![]() ![]() ![]() This means that you can see nearly the whole level layout if need be, but there’s a huge loss of detail in the process, which can make seeing things like climbable pipes impossible. ![]() Unlike pretty much every 2D platformer since the 16-bit era, there are no issues with having two players and one getting stuck - the screen zooms out a lot and makes great use of modern HD screens to give you a wide viewing area. This means there are a lot more simple puzzles to solve, which can be challenging, but are a lot easier when you have someone else there to bounce solutions off of. The multiplayer game is quite similar to the single player, but every stage has been changed up to make use of having two players. Other times, you’ll need to figure out how to press a button in a weird location, which sometimes also ties into items like the angel’s wings that allow far more precise flight movement. They’re usually a matter of moving blocks around to either press a button or prevent them from impeding your path. You’ll frequently go from areas with regular platforming, to some kind of item helping you - like a jetpack with unwieldy controls letting you grab an out of reach jewel, to then having to solve a puzzle to progress. There are some puzzle elements in play as well that keep things interesting. Punching is also a breeze, and is something you’ll do a lot of to avoid being overrun by cats and their ever-sharp claws. Jumping is easy and responsive, as are item grabs for things like pipes and ladders. You can change your secondary items around, but the most amusing item is always the land mine/Frisbee hybrid since it blows up whatever it connects with. The core game is a traditional 2D platformer with some action elements in the form of punching and secondary item throwing. The more prisoners you unlock, the more customization options you’ll have for your character, which makes multiplayer easier since you can find yourself faster, and it gives you the only single-player platforming experience where you can play as a walking character with a propeller for a face. Why yarn? Because the a bunch of cats run the joint - as a cat owner, I dig this. Between groups of them, you can shop to save other prisoners using gems found in levels, and trade in balls of yarn for goodies. The basic premise of the game is that your character and Hatty Hattington are shipwrecked and thrown in jail – Hatty has been given AN EVIL HAT, while you’re able to roam the grounds provided you can beat stages. It’s basically three kinds of games rolled into one downloadable $15 package, as you’ve got a side-scrolling-platformer in single player, a co-op multiplayer, as well as a ton of “arena” matches that pit you against other people or bots in over a dozen kinds of modes to keep things interesting. Instead of playing out as either a shooter or beat ’em up, however, The Behemoth’s latest game is a platforming adventure with tons of gameplay to offer up. That idea was scrapped and replaced with the in-game event where Hatty has the hat forced onto him while the player is in hiding.BattleBlock Theater comes from the madmen behind Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers, and like those, has a twisted sense of humor. Its intended purpose was to trigger the old puppet show cutscene depicting Hatty and the player discovering the hat and putting it on. There is an unused block version of this hat that can be placed in levels via modding, It acts almost exactly like the Key that is found at the end of every Finale level, acting as an exit that forces the level to end, regardless of if all players touched it or not.The only person to end this tradition was Hatty.Īlthough no one really knows how Purrham came upon this marvellous headpiece, there are several theories presented in the cutscenes, including it being found atop a giant ruby, or it being possessed by a voodoo witch doctor. It appears that it's filled with all the souls of its previous wearers and their conflicting viewpoints, haunting whoever wears it as seen with Hatty.Įver since the death of Purrham, the cats determine their leader with the theater hat, with whoever wearing it becoming the theater manager. Purrhams' hat is a mysterious, albeit fashionable, top hat that signifies the owner of the Battleblock Theater. ![]()
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