Type:Rider

So, due to a strain on my finances I've been largely playing free or cheap games, and of course the best way to get free games are ps plus/ games with gold and I'm the sort of canny customer who makes sure to grab every game that comes to these services, no matter how good, bad, impressive or forgettable they look, and this is a game I literally forgot I had and frankly, didn't know existed (yes, I've basically been doing my 12 weeks, 12 games from before but without writing about it). While searching through the owned games list I found this 'gem' that came to PS plus in May 2017. So, while waiting for days gone to arrive (more on that at another time) I was sold on this game due to the combo of 2d platformer and a short length. I will play almost any 2D platformer, this included, but despite all the cynicism, this game ended up being rather enjoyable.

This is a game about the history of fonts, yes, that's right. A very nerdy base for a game, but comes together as quite fun. Classic platforms are replaced by letters that you must leap between while gathering collectible letters of the alphabet. Then there are additional asterisks to collect that are slightly more difficult and give you some history about the font (might be interesting, might not, never read them) to find & there are hidden Ampersands to gather as well.

The levels take the forms of different fonts, travelling through the history of writing, starting with cave paintings and moving up to comic sans (the best of all fonts). you play as 2 balls that you can rotate to traverse the levels and help solve the puzzles that appear as the last part of every 'world' for a nice change of pace. The levels are all short, gameplay is decent and the game is just a couple of hours long, so if you like 2D platformers and have a spare couple of hours, and maybe even want to learn something, this game could well be for you. I guess you could say it's font to play (hahaha...).

You may also enjoy (yes, it's back): Thomas was alone.

So, I'm playing days gone now and will come up with some thoughts soon, but will also be going back through some of these other games I've been playing recently and hey, hopefully I'll be able to get my 'joke' insertion back on point and make these posts a more thrilling read.