Title: Tearaway Unfolded
Developer(s): Tarsier Studios, Media Molecule
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Release Date: September 8th, 2015
Game Engine: *Unknown*
Number of Players: Single
Genre: Adventure platformer
Youtube Game Review: https://youtu.be/M2tp6_0UUN0 (sorry about the late link)
I’ve seen this game before, but I forgot what it was called. It looked so fucking cool, because it uses your PS4 Controller the same way the Nintendo Wii uses its Wiimote; in a unique way. The game seems to have motion control(similar to a Wiimote), and it uses your controller as it. It also uses the light of your controller, as its “guiding light”.
What is so cool, is where you point your controller, the light will be. So I can be shaking my controller, and you would actually see it on the screen. I just… WOW. That is mind-blowing of how technology has moved, from its primitive times.
So the plot.. actually, there is no plot. It’s more of a story. YOUR story. Did I blow your mind yet? Well, do put your brain back in your head, because this is what I really don’t understand about it. See, there’s this courier (that you create), and you’re being told that he (or her) has a message for… you. Yet since this being was just born, its a bit naive. It doesn’t know how to get to the “youverse” (which is your real life). You must guide it, with your guiding light (the light on your PS4 Controller). You are “The You”. This entity needs ‘The You’ to guide it to this portal.
That’s what I get as the story. However, it’s not a proper story without a touch of chaos (who are called “scraps”). Because without baddies to fight, there’s no purpose of playing a game. Except you’re not pla— OK, I’ll stop with that. 🙂
Anyway, that’s what this game is mainly about, and what I feel. It’s time for the review;
Good
-This has a very unique way of using your PS4 Controller to play the game.
-It has a Little Big Planet theme to it (in ways). And how you can share stickers and stuff, that’s very Little Big Planet.
Bad
-The game feels too… childish at times. The whole “guiding light” thing feels a bit too… yeah. Like it was designed for young kids who don’t really need to see lots of violence.
-In ways, it feels like a sequel of a previous game that I should had known before playing this.
-Why when you meet the Gophers, they are giving you… presents?
-No way to restart the game from the very beginning (not even reinstalling fixes it).
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Final Verdict: This game is actually hard to give a decent final opinion. I’m not saying it’s a bad game. I mean, listen to how happy I am in my video. Of course, that’s my childish side talking.
I am saying that it deserves a go. But if it’s worth the $40? …Mmmm…. I dunno. If the plot made more sense (and it didn’t feel so…. childish), then yes, it would be worth it.