Hayfever
SCORE: 76
There are so many clever and interesting
ideas that come from indie video games. Hayfever is the perfect example.
This nice little mail man has allergies and he winds up sneezing his
letters away. We must help him collect these letters in one hundred and
forty levels. Collect them all and there is some secret that you get to
find. Hardcore gamers are the ones who will want to find this secret.
Hayfever has one very interesting game play mechanic. What is this
interesting game play mechanic you ask? The mailman can launch himself
different directions based on sneezing. There are also big globs of
pollen in the levels. Collect three of them for even larger sneezes. We
can also jump from pollen glob to pollen glob by sneezing as soon as we
enter it.
When your character gets hit he blows up like a balloon and pops. We are
then quickly reset to the last mailbox we opened. Mailboxes in Hayfever
are continuation spots. Letters are what we really need to collect in
this downloadable only video game that is on the PC, PS4, Xbox One and
Nintendo Switch. Family Friendly Gaming was given a digital download
code on the Switch.
Hayfever is just over seven hundred megs in terms of size. Hayfever has
decent graphics for an indie title, and the music is cool to listen to.
Expect a lot of sneezing sounds while you play Hayfever. There is a bit
of a learning curve in Hayfever as well. It took me a few tries to get
past the tutorial in this 2D side scrolling video game. I was also told
which control scheme to use.
It is much more difficult to play Hayfever with the left joystick.
Instead use the buttons. Even then it takes a bit to get used to. We
must launch ourselves with the sneezing buttons and then traverse with
the other buttons. Once you get used to the controls in Hayfever then
you can do some amazing things. I do believe hardcore gamers will get
into Hayfever more than casual gamers.
- Paul
Graphics: 70%
Sounds: 75%
Replay/Extras: 90%
Gameplay: 70%
Family Friendly Factor: 75%
System: PC/PS4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch(tested)
Publisher: Zordix Publishing
Developer: Pixadome
Rating: 'E' - Everyone SIX and OLDER ONLY
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