5.5 hours played
Written 4 years ago
"Tiny Hands Adventure" has all the things a platformer needs: collectibles, enemies, jump mechanics, platforms... if you know what a generic 3D platformer looks like then you definitely won't be surprised by anything here. However, this game changes things up a bit by introducing special tools that Borti can hold with their "tiny hands": an extension stick that lets you collect things in hard-to-reach places, wooden sticks that let you pass through dangerous mud, a drill that lets you dig for treasure and extension arms with which you can reach new platforms that you couldn't reach before. All in all, the controls are done pretty well; as Borti's movements are pretty responsive and I hardly ever felt like it was the game's fault that I died. The difficulty is just right - veterans will probably breeze through the easy levels but the harder versions are definitely more of a challenge. The graphics are colorful and pretty and the enemy designs are pretty solid all the way through. The boss battles are really fun and it's great that the developers put some personality in the characters. The music, although not really fitting for a "dinosaur" game per sé, is pretty solid too and fit the themes of the different worlds at least.
There are some issues though: there are some grammar mistakes in the dialogs and the whole package is a bit rough around the edges. There was a glitch in one of the boss battles: when you quickly make a move before the dialog pop ups, the game kinda freezes (however, you are still able to open the main menu and simply retry the battle, which will fix this glitch). Some achievements didn't trigger. The worst offender is the level "High in the Sky"... despite looking everywhere and playing the level multiple times, I couldn't find the fifth crystal. Not sure if this is a bug or if it's hidden really well, but I was kinda disappointed that I couldn't finish this game. I really wonder what challenge I could have unlocked after completing the levels in the 6th area. One negative point I'd like to mention are the explosive boxes. In my opinion it is not obvious enough which boxes are explosive and which aren't... perhaps a more different design on the explosive boxes would have helped here.
Get it when it's on sale as it provided a solid 5 hours of fun. 7 / 10