![]() ![]() Boxville is a classic point-and-click adventure set in a hand-crafted world populated by living cans, and as in Machinarium, there’s no dialogue in the game. Well, the same card - as the title suggests, this story takes place in a cardboard metropolis, with every single screen a wonderfully low-tech art project. Say, do you like Machinarium? If the answer is yes (which it should be, Machinarium is brilliant), you’ll definitely want to keep an eye on Boxville as it’s very much cut from the same cloth. If you’re into Metroidvania-style games, the Ato demo is absolutely worth checking out. Perhaps if I had more time with the game, it might click into place. ![]() So far, I’ve found it pretty clunky and overall quite frustrating to execute this one dash ability that you have to aim first. One area I haven’t quite clicked with yet, though, is the platforming. It’s all very rewarding, and I can see myself coming back to Ato for the combat and varied fights alone. Each fight I encountered in the demo was different from the last, and at times you really have to be on the ball and ready to strike at a moment’s notice. And I say dangerous because even on normal difficulty, I found the combat to be a challenge. Its visuals are vibrant, easy on the eye, and make great use of the parallax effect with some quite lovely backgrounds accompanying you on your dangerous quest. Naturally, being the loving cat (squirrel?) father that we are, we set into Ato’s Metroidvania world to rescue our nipper. ![]() Ato opens with our protagonist's child being kidnapped by a gang of thugs. ![]() Don’t be fooled by its cutesy, pixel-art aesthetic - Ato is a surprisingly tough little Metroidvania that throws you into some intense sword duels to the death. ![]()
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