What would you do if a load of pirates stole your hard-earned booty and the one software you may discover to get your stuff again was an outsized drill? Effectively, Pepper Grinder proffers a solution: you’d flip that drill right into a kind of weapon-cum-vehicle and chase them down.
Over the course of a brief runtime, throughout 4 worlds that every provide up a handful of ranges, you may zip round, tunnelling by gentle earth to burst out into the gentle underbellies of enemies. As you go, you may be constructing your momentum to leap throughout gaps, boosting when you may. In homage to a reasonably apparent inspiration, you finish every stage by drilling to spin a flag up its pole.
Like all conventional platformer, every world concludes with a boss stage, and these function noticeable spikes in problem (fortunately mitigated by an excellent problem choice that permits you to actually flip the velocity of the sport down). Regular levels, although, are all about motion, as you snake round underground looking for the appropriate line to progress by the subsequent part of platforming.
This platforming feels nice, and as soon as grappling and boosts are within the combine you may have a pleasant mix of choices at your fingers to get by ranges. Every one additionally hides 5 cash that, when collected, may be put towards cosmetics and keys that unlock a bonus stage per world, that are effectively value exploring.
Comparatively beneficiant checkpointing signifies that you will not usually end up compelled to restart ranges, and Pepper Grinder additionally has some good twists on its central concepts, together with underwater sections and stomping controllable robots. Nonetheless, by the shut of its three-to-four-hour run, you may be repeating these concepts a little bit, and Pepper Grinder finally ends up feeling prefer it in all probability did not have far more to provide, which suggests you may solely be dissatisfied if you happen to’re in search of a mammoth set of ranges.
Pepper Grinder’s look can be actually sprightly (pun meant): its pixel artwork is easy and well-executed, with often characterful animations, and the entire thing’s backed by a cool soundtrack. This may not be probably the most substantial of platformers, however it’s a spirited entry.
