Panda Hero Review You play as a panda wielding his weapon of
choice: a green bamboo stick. The game is a platformer in the
traditional sense, with the aim of the game to try and make your way
through two-dimensional levels, left to right, to the goal point. This
already sounds like one of the more notable platformers of all time, for
sure, but then loads of games have taken inspiration from the classics.
But from the question mark blocks to the pipes littered across each
stage, Panda Hero is far too much like Super Mario Bros. for my liking.
That’s because this game lacks any of the style or credibility that
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are four worlds to play through, titled Mountain, Underground, Sky and
Winter. Irritatingly, there’s no gameplay differences which set the
worlds apart; it’s really just a new lick of paint that represents the
differences between them. The Mario nods continue throughout the game,
including blocks forming a staircase leading up to the goal at the end
of each level. But there are new takes on that formula – you have a
health gauge, which you can fill up by consuming fruit which can be
found throughout the level including from within ? blocks (yes, another
thing pinched from Mario). But Panda Hero essentially borrows a lot of
ideas and executes them terribly. Some of the platforming
elements, such as the wall-jumping, are disjointed and broken; there’s
hardly even an animation for your time hugging the walls. Enemies are
placed in some really awkward places, meaning you’ll need similarly
awkward jumps in order to use your bamboo stick to shoot pieces of fruit
at them, with the likelihood for lamely falling of the stage
heightened. There is a boss battle at the end of each world but the term
“boss” should be used incredibly lightly. They are insanely easy and
make use of zero ingenuity. But icing on the cake is the
astronomical cost that Switch players are being charged, especially when
compared to what players of other consoles face. We have to stump up an
astonishing £26.99 for this dud; elsewhere, people are paying a max of
£15. It’s perhaps the worst example of the “Switch tax” yet; this writer
can honestly say Panda Hero is the worst game I’ve played on the Switch
to date. There is no originality, the platforming is broken, dull and
repetitive and the overall presentation is bleak, to say the least. Go
and buy New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe or even Monster Boy and the Cursed
Kingdom instead for a similar price. You’ll find a lot more enjoyment
there.
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