Thus answers the question, No it is not worth $10 ;O;

I wanted to say "probably not" in the thread, but that would spoil the surprise of the review

You posted too many pics, now it's a lets play

I am kidding of course, I don't mind short games if they are arcade like and fun. But this doesn't seem like a Final Fight or After Burner II type game...

Pretty pictures though! Maybe the next game will be larger and they will use this one to fund the bigger game?

Well, I knew you didn't like the game, but OMG those scores.

2 points is not mediocre. Its fakeen horibal.

Is 2/10 maybe a bit too harsh?

If you're ok with mediocrity, maybe. But it's not a good game, there's little that's actually good to warrant any higher score. This is a review, not a feelings party

But hey, opinions are opinions, you can buy the game if you want

I would've wished for a more detailed description of the combat system. It seems that is one of the "main parts" of the game? Or is it the jumping since you said platformer? The only thing that I read was how horrible the visuals are. ;-)

Tom: but mediocre is a synonym for average, and 2 is not an average grade, so there's something amiss.

me·di·o·cre
ˌmēdēˈōkər/
adjective

1. of only moderate quality; not very good.
   "a mediocre actor"
   synonyms:
   ordinary, average, middling, middle-of-the-road, uninspired,undistinguished, indifferent, unexceptional, unexciting, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, pedestrian, prosaic, lackluster, forgettable, amateur,amateurish;
   
   
   Not sure but it seems like Tom used the word right to me? lol

"not very good" - I think giving a game a 2/10 is almost the very essence of that phrase.

The only phrase I can associate with 2/10 is "actually, there is a slim chance it could have been worse"

I was going to say "It looks like you need to update your PC"... But that's just how the game looks hahaha

Just today I saw playthrough of the game and similar comments were said. More of a story/atmosphere trip than an actual video game. Someone in the video said something about a companion novel. That true? It felt like comedy because I laughed at how ridiculous it sounds. Not interested in it, but what about the PS4 version? Any different?

GBAtemp reviews really need to ditch the point scores. They're a mediocre and arbitrary way of doing things.
Plus people focus on them instead of the actual review itself and take absolutely nothing from it other than potentially the authors bias.

"GBAtemp reviews really need to ditch the point scores. They're a mediocre and arbitrary way of doing things."

I am certainly no fan of scores (a complex opinion is not going to be accurately represented in a few numbers, scoring itself is an odd game -- see all "the 7 is average", "taking the middle path or extremes if the option is available/you use a points system that allows for it" and more besides, and they are not even all that useful as a point of comparison). However it is the way this review game is played and for where GBAtemp is at with it all the idea of rocking the boat too hard is not a great one, such a thing being the main reason I do not give scores of 6191, pi, e and all the other fun things to put in boxes when you need a number.

If people focus exclusively on the scores then that is their problem. I mainly hope that the Verdict part having a bunch of text in a fairly hard to miss fashion causes them to consider things, I know I have to pause when writing them to try to figure out what to put in there and from what I have seen from the others I am not alone.

people are mad over here they are jeloused about not having there own review and commenting cold things to others reviews

You must be 11, lol. No one gives a shit about things like that. Really anyone can make a review on anything these days. Just put it on youtube, video reviews are better anyway.