Ayo the Clown Review | A cute game for silly folks

A cute recreation for foolish people

In case you get pleasure from cute and enjoyable video games as a lot as I do then I’ve a really particular platformer for you; introducing the pleasant Ayo the Clown.

Ayo the Clown stars a fellow who loses his canine. That makes me unhappy. Nonetheless, Ayo rapidly jumps into motion and goes on an epic quest to rescue his furry pal and that is actually sufficient of a driving drive all through your entire marketing campaign. Alongside his journey, Ayo will meet many associates and NPCs who he helps; generally, begrudgingly as a result of he’s on a mission, in any case. Anyway, this makes for one endearing journey that is full of guffaws, heartfelt moments, and foolish shenanigans. It helps that the graphics are as sharp, vibrant, and detailed as they’re. I really like seeing Ayo’s starred crimson cape flap as he runs, jumps, and climbs and even the little particulars like having pandas journey hot-air balloons within the background made me smile from begin to end. Ayo additionally does a cute efficiency everytime you beat a stage.

As you’ll anticipate from a 2D platformer, Ayo the Clown has you run and soar round phases and most of them are fairly intricate and multi-layered with a great deal of secrets and techniques and collectibles ready to be discovered. Though you start the marketing campaign with out even the flexibility to leap, Ayo will acquire trophies on occasion that grant him talents such because the super-useful balloon which lets him float for a short time after leaping and you will additionally acquire non permanent weapons similar to swords, water balloons, and rubber mallets that assist with defeating enemies. Along with all of this, there are oodles of enjoyable situations that blend up the gameplay similar to being chased by a bear, floating up a stage with a balloon, driving a tank, combating bosses, and fixing gentle puzzles. The stage designs themselves are good, too.

As a substitute of merely attempting to run from left to proper in an effort to attain every stage’s objective, Ayo the Clown encourages you to discover since you by no means know what you may discover tucked away in its nooks and crannies. From collectible teddy bears and lollipops to treasure chests stuffed with gems; there’s lots to find. That being stated, gems double as foreign money which you’ll be able to spend at retailers however there aren’t that many upgrades they usually’re fairly costly so I want that you would use gems extra often so as to add to the sense of development.

Though Ayo the Clown appears to be like like a easy and straightforward recreation, it really turns into fairly difficult and in the most effective old-school sense of the phrase. For starters, you could have restricted lives and whenever you run out, it’s important to start the stage once more. Due to this, it introduced me again to the nice outdated days of gaming whenever you needed to actually put effort in if you wish to make progress. With that in thoughts, some moments will be sort of annoying; notably whenever you’re stunned by an enemy assault or a platform falls from underneath your ft.

Lastly, though I really like Ayo the Clown’s world and loved its foolish narrated cutscenes, it is sort of odd how disjointed its artwork type is. The in-game graphics are super-cute and vibrant but among the cutscene art work can really be sort of on the gross facet. Plus, the art work for the principle menu appears to be like totally different, too, so it is just like the devs had a number of artists contribute and ended up utilizing all of it.

Ayo the Clown is strictly what a 2D platformer must be; foolish, enjoyable, difficult, diverse, and intuitive. So, should you benefit from the style then including this indie gem to your assortment is a should. Plus, it is certain to make you smile and that is all the time factor.