puzzle game like this. Mainly due to our feeble human inability to monitor two characters at once.
70%Binaries (Nintendo Switch)
Binaries doesn’t break new ground in the puzzle platforming genre, yet there’s well enough of a challenge (and fun) in this package for one to waste a few hours with.
65%Binaries Review
Overall, then, Binaries is a decent puzzler that is definitely worth the time of players who can’t resist having a ‘100%’ icon plastered over their save file and enjoy speed-running through dangerous levels. It doesn’t tend to innovate past its main theme, though – instead relying on more obstacles, spikes and guns to make things trickier. If you’re desperate for a puzzle game that will have you trying to complete levels over and over again (before feeling a huge amount of satisfaction when you finally complete one you’ve been stuck on), then this may well be for you.
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