TumbleSeed

TumbleSeed is a game that I don’t think I’ll ever completely finish, but it’s damn impressive for those that dare to stomach its difficulty. If you’re the kind of person looking for a mostly skill based game that is brutally challenging, yet very entertaining, then TumbleSeed is for you. More casual players will want to save their money and sanity for games a bit more accessible to them. Honestly, the biggest mistake here is that the developers haven’t offered multiple difficulties, which will surely limit the potential player base.

If TumbleSeed intrigues you at all, I would recommend picking it up. The game is as unique and engaging to play as it looks, just be aware of the steep difficulty curve you will most likely run into once you get more serious about passing the starting area. Games this original don't come around to often, but its always a treat when they do.

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The frustration in TumbleSeed seems to be by design, at least, but it didn’t feel particularly earned. This is the type of game where you’re meant to die dozens of times, that will take tens of hours to reach the “end,” even before taking into account the daily challenges and endless replayability of randomized runs. Between its unique core mechanic and the gorgeous, colorful 2D world it’s built around, TumbleSeed makes a case to spend those dozens of hours rolling up its mountain. But the lack of control over the character mixed with some extremely punishing design choices pushed me away well...

TumbleSeed’s presentation is another one of its strongest aspects. Bright colors are everywhere. Enemies are easily recognizable which allow adequate time to prepare for an attack, or embrace your inevitable doom. It has a very calming visual style to it which contrasts the high-stress gameplay and usually had me relaxed again before starting up another frustrating failure.