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Slick new platformer is Shovel Knight with power tools and pirates
If Ubisoft’s impressive Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown caught your eye last month‚ you need to keep Devolver Digital’s new indie platformer‚ Pepper Grinder‚ on your radar. A 2D side-scroller with all the hallmarks of an excellent addition to the genre‚ developer Ahr Ech’s pixelated pirate adventure wonderfully blends traditional platforming action with a drilling mechanic that makes traversal feel as much like 1992’s Ecco the Dolphin as it does the brick-breaking adventures of Bandai Namco’s Mr Driller. Beyond that‚ when it comes to combat and puzzles‚ this frantic experience feels like the natural evolution of the power tool-fuelled dungeoneering of 2006’s Drill Dozer – a Game Boy Advance great. Sure‚ that all might sound a little odd‚ but it works – trust me.
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