- February 15, 2021
- Insightful Games
Parallel Shift
Controlling Parallel Shift’s protagonist duo at the same time sounds like an interesting concept, but the execution ends up feeling like an awkward affair. When paired with its bog standard retrowave aesthetics, the end result feels like something players have seen before.
Controlling Parallel Shift’s protagonist duo at the same time sounds like an interesting concept, but the execution ends up feeling like an awkward affair. When paired with its bog standard retrowave aesthetics, the end result feels like something players have seen before.
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About Parallel Shift
Parallel Shift is a single player casual platformer game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Insightful Games and was released on February 15, 2021. It received neutral reviews from critics and positive reviews from players.
Parallel Shift is a Pixel Art Platformer Runner game where you take control of King and Tess, two scientists stuck in a dimensional loop. Switch between dimensions, close the matching breaches and rewind time to escape the unknown. Inspired by late 90's videogames, the pixel art, the dark synthwave music and retro vibes of Parallel Shift focus on delivering an experience of rush and urgency, wh…
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Reviews
- Challenging and addictive gameplay that tests cognitive skills and focus.
- Beautiful pixel art visuals with a strong 80's neon futurism and synthwave soundtrack.
- Interesting and unique dual-character mechanic that adds depth to the runner/platformer style.
- Gameplay bugs such as inconsistent jumping heights and problematic power-up use can prevent progress.
- Limited variety with only one song in the soundtrack, leading to repetition.
- Controller support is poorly implemented and the time rewind mechanic lacks clear indicators.
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3 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe music, featuring an 80's synthwave and electro vibe, is highly praised for its catchy and pleasant sound that perfectly complements the game's aesthetics and gameplay. Users find the soundtrack both enjoyable and fitting, enhancing the overall experience.
“I am absolutely infatuated with the music; 80's synthwave is possibly one of my favorite genres ever, and the sound effects are pleasant to listen to, so no complaints in the audio department.”
“Pretty fun game, the OST has a very neat electro vibe that blends really well with the game.”
“It's a difficult and beautiful puzzle/precision platformer with a runner-ish type of gameplay, cool pixel art visuals, and synthwave music.”
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Parallel Shift is a casual platformer game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Parallel Shift include indie, linear, runner, pixel graphics, retro and others.
Parallel Shift is available on PC and Windows.
Parallel Shift was released on February 15, 2021.
Parallel Shift was developed by Insightful Games.
Parallel Shift has received neutral reviews from players and neutral reviews from critics. Most players liked Parallel Shift for its music.
Parallel Shift is a single player game.
Similar games include Chronology, Alter World, The Multi-Medium, The Way, RITE and others.