Glitch's Trip

Glitch’s Trip is a beautiful looking, 2D platforming, twin-stick action game that will challenge and destroy you, but it is so cute and charming you will keep coming back for more. With 100 unique levels and challenges there is tons of replayability here.

79%Game Brain Score

graphics, gameplay

story, stability

89% User Score Based on 38 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 3 reviews

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Glitch's Trip is a single player arcade platformer game. It was developed by Ransacked Studios and was released on August 26, 2020. It received positive reviews from both critics and players.

"Glitch's Trip" is a platformer game where players control the lovable hero, Glitch, on a mission to save his home planet. Explore four unique moons with 100 handcrafted levels, while avoiding over 40 hazards and 16 enemies. Glitch's unique ability to become intangible adds a twist to this action-packed, twitch-paced game. Save the planet and have a trippy experience in this charming title.

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Audience ScoreBased on 38 reviews

graphics10 positive mentions

story1 negative mentions

The game features a visually appealing art style with nice graphics and effects that enhance the overall experience.
It offers a challenging gameplay experience with interesting mechanics, such as the glitch ability that provides temporary invulnerability.
The difficulty ramp is well-balanced, making it engaging for players who enjoy challenging platformers.

The controls are sluggish and floaty, making the gameplay feel unsatisfying compared to other precision platformers.
The game suffers from technical deficiencies, including poor graphics quality and a lack of polish that detracts from the overall experience.
Many players found the game uninteresting, as reflected in low player engagement and a high uninstall rate shortly after purchase.

graphics
36 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
28%
64%
8%
The game's graphics have received mixed reviews, with many users criticizing the simplistic 2D art style that resembles low-effort mobile apps, and noting that resolution adjustments do not enhance visual quality. While some players appreciate the coherent art style and vibrant color schemes, others feel that the lack of substantial graphical improvements fails to meet the expectations of PC gamers, especially given the potential for 3D graphics. Overall, the visuals are seen as a weak point, despite some praise for specific elements like level design and effects.
- “Fast paced with great visuals and graphics.”
- “The graphical style is very coherent and streamlined.”
- “This is a fun platformer with challenging levels and fantastic graphics/effects.”
- “While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality.”
- “The game features simple, cartoony 2D graphics, of the type you normally expect to see in low-effort mobile apps.”
- “Considering this is being evaluated as a PC game, having the graphics phoned in like this isn't going to result in a high quality, visually impressive game that PC gamers are used to seeing.”
gameplay
22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
27%
59%
14%
The gameplay has been criticized for being janky and unsatisfying, with poorly thought-out mechanics that detract from the overall experience. While some players appreciate the unique freezing mechanic and the pacing of its introduction, many feel that the controls lack polish and responsiveness, making the game feel clunky. Overall, the game struggles to meet the standards of its genre, with calls for significant improvements to the control scheme and mechanics.
- “The visual effects are nice and not too distracting (which is usually tough to pull off with these types of games), and the game mechanics are introduced in a fair way.”
- “A great, challenging twin stick platformer with some interesting mechanics.”
- “Definitely recommend this game to anyone that enjoys platformers with unique mechanics.”
- “It's janky and unsatisfying to play in comparison to the best games in the genre. Any experienced gamer will tell you that the handling, responsiveness, and general gameplay feel of the control scheme must be well polished for this kind of game to succeed.”
- “Unfortunately, this is something the developer seems to have phoned in, with little to no apparent gameplay testing.”
- “Almost every single mechanic feels poorly thought out, and it feels super clunky to play, which is a big problem.”
music
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music in the game is highly praised, with players noting that the soundtrack is well-composed and enhances the overall experience. Many reviewers highlight that the combination of art and music significantly contributes to their enjoyment and engagement with the game.
- “I really enjoyed playing this game; the art and music alone were enough to keep me interested.”
- “Great game! I love to play it; it's a good platform and well thought out, with a nice soundtrack as well.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The story of the game is generally viewed as unengaging and uninspired, with even its owners showing little interest in it.
- “Hardly a success story; even the people who own this game weren't interested in it.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The stability of the game is criticized for relying on a simplistic mechanic that allows players to freeze in place and become invincible, rather than encouraging precise timing or skillful dodging. This approach can feel forced, particularly when it is required to interact with timed switches, detracting from the overall gameplay experience.
- “Rather than any kind of precision, you are given a button that just freezes you in place and makes you invincible, and you are expected to use this rather than, I don't know, time a jump or dodge bullets. This mechanic is also forced onto these timed switches that you activate by freezing in them.”