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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams: Twirling Through the Nightmare |
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Quite a number of years ago, there were a number of great platformers available, like Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Ratchet and Clank, and more. It seem as though platformers have been replaced with action/adventure over the last decade, leaving those who really enjoyed the challenge of timing jumps with the only option of replaying old games just to get the thrill back. Luckily though, there are still a few developers who are just as nostalgic. Black Forest Games now holds the license on some sisters that first made their debut back in 1987 as The Great Giana Sisters. Giana and her sister, Maria, have gotten a modern (and very well done) update. In this game, Giana is the only character. She controls her dreams so that she can be either Punk or Cute, depending on what she needs to do and where she needs to go.
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At the time of this writing, only a two level demo is available, but this demo will show you how beautiful and potentially addictive Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams will be. When you first start the game, you’ll notice that the graphics are stunning. As Punk, you have vivid red hair and gothic purple clothing. As Cute, you’re a blonde in a blue dress. They each have their own music too. Cute prefers the classic style videogame music, but Punk listens to a metal cover of the same music done by Machinae Supremacy. Of course, if you happen to prefer one of the two styles or if you just find it jarring for the music to switch a lot, you can change it in the settings to listen to only one or the other. Personally, I like the switching back and forth. You can also change all of the graphics settings in the settings.
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Once you start playing, the instructions for what you need to do in a particular place are carved on large stones. I did have trouble understanding what a few of them wanted me to do, but once I figured out that you can tell which character to use by looking at the image closely, it made things easier. You will have to learn when to switch between sisters because otherwise, you’ll never get through. Cute can twist to jump higher and Punk can bounce up walls. Some platforms will go one way for one sister and the other way for the other one. Some crystals can only be obtained by a certain sister (Cute=yellow crystals, Punk=red crystals, blue=either). You will also need to switch for attacking. (X) will switch you to Punk to "Dash and Smash." (Y) will switch you to Cute to "Spin and Float." (A) and (B) is just a plain jump with either. (LT) and (RT) will swap between worlds because some things can only be done in one world. I found that some things were a bit difficult to get used to, but before long I was switching quickly in the middle of jumps to get everything that I needed to.
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The only thing that I had problems with was that my system wasn’t powerful enough to run it like I wanted. You are going to want at least an i3 processor if you have Windows 7 and even then, it still felt slightly slow. I am thinking that I will need to upgrade to at least an i5 to really enjoy the beauty of the game. I really can’t wait to see the rest of Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams. Luckily, it has recently been released on Steam, so you won’t have to wait! You should go now and check out the demo of Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams!
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-Cyn, GameVortex Communications AKA Sara Earl |
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