Those learning of Stitch Media's Terrorarium may not at first be able to distinguish what that terror part in the title actually means in context with a game that seems on the surface, primarily catered toward younger audiences. That is right up until the player is smack dab in the center of a garden teeming with all kinds of murderous vegetation and fauna. It's this very originality and uniqueness, coupled withꦦ its own blend of perfected humor, 🅘that makes this puzzle-platformer a simultaneous joy and dread to play; the latter of which is not to mean it's got bad gameplay by any means, but exceptionally difficult and horrifying in its own right.
It makes me want to rethink watering my house plants for fear they'll grow to eat m꧟e.
Rich & Unique Gameplay
Terrorarium doesn't shy away from being itself. The gameplay loop mainly follows an elderly gardener with her band of trusty Moogu, a sentient form of mushroom she uses to navigate these various maps and levels. There are three different types of Moogu in the game - Spicy, Thick, and Gooey - each of which has their own special abil♒ities and physical attributes. These mushroom creatures are inexplicably tied to the granny gardener, who will subsequently die upon a depleted group of Moogu, which means players have to be smart about how they use them and how exactly they navigate these deadly terrariums.
Which thereby brings us to the various plants that players will be faced with amidst their puzzle-solving travels. Ingenious as they are terrifying, the malignant fauna in these parts are a blend of real-world plants and vile concepts, like the massive Megacabbage or the three-headed Venus Tri-Trap. These terrariums aren't only brimming with killer plants, though, as various deadly predators will likewise feast on the Moogu without hesitation. Players will thus have to be smart and quick as they roam throughout the maps, or anyone of theseﷺ dangerous monsters, from the Blue Light Eater to the Cyclone Spitter, will instantly end your session.
Detailed Map Maker & Dedicated Level-Building Community
While the main levels that come standard in the game are truly fun (and difficult to overcome), Terrorarium shines most prominently in its map maker mode, wherein players can take part in building their very own deathly terrariums. As the above screenshot clearly shows, I'm not the best level-making whiz, but after a good amount of time, players can test their ow♕n skills in puzzle solving, or attempt some of the more insane communit🃏y-built levels, which I would argue is the absolute best part of this game.
Simply perusing the library of unending fan-made levels will make players get a sense of awe mixed with motivation in conquering these insanely-tiered terrarium puzzles. It's like Terroraium has a full-blown library of alternative modes without having any extra modes at all, making counterparts like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Projection and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Ever Forward appear relatively lacking.
What would make the experience a tad bit more enjoyable is a tutorial, both for map making and even puzzle-solving, as newcomers may feel a bit daunted by all of the many moving parts (though, there is a Maker Mode guide under the Steam page for those truly curious in burgeoning their level design). More fully-functioning controller support would be welcomed as well, as Terrorarium's partial controller support isn't exactly the most intuitive and would definitely make map-building far easier and streamlined. On the whole, though, it is superb in blending its own wonky humor in with puzzling exploration and resource ൲consideration.
A Puzzle Platformer With Style
I like most of all Terrorarium's strange focus on the environment. Maybe it's because of my North Carolinian grandmother, who loves gardening herself and can't stop talking about it (it's rubbed off on me), but I can tell at the heart of this puzzle-platformer is a world of promise and a fanbase as dedicated as those under 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Super Mario Maker 2 and even . Akin in a lot of respects to how We Should Talk is revolutionizing dialogue options in gaming, so too is Terrorarium in evolving community-dꦅriven map-making (not to mentꦓion environmental puzzle-solving).
It's also simply quite enjoyable and hilarious - never once straying too far away from making me feel like an idiot after losing all of my Moogu, then having to restart a level. It's this very reinforcement coupled with hilarious in-your-face texts that make you say internally: "Alright, I'm going to complete this dang level, even if it takes me weeks!" It's what I would like to call comical reinforcement, something we've seen before in Trover Saves the Universe. And, even the inverse of such a gaming device can be viewed in any FromSoft game, with that godforsaken "You Died" text flashing across the screen spooling even into my own nightmares, or 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grand Theft Auto's more readily known "Wasted" text.
These examples share similar mental motivational ques resplendent in Terrorariun, wherein players are simply solving puzzles instead of facing off against dragons and demons or the Los Santos Police Department. And, no, while it may appear as though its✱ target audience is children, I find that anyone can have fun in this brilliant and challenging platformer, especially all ye proud puzzle-solvers out there.