Giana Sisters Twisted Dream Directors Cut - Wii U Reviews
By Liam Melt 
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is the latest instalment in the Giana Sisters franchise, which originally started out with Cracking Giana Sisters, a clone of the first Super Mario Bros. game. After Nintendo pressured the developer, the game was withdrawn from sale. This latest instalment in the franchise has at present gained its own original footing, thanks to Black Woods Games; a team fabricated up of former members from the at present defunct Spellbound Entertainment, which worked on the DS instalment. Cubed3 takes another look at this cute platform championship after looking at the PlayStation Network edition originally, to see how the Wii U version fares confronting the other formats. Was it worth the wait?
In Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, players have on the role of Giana, a girl who possesses the special ability to travel betwixt dreams. When travelling between dreams, Giana's appearance and abilities also alternate between her "Beautiful" and "Punk" forms. The Cute form allows her to float through the air by twirling, allowing players to avoid large gaps and decease traps. Her Punk form gives the ability to charge through various obstacles, destroying them on her way and can also be used to bounciness off walls, reaching previously inaccessible areas.
As well as changing the appearance of Giana when transporting between dreams, the visuals, soundtrack and dynamics of the level too change. For instance, a gate that is not open when in the "dark" earth volition open up when players switch to the "light" world.
Because The Cracking Giana Sisters was well-nigh a complete copy of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros., it's kind of funny that this mechanic makes Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams one of the virtually unique 2d platformers to be released in recent years.
Levels kickoff off fairly piece of cake, with the game slowly introducing the different mechanics to players and preparing them for the harder, rage-inducing levels that pop upwards later in the game. Thankfully, there are regular checkpoints throughout the level, making the game less annoying than other hard platformers. Likewise scattered throughout these levels are big blue crystals that tin can be collected to unlock new artwork in the game'due south gallery. Whilst these aren't required in order to terminate the game, it is a prissy addition to be able to view the various gallery items.
When traversing through the various different levels in Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, players will come across 3 different coloured gems that are scattered around. Blue gems can be collected past using either of Giana'due south forms, whilst the red and yellow ones must be nerveless by Punk Giana and Cute Giana, respectively.
Afterwards each stage is browbeaten, players are and then given a rank that is indicated by stars. Depending on how many gems collected and how many deaths, players are awarded a certain number of stars; with five being the best rank. In order to progress further into the game, revisiting previously completed levels is required every bit there is a star requirement for each ane. Going through the earlier levels and progressing can exist done quite chop-chop, until getting to the tertiary world that is, where going back to the early on levels and beating the rank is necessary.
Whilst the game is fairly curt, consisting of only 3 worlds; players can tackle the levels once more in the Score Attack and Time Attack modes. For those who aren't really fussed almost beating personal scores and would much prefer harder difficulties, exercise not fearfulness! Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams features two harder difficulties that become unlocked upon clearing the game on previous settings. Hardcore and Über Hardcore are 2 unforgiving modes, with the former eliminating checkpoints entirely and the latter sending the gamer correct back to the commencement upon dying. One thing's for sure, these difficulties certainly alive upwardly to their names!
If there is one bad thing to say most Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - more specifically this version of the game - it's that when playing in Off-Television mode, no audio is played through the GamePad'southward speakers. The developer, Blackness Forest Games, is aware of this issue, though, and will hopefully exist releasing a patch in the near future.
Cubed3 Rating
ix/10
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is an original, fun and challenging platformer with game mechanics that won't exist establish in whatsoever other 2D platformer. It'southward prissy to meet Black Forest Games taking a franchise that was established every bit a Super Mario Bros. clone and turning information technology into something completely original. The only disappointing aspect nigh the game is that when played solely on the GamePad, no audio is heard from the controller's speakers. However, don't be put off by such a minor issue as this game is definitely worth checking out, especially for fans of challenging platformers - and a patch is beingness worked on to solve the matter anyway.
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Wiiu has got to exist the best console for 2D platformers in the history of consoles, wow!
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