Have you ever felt like games these days take themselves too seriously? I’ve always wondered how, despite decades of repetition, developers can still send big dudes off on ‘save the world’ missions with a straight face. Maybe it’s telling that some of the biggest and most revered titles of our generation (Gears, CoD, Elder Scrolls), all seem to contain nuggets of humour and sometimes a self-awareness that breaks the fourth wall and raises a chuckle amidst the bloodshed.
Prepare to have that wall well and truly smashed with One Epic Game, the new arcade platformer from Grip Games. No, I haven’t heard of them either, but who cares? Taking influences equally from Canabalt and Metal Slug, the game seems to not only play fast and loose with suspension of disbelief but downright makes fun of the fact it’s a video-game. The big question is: does it work? Well, mostly…
