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I'd say Electronic Super Joy is a true feel-good Wow. This game is an epileptic energy rush The music rocks if you love this kind of music. I'd say Electronic Super Joy is a true feel-good game.The controls may be a bit inaccurate at some points but there are enough save points on the way so you can try again over and over again.
Yes, you will die a lot. Yes, you will want to throw you keyboard across the room. Yes, you will spend hours upon hours falling to your death Yes, you will die a lot. Yes, you will want to throw you keyboard across the room. Yes, you will spend hours upon hours falling to your death and pressing 'R'. Are you getting my point? This game is HARD.
Like REALLY HARD. It is a platformer that would make Mario cry like a baby.
Visually stunning, witty, and rewarding as hell, this game manages to hit every note in what makes a good platformer, while still being fresh and original. And don't even get me started on the soundtrack. My.only. complaint would be that the default controls are awkward as hell, but they are easy enough to change, so I don't feel it warrants taking any points off the overall score. A true platforming masterpiece from head to toe, and with no ifs, ands, or but(t)s. This game is incredible. Its challenging its varied, the sound is amazing, the graphics are everything it needs to be and GOD the music is This game is incredible.
Its challenging its varied, the sound is amazing, the graphics are everything it needs to be and GOD the music is orgasmic. To the person whining about length.
Less than a movie that lasts 1 hour and 30 minutes. 100%ing this game will take FAR FAR FAR FAR longer. I'd rather have a short tight game that always mixes things up then a long game wiht tons of filler and boring mechanics that drag on. I loved this game and if you like Super Meat Boy and awesome music buy it Expand. While it still doesn't beat Super Meat Boy in any way, ESJ is still a title worth trying. If you've never played Super Meat Boy, then all you While it still doesn't beat Super Meat Boy in any way, ESJ is still a title worth trying.
If you've never played Super Meat Boy, then all you need to know is that this game will be quite hard in SMB's standards. The levels designs are quite long and if you're just trying to complete a level without caring about how many deaths you get, then be glad there are checkpoints. Overall the art style is very colorful (seizure warning) and the challenges are plenty. It's definitely worth a try. This game is an epileptic energy rush The music rocks if you love this kind of music. I'd say Electronic Super Joy is a true feel-good Wow.
This game is an epileptic energy rush The music rocks if you love this kind of music. I'd say Electronic Super Joy is a true feel-good game.The controls may be a bit inaccurate at some points but there are enough save points on the way so you can try again over and over again. I have fun with the game but again. You really have to be able to enjoy that sort of music.
Rage against the EDM machine.
First appearing on the Wii U and other platforms in 2015, Electronic Super Joy is a tough-as-nails platformer (yes, we know there are plenty on the eShop) that hosts something a little different: a thumping EDM soundtrack and a game packed full of dizzying visuals. Controlling your small hero, you’re put to the hard task of clearing around 80 levels while battling some truly rigorous stage designs.
This isn’t for the faint-hearted, or faint-stomached, for that matter. The game does everything it can to throw you off and to ultimately rack up your death count; you’ll be dying a ton but the sense of achievement after retrying a level 40 or so times is satisfying. Starting off relatively vanilla, with a simple press of A to jump and then the introduction of B to slam your character down, the learning curve becomes steeper quickly. Not that that’s a turn-off, though.
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Sticky walls to slide down and jump from and floating stars that act as trampolines all make this painfully simple game a real challenge. The addition of homing missiles early on makes for some frustrating moments, though. Controls are tight and checkpoints are, in most cases, aplenty so you’re never too far away from being able to tap X and zap straight back to the last flag you crossed. This is especially useful if you’ve accidentally squashed an enemy that you needed to use to grab up to a platform or reach an adjacent ledge.
Electronic Super Joy warns players each time you fire up the game that it could cause seizures. Now, I’m not sure if it’s tongue-in-cheek or a genuine warning, but it’s safe to say that those who struggle with flashing images or crazy graphics may want to steer clear of this one. One level had me jumping frantically upwards while sweeping black and white shapes filled the screen; along with the thumping 180 BPM soundtrack, I was glad to be done with it. I actually had to stop and pause the game a few times as I felt nauseous.
That’s not to say this title looks bad, far from it. It’s straightforward in its visual design with flat pixel art and unimaginative backgrounds, but it does do a grand job of showing off its hardcore platforming arrangements. Coupled with quick but funny lines of text here and there, it’s easy to warm to. Especially with the boss fights that are split between multiple levels, you’re never doing the same thing in a row. You’ll be flying a ship while shooting your enemy; then you’ll warp to a vertical, moving level that sees you racing up toward the goal.
Akin to Super Meat Boy and Celeste, Electronic Super Joy boasts a crazy amount of levels to get through, around 80 in this case. That’s all thanks to all DLC being included in the price. The bulk of the game is spread over four worlds with a boss belonging to each, but taking into account the additional Micro-Hell and Hot Sticky Mess DLC packs, there’s a great deal of content here.
Fans of difficult 2D platformers who aren’t afraid of a challenge or ridiculous, hypnotic visuals will lap this up, but those looking for a calm experience and a story that makes even a little bit of sense will want to try something else. Equally, if fine-tuning your platforming skills has been on your mind then dive right in.
3.5
Summary
Packing in all the DLC content, Electronic Super Joy has a ton to offer gamers who don’t shy away from challenging platformers. Boasting a loud and fast-paced soundtrack, dizzying visuals, and fine-tuned gameplay, this title still stands tall four years on.
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