#a hole new world

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A Hole New World

by MadGearGames

Genre: Platformer

Pitch: An action platformer with the look, feel, and challenge of an NES game.

My expectations: NES platformers are what I'm all about.

Review:

Modern NES-style games typically fall into one of two camps: So accurate they could be played on vintage hardware or so far beyond the system specs you wonder why they bothered. A Hole New World leans toward the latter. Dozens of sprites fill its 16:9 screen without flicker or slowdown, animated with far more poses than would ever fit on an old EPROM. Nevertheless, it looks right. The palette, the pixel density, the visual design—the individual elements are straight out of the eighties, and they come together beautifully.

Running, jumping, and shooting feel uncannily like Mega Man, as does the way each boss leaves behind its signature weapon. The first level is an obvious Castlevania homage, with just a hint of Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins, while the second swerves toward Little Nemo: The Dream Master, further reinforced by the primary weapon’s arc and range.

It’s a game built on solid influences, though the unconstrained steps toward modernity are hit and miss. Levels are needlessly sprawling. Defeated enemies stay dead, which alleviates pressure, rewarding cautious play and hurting the pacing. The lives system is…weird.

It starts too easy and gets too hard, but when it’s in the zone, it’s great.

+ Take a handful of the best NES games, shake 'em up, and free them from old hardware limitations. + Looks and sounds just right. Even the optional CRT filter is tastefully subtle; a rarity in neo-retro games. + A steady rollout of new weapons and powers (as well as enemies and platforming challenges to test those weapons and powers) keeps the game interesting, while the two-button controls make it all manageable. + Frequent checkpoints and a forgiving, if rather odd, lives system for those who need it; hardcore speedrunning options for those who are not me.

– Baby-simple at the beginning, at least for experienced NES players. Hair-pulling punishment past the halfway mark. I called it quits at stage five of (I think) six. – The fourth level is so long. I'm sure it took longer than the first three combined. Really kills the momentum. – The title, A Hole New World, refers to a reverse-gravity, vertically mirrored version of the world above that's accessed by jumping or falling into the kinds of holes that typically signal instant death in platformers. It's an uninteresting gimmick, and there's rarely much reason to jump between the two. Plus, you press down to duck in both worlds, even though ducking in reverse gravity means you duck up, and my dumb brain can't handle that. – It's occasionally difficult to tell background from foreground. I jumped on a lot of spikes and dodged a lot of decorations.

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