Released at the end of 2013 on iOS and Android, B is a platform adventure game where you direct a bird with an atypical look in increasingly twisted 2D levels! The title stood out at the time thanks to its simple and effective gameplay and its universe as strange as it is fascinating. A year and a half later, the game returns to console in Game of the Year Edition, with HD enhancement and gameplay adapted to controllers. Small overview.
If you have not had the leisure to discover the title on mobile support, a little summary is in order. We run a black ball with two small wings that struggle to support its weight and must constantly vary its wing beats so as not to crash to the ground, eat the ceiling, or quite simply to avoid the various obstacles and traps posed. here and there in the many levels to go.
The first thing that strikes in B, it is his universe. It won't take you more than 5 minutes to be drawn into this world as beautiful as it is fascinating. It is a true magical journey that Frogmind offers us here. We will of course follow the action in the foreground so as not to die stupidly, but it would be very difficult to ignore what is happening in the background. These are teeming with life and rich in colors (more or less shimmering) and arouse interest, one wonders what this world is made up of, why the fauna remains there watching us without moving a finger, why the levels become more and more murky as we go forward ... The answers appear here and there but remain vague, enough for each player to make his own interpretation of the story. Not much to say about the technical part, it's very thin and the artistic direction does the job wonderfully, we do not notice any slowdown and we even take more pleasure in observing the levels thanks to the screen of more size important.
The first levels are rich in color!
Regarding the gameplay, not much to complain about, it was very simple and effective on tactile media, it is just as effective on consoles. Instead of pressing a screen to cause the wings to flap, we will press a button on the controller and use the joystick to move. Nothing to say on this point: it's easy to understand and no one will be harmed by this rather "casual" approach to the title. Why these quotes? Because the game is particularly demanding, not to say difficult at times. We will have to master our little black balls to the nearest millimeter so as not to end up chopped, crushed, and so on ... The very first levels are there to teach us the basics, which will be quickly assimilated to leave room for many subtleties and variants. Our balls can swallow small bonuses on the map that make you fat, thin, causes a rotation, make us jump on each wall or on the contrary adhere to all the walls, while others will accelerate or slow down the speed of the game. use each of these bonuses / penalties cleverly to overcome each level.
The game can be merciless ... and again, it's simple!
In terms of service life, there is plenty to do! 100 levels in solo, 100 more in cooperative and twenty in matches for up to 4 players, that will already occupy a good part of your time. Especially since the game has a Die & Retry side that requires knowing each of the courses to perfection to be completed. Once the levels are completed, you can always come back to try to complete the challenge of the clones of each level. Good luck to achieve it, for my part I gave up after swinging my controller against a wall (and yet, I am a very very calm person, that is to say).
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So hard not to fall for B. Enchanting and intriguing, beautiful and disturbing, easy to access but difficult to master, we quickly develop an affection for these little animals who rely on the player not to die in excruciating pain. However, I recommend that you give the mobile version a chance first, to see if you are not closed to the universe or / and the Die & Retry leaning of the title, before going for a larger screen version. !
The game is also eyeing the murky
The mini-clones.
The goal: to bring his clones to the extraction point!
This pipe allows you to blow ... end of the level, pfiou!
Do not touch these balls, otherwise you will stick
Tested on PS4 and PS Vita.
