7/1/2023 0 Comments Trifox powerThankfully, TriFox had a lot more up its sleeves and the subsequent stages – spread across three biomes with unique bosses and mini-bosses – evolve in complexity and ramp up the challenge as you get closer to the finale. With only a few skills unlocked, TriFox felt like an attractive but uninspired retread of classic platformers that had me operating on muscle memory. The opening stages ease you into the basics, with simple platforming, light puzzling, short bouts of combat, and secrets tucked away in fairly obvious nooks. Familiar but freshĭuring the opening hour, the gameplay felt classic to a fault. If you’re looking for a game to introduce younger players to a more challenging genre – one with multiple difficulty levels and frequent checkpoints – TriFox could be a good pick. It’s also light-hearted fare, with comedic, non-lethal violence and villains that constantly torment the titular Fox like playground bullies. It’s entertaining, conveys plenty of character, and often feels like scenes out of Jak & Daxter or Ratchet & Clank from the PS2-era – just without voice work. There’s no dialogue or fancy cinematics, just expressive gibberish combined with humourous animations during brief skits both within and between stages. After a brief prologue gets you up to speed with the controls and a few basic gameplay elements – think platforming, hauling around objects, and battering foes into submission – the Fox sets up a high-tech base of operations that allows him to upgrade and equip new abilities, and work his way through the villain’s underlings using a snazzy teleport system. Unfortunately for their minions, they’ve clearly messed with the wrong fox. The titular Fox has had his power generator sabotaged and his TV remote stolen by a nefarious villain – one with no shortage of underlings to protect them. TriFox keeps the narrative premise simple. It’s also very good, with novel and modern features – though its adherence to some classic designs can make it feel a little predictable at times. TriFox – featuring a fox that can mix and match the abilities of three distinct classes – is an isometric platformer, with twin-stick shooter and brawler elements, that serves as a homage to platformers of the early 2000s and their charismatic anthropomorphic cast. Perhaps I’m extrapolating too far with limited data, but between FixFox in April and now TriFox in October, I think there’s a correlation between indie games featuring foxes and their general level of quality.
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