Sideway New York

“Sideway's primary conceit of providing 2D gameplay on a 3D plane is never realized in any truly creative capacity, leaving you with a horrible platformer in which the protagonist's jumps have all the propulsion power of a baby's fart.”

“Thought I'd give this game a bash but a good idea is poorly executed; there are lots of simple mechanics that could have made this game fun but were overlooked.”

“The mechanic of playing a 2D game on the sides of 3D buildings so you can wrap around and end up sideways in a previous section is kind of a neat idea, but it mostly ends up being problematic because it frequently makes it non-obvious how different sections are connected.”

“The platforming isn't all that great and platforming is an old, mostly dead genre as 3D graphics were invented a couple of decades ago.”

“Sideway™ New York is an excellent re-working of classic 8 and 16 bit console platformers from days gone by, but with far better graphics and a twist that smacks of a new genre in itself; the clever way the author has created a 3-dimensional 2D platformer is quite remarkable.”

“I was hoping that with the graffiti-based art style there would be more painting/tagging involved like Jet Set Radio.”

“The story is pretty plain.”

“However, due to the floaty controls, short story (only about 3-4 hours), and just aggravating second half, I can't recommend this at full price.”

“The storyline is short and casual, not going very far away from the usual 'beat the bad guys who kidnapped my girlfriend' fare, but this does not get in the way of gameplay gratification, as you will be mostly busy platforming and appreciating the levels and environments.”

“As you play, you eventually realize that not just the game is full of unavoidable glitches, it turns out to be unplayable due to those glitches.”

“Seriously, I don't know if the game is just that buggy but I only heard one track loop over and over in the hour I tried to enjoy this bland, half-assed platformer.”

“All compatibility settings were tried along with support troubleshooting.”

“I nearly wanted to quit when you have to go through a long, tedious process to hit him, with no health or magic pick-ups, and after you go through the process of hitting him each time, he does a one-hit kill move that you have to dodge or else you have to sit through his long unskippable intro.”

“Quickly becomes tedious, and when looked at face value, the whole concept makes no sense.”

“Jumping distance is lame and makes it a little tedious, which could have been avoided quite easily.”