El Gancho Review (Xbox Series S)

by Jim Smale · February 10, 2022

For our El Gancho Review, we tell the story about how The Pogovon Empire has invaded the Cocodu planet and captured the cocos! In their search for an unlimited source of power amongst species from across the galaxy, the Pogovons learned about the unlimited happiness of the cocos. Now they’ve devised evil plans to extract that happiness to power their deadly weapons. El Gancho is set in the same universe as Task Force Kampas, but this time there’s no help around. Play as coco that finds an experimental laser hook and swing your way through cosmic platforming stages in retro pixel art style.

El Gancho Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
406.8MB download size.
1000 Gamerscore.
Platformer gameplay.
Tutorial level.
The twin-stick style controls work for shooting and aiming the hook.
Bullets are in limited supply.
All bullets bounce off the walls and go until it hits an enemy.
Ammo and food can be picked up in the level.
Rescue coco’s to finish the level.
Challenges are time-based goals for each level.
Full stats screen.
Physics plays a big part, especially in movement.
Looks and feels excellent when you nail a fluid movement motion.
End of level breakdown.
Every run will be randomized.
Your goal each time is to rescue X amount of cocos.
Big boss fights.
A run consists of a group of levels with boss fights and bonus rounds for power-ups.