Papo & Yo

Announced.

...wow. This looks really good. I confess that if you walked up to me and asked if I would be interested in a surreal whimsical platformer based on environment manipulation set in a South American favela based on the author's memories of his abusive father, I'd likely say "Hell no" but seeing it motion sold me. And if you forgive me for going into pretentious douche mode for a second, I think having this sort of game set in a favela is sheer brilliance since favelas are basically houses chaotically plopped on top of each other with little rhyme or reason, having the ability to rearrange their geometry at will just FITS.

Looking forward to its release. Next week I believe.

edited 13th Aug '12 11:22:56 AM by Psyclone

A 14 month gap between posts. Record?

Apparently IGN have got their minds set on becoming the industry's new negative nancy. I think I liked them better when they were more easily pleased, tbqh.

I get most of my gaming opinions from Giant Bomb. I think they're the only gaming outfit I can trust, even after they merged back with Gamespot. Naive? Maybe. But it's either that or Metacritic.

edited 15th Aug '12 1:47:27 PM by Psyclone

This games looks very interesting, I like the simple environment manipulation and the complex story themes already.

Man, I am digging this graphical style.

What I'm digging is the fact that it has a dark-skinned main character that isn't a walking stereotype at-least they don't seem it.

Also wow IGN, you broke your Four-Point Scale to insult a game working with complex themes and doing something different with the game label, way to go.

edited 22nd Aug '12 3:43:36 PM by Vyctorian

Finished it. Besides some framerate issues it's nowhere near the broken unenjoyable mess some would have it be. And the last stage is... ouch.

Did those four statues just represent his memories or am I to understand that he's gone through this whole thing before with different "monsters", so to speak?

edit: I forgot, I was going to say that this is much closer to being an interactive story than an actual puzzle game as advertised. Might explain some of the more rotten scores, I don't know.

edited 24th Aug '12 11:16:03 AM by LE0Night

Don't have this yet, but looking at its description on PSN, the main characters' names are...not Papo & Yo???

The main character is Quico (Kee-co), I think Papo & Yo means "[My] Father and Me" or something?

edited 24th Aug '12 12:45:52 PM by LE0Night

Ah, ok. That makes more sense.

: Yes, it does.

Does this have a trope page yet, btw?

Not that I can see.