Cubico

About

A unique and experimental game mechanic. An open world awaits the player and offers challanges and pushing rythms.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

80%

Audience ScoreBased on 100 reviews

music6 positive mentions

stability2 negative mentions

The game features a fun and unique concept with creative platforming mechanics, making it enjoyable for players.
Visually appealing with bright pastel colors and a relaxing soundtrack that enhances the overall experience.
It's free to play, providing a decent amount of entertainment and challenge for a short game.

The map design can be confusing and lacks clear navigation, often leading players to get lost.
There are significant technical issues, including clunky controls, rigid camera movement, and various bugs that detract from the gameplay experience.
The lack of save points and inconsistent checkpoints can be frustrating, requiring players to complete the game in one sitting.

gameplay
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is characterized by its unique ball-moving mechanics and vibrant visuals, reminiscent of retro 8- and 16-bit games. However, players have noted clunky controls and a lack of clear direction, which can lead to confusion and frustration. While some appreciate the innovative aspects and find satisfaction in mastering the mechanics, others feel that the disconnection from the game's realism detracts from the overall experience.
- “Ball-moving games are few, and this one is a fresh addition to the genre, with its bright pastel visuals and snappy traversal mechanics.”
- “The game uses unique and fun mechanics to form a quite memorable experience.”
- “Exploiting the game mechanics to reach the goal in under 8 minutes, although I'm really bad at platforming, felt like a true achievement.”
- “Clunky mechanics.”
- “Looks cute but the controls are really janky. The unique mechanic it speaks of only kind of works and is almost never actually needed to progress. It's very easy to get lost with no way to find your direction again (I spent half my first playthrough trying to figure out where to go after getting the first three tower pieces). It's free, I guess, but you really could spend your time better.”
- “While this may be pleasing to some, saying that it’s an added challenge to learn and understand the mechanics, personally it makes me feel disconnected from the game as it takes away any realism that it appears to have at first glance.”
music
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The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with many players appreciating its fitting and colorful design, as well as its relaxing qualities. However, some find it repetitive and annoying, particularly after extended play. Overall, while the music enhances the experience for some, it detracts from it for others.
- “I love the music so much, especially when the people start talking.”
- “The music for this game perfectly fits the environment and it's also quite relaxing.”
- “Really good music”
- “The only real criticism that I can give the game is the fact that it is very short, and the music gets repetitive.”
- “Good if you want to kill some time or challenge yourself, but the music is repetitive, the environment doesn't have much interesting to offer, and the game has no real point.”
- “Repetitive music that gets annoying really quickly.”
graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's graphics are described as bright and aesthetically pleasing, featuring a modern pastel style that evokes nostalgia for 8- and 16-bit era visuals. However, some users criticize the graphics as plain and lacking detail, suggesting that the overall presentation feels more like a university project than a polished title. Despite these mixed opinions, the visuals are generally considered suitable for a free game, complementing its fast-paced gameplay.
- “Ball-moving games are few, and this one is a fresh addition to the genre, with its bright pastel visuals and snappy traversal mechanics.”
- “Very aesthetically pleasing, short but good platforming and controls, very good for a free game.”
- “Fast game with modern-day graphics and easy controls that moves from location A to B to C and so on.”
- “If you're here for the visuals, keep moving.”
- “It does feel as if the game is a concept, due to its lack of graphics or HUD, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise that it is a university project and it’s meant to be a speedrunning game, built-in with a casual mode to get to know the world and then a speedrunning mode.”
- “Plain and visually displeasing graphics.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game suffers from significant stability issues, with players reporting numerous game-breaking bugs and glitches, including odd physics behaviors and the ability to see through walls. These problems detract from the overall experience and hinder gameplay.
- “It's too buggy and the physics are weird.”
- “In the first minutes of the game, I already found game-breaking bugs and glitches (seeing through walls, wall riding, and no-clipping)!”