It feels almost impossible to aim the gun at times, and standing straight against a wall or on a platform will veer the target of your gun slightly to the right. Although the controls are basic, aiming and landing a successful shot from Frogun feels more dependent on luck than skill. With a title so dependent on its platforming, the controls are expected to come with an unmatched fluidity, which is where we faced one of the only challenges throughout this game. Although this tutorial seems simple to pull off initially, as gaps between floating objects get wider and wider for Renata, these jumps will have you sealing your eyes closed and hoping you’ve got two feet on solid ground. A short in-game tutorial takes you through holding the R button to slow your jump's descent and allow more space for longer vaults as you progress through realms and become more reliant on leaps of faith.

The mechanics are relatively simple, with two buttons that control your Frogun and allow Reneta to jump. This instantly makes Frogun replayable, but pair this with its sometimes punishing level design, and you don’t have a choice in whether you want to replay it or not. The game can be played with or without the story in mind, which we particularly enjoyed. Usually, adventure-based games rely on their story to show the emotional development of character, but Frogun takes us back to basics and reminds us of what is, and always has been, great about gaming - fun. So, placing faith in her trusty Frogun (a frog-shaped invention that can grab onto anything with its tongue), Renata sets off to the ruins in an attempt to find her parents.Įven though the story is a tale as old as time, it doesn’t become tedious or repetitive. But when she’s left at her family's base camp for a handful of days, she takes it upon herself to rescue her parents from the Beelzebub ruins - the most dangerous expedition her family has gone on yet.

The story of Frogun follows Renata, the friendly, outgoing, excitable daughter of two world-renowned explorers.

Luckily Molegato, the developer of Frogun, kept this in mind as this crisp, retro-style puzzle platformer came to fruition. At a time when game developers are consistently striving to create something photorealistic and fully immersive, we begin to lose touch with the games that kept us up at night as kids.

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