Leo's Fortune review - a grand furrytale adventure!
Leo's Fortune tells the adventure of Leopold, the Grand Inventor of Greatest Engineering (read in a faux English-Italian accent). He used to be rich and fortunate, but a clever thief stole his treasures and left all the coins on the road like breadcrumbs to follow. Leo is determined, as only a living ball of fur with a mustache can be, to get to the end of this mess and return his belongings. And that's how the fairy-tale begins.
The introductory stage will get you to grips with the controls. Assuming you're right-handed, your left thumb controls Leo's horizontal movement, and your right thumb controls vertical movement. After playing around for a bit, you'll notice Leo is exceptionally agile for a mustache-donning fur-ball. He can handle running, jumping, and climbing with ease, while his special maneuver - inflating - lets him get around a variety of dangers and contraptions.
As Leo follows along the trail of gold, the beautiful forest from the beginning quickly becomes an underground lair full of all kinds of mechanical dangers, lava pits, shaking platforms, lifts, and a whole lot of deadly spikes! On your first playthroughs, you'll never know what's on your way forward, and most traps and puzzles will catch you completely unprepared!
Those "darn it!" moments, followed by figuring out how to proceed ahead, form the bulk of the game. It's the "simple, but challenging" mechanic that kept Flappy Bird players glued to the screen - but Leo's Fortune is a full-blown game, not a mere distraction. The gameplay's simplicity does let you play it as a quick distraction, if you wish. But we're afraid the game is too immersive and charming to let you get away with a couple of minutes of playing on the ride from work.
We've sung our praises about Leo's Fortune's presentation qualities already. Once again, this is a visual and aural feast that should excite both grown-ups and adults. The experience is times better than contemporary cartoons and most CGI movies, anyway.
With all said and done, we're only going to say that Leo's Fortune launches on Android come July 10. Watch the new trailer and get this game.
Pros
- Beautiful presentation
- Fun and challenging gameplay
- Tons of personality
Cons
- Awkward controls at times
Developer: 1337 & Senri / Tilting Point | Download: Android, iOS |
Genre: Adventure | Price: $4.99 |
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