Action

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition

Single PlayerCo-op

Critic · Metacritic

3.8

Users · RAWG

2015

Released

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📅 Release Info

Release DateMay 26, 2015

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Publisher

🏷️ Game Details

Genres

ActionAdventureIndie

Playable on

PCPlayStationMobile

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macOSPCLinuxPlayStation 4PlayStation 3PS VitaiOS

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About this game

Badland is an award-winning atmospheric side-scrolling action-adventure game that takes platforming to the next level with innovative use of physics in level design. It immerses players in an audiovisual gaming experience through a lush forest full of various inhabitants, trees and flowers. Although the forest appears to be right out of a beautiful fairy tale, there’s something terribly wrong. The player controls one of the forest dwellers to find out what’s going on, and discovers an astonishing number of imaginative traps and obstacles on the way.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Dark silhouette-based art style creates a distinctive atmosphere.
Levels use traps, hazards, puzzles, and changing gameplay situations.
Momentum-based flying, environmental manipulation, and clone mechanics shape gameplay.
Progression requires repeated practice to master difficult sections.
Local multiplayer supports chaotic cooperative and competitive play.

Cons

Simple controls can feel imprecise during careful movement.
Some obstacles require repeated attempts and memorization to overcome.
Later sections introduce abrupt increases in difficulty.

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