Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Oct 12, 2021

  The creation of the start-up company Frogmind called Badland originally got out in 2013. Although the game is older, it still looks very innovative today. But Badland goes further than most mobile games and builds a lot of minigames and different game mechanisms on a simple principle. The whole game takes place in a shipwreck on an unknown planet somewhere in the galaxy in the local forest, where your hero is one of the inhabitants of this magical place, a strange hairy creature. But for some reason there is something wrong with the forest. And it is the main character who is trying to do something about it. But first he has to find out what's going on. Therefore, it must avoid all the pitfalls and fly through different environments. But on the way, there are obstacles waiting for him, who are trying to stop him. You will meet other inhabitants of the forest, flowers, trees, but also mechanical machines, who probably have nothing to do here. The graphics work with silhouettes and only the background is colored. But it is very diverse, as you progress through the story, it changes color. You will come across incredible details, and the most important thing is the atmosphere, which is clearly appealing. This is complemented by perfect sounds and great music. The levels are imaginative and often very difficult. Completing the later stage of the game with all the challenges is quite challenging and you will often lose your temper. [b] 50% [/b]
• gamedeal user

  Jan 8, 2022

  I first played this game with my classmates between the lessons in 2015. On PC it is still nice. The good old times...
• gamedeal user

  Sep 5, 2022

  okay but when Badland 2 on steam? :(
• gamedeal user

  Oct 24, 2022

  Fl*ppy Bird but the relaxing one.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 23, 2022

  👍
• Rose-kun

  Sep 5, 2023

  Cool atmosphere and background sounds but it gets repetitive, would suggest buying it on sale or just get it for free on appstore if you are eager to try it
• gamedeal user

  Sep 10, 2015

  Flappy Bird meets Limbo. If that sounds good to you then it will be worth purchasing.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 2, 2016

  I absolutely love this game, this is really addictive. I recommend this to everyone with to much time on their hands :P Because once you start playing you can't stop. The game designers really though this one through. It's hard enough to be absolutely sure you won't make it, but in the end you always do because in the previous level they taught you everything you needed to know to finish this level succesfully. This is how great gameplay should be. + easy controls + pick-ups make it challenging + great puzzle/platformer level design + lovely design + actually, everything is great
• gamedeal user

  Oct 4, 2016

  Badland is one of those games that, at a glance, seems like it must be good. Visually, it's very impressive. It has simple core gameplay with some neat mechanics. Unfortunately, after giving this game chance after chance, I'd have to say that none of that means this game is actually any good. It's not all about the controls, but that's as fair a place as any to start. Trying to control your fluffy blob thing is a chore - it feels like simply to play the game you have to fight a constant battle against the controls. In open space, it isn't utterly terrible, but if you have the misfortune of contacting any background object? Anything could happen, and in this game, 'anything' generally means you end up falling off the left side of the screen to your death. This is especially an issue when you run into a 'puzzle'. There are basically two kinds of puzzles: one where you have to die repeatedly smashing yourself into the environment to figure out what part of it moves, and one where you know immediately what you have to do but trying to actually convince the controls to do that takes a frustratingly large number of attempts. Neither are particularly innovative. Now, to be fair, I haven't even mentioned the wide variety of powerups you can get. You can get a wide variety of powerups, most of which are used purely for the riveting gameplay of 'pick up exactly the right powerups or you die'. There are also 'clone' and 'superclone' powerups which give you a small (or large) army of fluffy blobs, and the levels that essentially amount to 'send your army of dudes through this obstacle course at high speed' are actually moderately fun. Far too often, though, having multiple dudes just means you'll eventually have to try to control multiple dudes at once (remember the controls? yeah, they're terrible) to do different things. This exponential misery is especially great because there's no way to actually control them separately - often you're reduced to smashing several dudes at a dividing point and hoping they end up going down different paths so that they can do whatever they need to do to advance you in the level. There's also a fairly well-documented phenomenon where the background of the level becomes extremely dark, which as you might imagine makes everything worse. I have no idea whether it's a bug, but every time I experienced it, restarting the game caused it to stop happening. The last straw (not as in 'the straw that broke the camel's back', as in the last chronological straw piled on the back of a camel that is already dead oh god why are you adding more straws) came when I decided that I would play through the entire game before reviewing it, regardless of how painful that might be, so that I could really give a complete picture of the game, and just in case it somehow magically became a good game right near the end. I fought my way to the next-to-last level (lasers, by the way, are quite a nice mechanic and it's a shame they're only in the last few levels), got a fair distance into it, and the game crashed to desktop. I opened it up again, got a bit farther this time, and it crashed again. I opened it up a third time, and it immediately crashed the first time I tried to pause. So, I mean, if you want a game to look at, it's great. If you want good gameplay, on the other hand, you might be better off looking elsewhere. Honestly, though, even if you really think you want this game, just get the (free) mobile version. I wouldn't be surprised if the controls are smoother there as well.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 9, 2016

  For an iOS game ported onto PC, this game really impressed me. Yeah it's an iOS port but it's a good port that one ups it's the original. PC version exclusively includes local co-op mode, vs. mode and full gamepad support. Best of all it includes a level editor. Personally I loved this game for the first few hours, it's addicting and the puzzles are fun. Although I did get bored of it after a while, then again I can see how other people love this game, there is so much content. Especially when playing with an extra person. The visuals are top notch but the gameplay is a bit like flappy bird (please don't give me crap for this). I know, this game came before flappy bird but we all know this game overshadowed this. The controls are very well responsive, so if you die it is your own doing. It does get a little repetitive and times and frustrating but it is fun. 7/10