

Others put you behind the controls of a submarine, or throw you downhill in a minecart. Many of the stages are layered, with alternative routes and sections that you traverse in the background. The game is made up of four themed worlds, each comprising three stages and a boss fight. A couple of other dragons appear behind him, and then you run away.

As you approach the monster a beam of blue stuff turns him into a horrible little dragon. At the beginning of the first level the game treats you to an animation in which the robot strolls up to a cute monster in trouble. You play as a robot made of cardboard boxes. Developer Robots vs Wizards has used its papery theme as a perfectly legitimate excuse to use flat planes and blocky polygons, which keeps everything crisp and running smoothly. The cutesy 2.5D levels are colourful and pin-sharp. It only sags in the areas where it doesn't resemble them enough.Īs you'll already be aware if you've seen the screenshots, Paper Monsters is a beautiful game. Paper Monsters will remind you of both games in every stage, thanks to its abundance of pipes, mushrooms, costumes, cutesy sprites, and smart touches like bomb characters that knock down obstacles when they explode. On the other, it's devastatingly unlikely that it'll come out on top.īut such is life. On the one hand, the game is being compared with two of the world's greatest platformers. The words 'Mario' and 'LittleBigPlanet' in a review of a platform game signify both success and failure.
