Sockventure
- May 11, 2021
- Nighthouse Games
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Reviews
- The game features silky smooth movement and tight controls, making it enjoyable to play.
- Excellent difficulty scaling and replay value, with various challenges and collectibles to keep players engaged.
- The level design is praised for its creativity and fun mechanics, reminiscent of classic platformers like Super Meat Boy and Celeste.
- The precision required for dash jumps and wall jumps can feel overly punishing, leaving little room for error.
- Some players experienced performance issues, including frame rate drops and bugs with the coin counter.
- The difficulty curve is criticized for being unbalanced, with early levels being too easy and later levels becoming excessively challenging.
- gameplay32 mentions
- 19 % positive mentions
- 72 % neutral mentions
- 9 % negative mentions
Sockventure features a vibrant aesthetic and a variety of mechanics that enhance its platforming gameplay, drawing comparisons to titles like Super Meat Boy and Celeste. While the gameplay is generally enjoyable and satisfying, some players may find the abundance of mechanics—such as jumping, dashing, and wall climbing—overwhelming, and the implementation of certain features can lead to frustration. Overall, the game is recommended for its solid gameplay, though it could benefit from further polish.
“Sockventure has a fun aesthetic and introduces plenty of fun mechanics that add variety to this sort of game.”
“Simple yet refined gameplay and fantastic level design; this is up there with Super Meat Boy and Celeste as one of the greatest indie platformers on Steam.”
“I found the gameplay to eventually, once difficulty picked up, to be very satisfying but that may not be the case for everyone.”
“There are too many mechanics: jump, double jump, dash, wall jump, grabbing the wall, and so on.”
“These mechanics have existed in other games (for example, the bulbs are comparable to a mechanic in the Ori franchise), but their implementation here can lead to much frustration.”
“Precise platformers need precise mechanics, and this one could use some more polish and tinkering.”
- music8 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The music in the game is described as chill and visually appealing, but it tends to become repetitive and lacks intensity, contributing to a casual atmosphere. While some players find it decent overall, the limited variety and lack of engaging tracks are noted as drawbacks.
“It looks great, controls great, music is pretty chill!”
“The music can get a bit boring quickly, as there was only one track during the time I played, and it wasn't very stressful, which gives off a deceptively casual vibe.”
“Overall, I think this is a very decent game, well thought out so it's never impossible to progress.”
“The music can get a bit boring quickly (only one track during the time I played, and not a very stressful one, which gives off a deceptively casual vibe).”
“Recommended then, with a bad point for the music, and a mild one for the originality; otherwise, it's pretty solid in its gameplay.”
“While I judge that it isn't just as good as Super Meat Boy, the music can get a bit boring quickly, which gives off a deceptively casual vibe.”
- graphics6 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
Sockventure features a vibrant and enjoyable art style that enhances its platforming mechanics, although some players noted that the initial graphics may not make a strong first impression. Overall, the game's aesthetic is considered fun and contributes positively to the gameplay experience.
“Excellent art style, great platforming.”
“Sockventure has a fun aesthetic and introduces plenty of fun mechanics that add variety to this sort of game.”
“The first impression you get is admittedly pretty poor due to the initial art style the game displays.”
- story6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The story in the game is generally considered unengaging, with many players expressing indifference towards it, suggesting that the gameplay is the main draw. Additionally, the cutscenes may deter some players, reinforcing the idea that the narrative is not a focal point of the experience.
“I expect a lot of people will be put off by the cutscenes, which is totally fair, but you're not playing this game for the story.”
- replayability4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game offers strong replayability due to its excellent difficulty scaling and the inclusion of three distinct challenges in each chapter—collecting coins, completing time trials, and achieving deathless runs. This variety encourages players to revisit the game for a more complete experience despite its short length.
“It has excellent difficulty scaling given how short the game is, and sets itself up to have good replay value.”
“Each chapter has 3 challenges that add to replay value: collect all the coins, time trial, and deathless!”
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is lacking, with users reporting frequent frame rate drops and overall poor performance.
“The performance is not great and the frame rate often drops.”
“The performance is not great and the frame rate often drops.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players generally find that most levels can be completed quickly, but some, particularly towards the end, require significant practice and grinding to master.
“Most of the levels you can complete in a few tries, but there were a few that required a bit of practice and grinding to get through, mainly towards the end.”
“Most of the levels you can complete in a few tries, but there were a few that required a bit of practice and grinding to get through, mainly towards the end.”
