Togges (rhymes with bogies) is an imaginative puzzle platformer with a novel strategy to motion. The titular creatures are cutesy cubes you possibly can spawn in from sure factors in every of the sport’s sizeable hub worlds. Basically enjoying as a Roomba, you possibly can transfer pretty freely, however you may want to steer a related path of Togges to aims if you wish to full them.
Holding R2 means that you can regularly create a stream of Togges as you progress, whereas standing nonetheless will see them stack to succeed in larger areas. Totally different colored Togges have distinctive properties; pink ones can transport fireplace, yellow ones conduct electrical energy, and so forth. You may want to make use of these skills and keep in mind your restricted provide of the little cubic characters with a purpose to attain collectibles and discover all of the fruit, which is what’s wanted to progress.
Phases are massive and open-ended, so you possibly can discover them as you see match. You can solely begin spawning Togges at set checkpoints considerably goes in opposition to this ethos, however an even bigger challenge is how the creatures aren’t conducive to easy motion. When you come up in opposition to obstacles, navigating them whereas sustaining a string of Togges is usually a finicky observe. It is all a part of the puzzle-solving, nevertheless it simply would not really feel significantly intuitive.
The degrees are inventive, a minimum of, with distinctive environments to discover like a medieval fort on a crescent moon, or a sprawling city atop a carrot cake. There are additionally extra linear levels to search out, and smaller islands you possibly can fly off to, Tremendous Mario Galaxy-style. Whereas it makes some odd decisions in its design, Togges nearly wins us over with its experimental spin on platforming and no small quantity of whimsical appeal.
