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TRISTOY

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55%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
55% User Score Based on 109 reviews

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About TRISTOY

TRISTOY is a multiplayer platformer game. It was developed by Uniworlds Game Studios and was released on January 15, 2015. It received neutral reviews from players.

Tristoy is a story-driven 2D co-op platformer designed from the ground up exclusively for two player co-operative gaming enjoyment!

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55%Audience ScoreBased on 109 reviews
story16 positive mentions
stability23 negative mentions
  • The game offers a unique and well-designed two-player cooperative experience with meaningful interaction between players.
  • The art style and hand-drawn visuals are praised for adding a distinctive atmosphere and charm to the game.
  • The branching dialogue system with player choices adds an engaging storytelling element and role-playing feel.
  • The game suffers from numerous technical issues including frequent bugs, input lag, crashes, and freezing, which often render it unplayable.
  • Controls are often described as clunky, unresponsive, and frustrating, making platforming sections especially difficult and causing player deaths.
  • The game is very short with limited exploration and some story choices having little to no real impact, reducing replay value.

  • story

    45 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    36% positive mentions, 57% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The story in this co-op platformer is generally praised for its interesting, branching narrative that allows players to shape the backstory and dialogue choices, enhancing immersion. While some find the story engaging and original with a strong atmosphere, others note it is short, sometimes feels unfinished, and that player choices have limited impact on the overall outcome. The dialogue and voice acting receive mixed feedback, but the interactive dialogue between the two main characters is highlighted as a unique and compelling feature.

    • “The story is amazing and this game will really keep you busy for hours!”
    • “One thing I really like is that it is about conversations; when you talk with a character, sometimes you can choose between different answers and it seems this will have an impact on the story and future events. An awesome thing about this: the two main characters talk between them and each player can choose their own answers, giving the game an RPG feel. The story is very interesting and makes me want to play more to know more details about it.”
    • “You also have real interaction between the PC characters, which defines the story and makes the game much more immersive, something often overlooked in co-op games.”
    • “Unfortunately Uniworlds, the poor graphics, cringy characters, and simple story don't really work in your favour either.”
    • “The story and dialogs play a huge role, which is great at the beginning, but becomes a turndown toward the early end of the game, where the whole drama that was built up feels cut short and the choices left to the player within the dialogs don't seem to have that much of a consequence on the turn of events.”
    • “The conversational choices had no impact on the story whatsoever even though you would presume so.”

  • gameplay

    30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    23% positive mentions, 67% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The gameplay features unique co-op mechanics and an unusual dialogue system that add some interest and charm, but is often hindered by clunky controls, buggy platforming, and frustrating enemy interactions. While the style and story are praised, the mechanics and combat are seen as mediocre or broken by many, leading to a mixed overall experience. It may appeal to those seeking a short, distinctive co-op platformer but lacks depth and polish for repeated playthroughs.

    • “It delivers on all levels, with nice hand-drawn visuals, great story-telling and a unique gameplay experience.”
    • “Pros: well executed co-op mechanics and split screen, interesting story (though voice acting is amateur), fun to play in local co-op.”
    • “The dialogue options between the two characters can influence the story, as well as some gameplay elements.”
    • “Forced co-op combined with buggy and clunky gameplay makes this game a pass.”
    • “Half the time, the jump mechanic doesn’t even work and gets you killed more often than you would imagine.”
    • “The crippling factor is the iffy platforming detection and buggy gameplay.”

  • graphics

    26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    42% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions

    Reviews of the game's graphics are mixed, with some praising the unique, hand-drawn art style and atmospheric visuals, particularly highlighting well-designed bosses and animations. However, others criticize the graphics as amateurish, simplistic, and lacking polish, noting issues like choppy animations, dull backgrounds, and confusing visual layers. Overall, while the art style has charm, the visual quality and technical execution can be inconsistent and may deter some players.

    • “Bosses are great and graphics - beautiful.”
    • “The hand-drawn-looking graphics are nice and the whole setting is quite atmospheric, so is the sound design.”
    • “For a game this short, Tristoy contains quite a number of boss fights which are great not only in quantity, but in my opinion also in quality and graphical design.”
    • “The artwork here is terrible, it's a hodge-podge of amateurish 'my first Wacom tablet' style drawings used instead of professional-looking game assets.”
    • “It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget to arrange someone who can create graphical assets properly, or lack of talent. Regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low, enough on its own to deter gamers.”
    • “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.”

  • stability

    23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from severe stability issues, frequently freezing in the main menu and exhibiting numerous bugs, glitches, and poor optimization that hinder basic gameplay and progression. These problems, especially in cooperative mode, significantly detract from the overall experience, making it frustrating and difficult to enjoy.

    • “It just freezes solid in the main menu every single time.”
    • “There are no complaints about the quality of the game, as it's impossible to enter the game; it freezes in the main menu.”
    • “Throughout the game there were multiple glitches, poor optimization for my resolution, and several times where my controller was either unresponsive during cut scenes (killing me) or didn't work, resulting in my death.”

  • optimization

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions

    The game suffers from poor optimization, requiring significant resolution and settings reduction to run smoothly, even on powerful hardware. Split screen multiplayer hinders visibility and does not improve performance, while online co-op functionality is problematic. Despite these issues, some users remain optimistic that the final release will offer better optimization.

    • “There were some performance issues on my version, had to turn everything down quite a bit to run smoothly and not look like slow motion (although I did play on a laptop, but a powerful one), but once I got it going - it was awesome!”
    • “I expect the final version will be more optimized and run better, and I knew this was just a beta version, so no points lost there.”
    • “Performance”
    • “Cons: split screen is frustrating in boss battles limiting your view of the boss, poor optimization (had to edit resolution way down to get it to run well), online co-op does not work well.”
    • “Throughout the game there were multiple glitches, poor optimization for my resolution, and several times where my controller was either unresponsive during cut scenes (killing me) or didn't work resulting in my death.”
    • “There were some performance issues on my version, had to turn everything down quite a bit to run smoothly and not look like slow motion (although I did play on a laptop, but a powerful one).”

  • humor

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is generally well-received, with players appreciating funny moments like the intro movie and clever references to other games. While some find the writing amusing, others feel it falls short or is awkward, though interactions between main characters often provide comedic relief.

    • “It's funny and the intro movie is the first time I openly laughed at a serious face fantasy cutscene.”
    • “I found it funny when the game used a Telltale reference when making choices in the game by writing things like, 'Freedan will remember that.' The only significant choices to make are near the end.”
    • “The interaction between the two main characters was hilarious.”

  • atmosphere

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, -25% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is generally described as bleak, enriched by a rich but underutilized backstory involving war and an evil king. Innovative features like dynamic split-screen enhance the immersive experience, making player interactions feel atmospheric. Overall, the game's story and characters contribute to a compelling and engaging atmosphere, especially appreciated in both couch and online play.

    • “There is also plenty of, sadly unused, story background about war, evil king and such so the atmosphere is pretty bleak.”
    • “The dynamic split screen is another neat innovation to the genre, which makes splitting up and reuniting with your partner a real atmospheric event.”
    • “For couch play or online play, tristoy is a great game if you like exploration and combat with an amazing atmosphere thanks to the story and characters.”
    • “The atmosphere is pretty bleak, with plenty of unused story background about war, an evil king, and such.”
    • “Bleak atmosphere.”

  • music

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The music in the game generally suits the mood and complements the art style, giving it a unique atmosphere, but it is often described as repetitive and not particularly memorable. While some users appreciate its role, overall it is considered an unimpressive aspect.

    • “I love the artwork and the music; they suited the mood very well and gave the game its own personal feel.”
    • “Music was not very memorable.”
    • “The voice acting and music were easily the better parts of the game, and even they were not great.”
    • “The music is, however, nothing special and really repetitive.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's replayability is rated moderately, suggesting it offers some value for repeated playthroughs but may lack depth or variety to sustain long-term engagement.

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1h Average play time
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TRISTOY is a platformer game. Common tags for TRISTOY include indie, trading and metroidvania.

TRISTOY is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 1 hours playing TRISTOY.

TRISTOY was released on January 15, 2015.

TRISTOY was developed by Uniworlds Game Studios.

TRISTOY has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked TRISTOY for its story but disliked it for its stability.

TRISTOY is a multiplayer game with local co-op support.

Similar games include Blood Knights, Face It - A game to fight inner demons, Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power, Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries, Woodle Tree Adventures and others.