These are simple models that act as collectibles, so there is some added scope for completionists who may be underwhelmed by the playtime. There are opportunities to find secrets in the environment, which you will almost certainly manage as you search around the enclosed spaces for key items. Most of Pikuniku is like this - finding weird thing A to use on weird thing B - and it create a linear but enjoyable experience with solutions never far out of reach, despite some bumbling around. The majority of Pikuniku’s gameplay revolves around finding items to reach new areas, a fairly early sequence tasking you with drawing a face on a scarecrow after finding a pencil hat. Pikuniku plays like an interactive cartoon, a Nickelodeon cult favourite where the main character goes around griefing people and chatting to worms. The puzzles are nothing too intensive either and can be bested without your brain having to get out of second gear, and this is coming from someone who breaks out in a cold sweat when even thinking about The Witness. There are few opportunities to fail and even then the checkpointing will send you back just a few seconds at most. Pikuniku is an adorable adventure, its bright colours and cheery soundtrack pairing well with the game’s silly tone to create a refreshing and undemanding time. Pikuniku opens up slightly after this, allowing you to talk to more people and even take part in a mini-game or two, all while you have a spring in your step - it’s hard not to be won over by its jovial nature.
After you roll and kick your way through a few simple puzzles, they come around and realise that you aren’t what they think. Venturing outside for the first time in a long time, local villagers presume him to be The Beast: a fearsome monster that’s the stuff of urban legend. You play as a red ball with kangaroo-esque legs (honestly, that’s about as accurate as I can get) as he’s awoken from a deep sleep. Unfortunately, the tale of “The Beast” and a corporation fails to make much of a dent in the surface of its own mystery - just as it’s beginning to get interesting, the finale abruptly arrives and the credits roll. Pitched as a dystopian puzzle platformer, Pikuniku offers an eccentric take on well-worn conventions that delights with its off-kilter nature and big load of kicking. While it may have a name akin to an early Pokémon and an aesthetic that promises a bright and breezy time, there’s a darkness just beneath the surface of Pikuniku.
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