Paperman: Adventure Delivered Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · Published February 2, 2024 · Updated February 1, 2024

Paperman: Adventure Delivered Review, Meet Paperman and the team in an adventure to find the lost mail and defeat the greedy dragon. Explore colorful worlds, uncover secrets, and collect all golden letters in this 3D collectathon platformer! Paperman’s post office has managed to make 1 million deliveries. To celebrate this special achievement, the post office has decided to send out special golden letters to their most loyal customers.

Paperman: Adventure Delivered Review Pros:

Nice graphics.
1.55GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
Action platformer gameplay.
Supports four-player local co-op.
Can Invert the axis for each player.
Four characters – Paperman, Express, Carl, and Scrolly.
Earn coins to unlock new outfits for each character.
Cutscenes are a mix of still art with a voice-over and in-game interactions.
A full 3D world with 360-degree camera control.
Mailboxes let you swap characters.
Opening tutorial section along with tutorial signs.
Each character has a unique ability like dashing, flying, etc.
In the levels, you collect letters, parcels, feathers, golden letters, and the letters to spell mail.
Levels are split up into smaller chunks.
The postboxes also act as checkpoints.
In each area will be character-specific scenarios such as flying across platforms or pulling out blocks.
Level select screen with locations represented on a postcard, flip the card to see what you have collected so far.
You get a level flyover.
Attacks are throwing envelopes at enemies or punching enemies, it’s character-dependent.
Health regents, you have X amount of hearts and if you lose them all it’s back to the checkpoint.

Paperman: Adventure Delivered Review Cons:

Cannot rebind controls.
Had the game lock up a few times usually when loading.
Slow at respawning.
Checkpoints are far apart.
Never sure what can kill you instantly.
The jumping and movement feel sluggish.
Despite camera control, the game will put you into small areas and lock the camera.
Every character makes an annoying noise when jumping.
The game is just not fun to play.
Music in the game just loops the same tune over and over.
When playing solo you cannot quickly swap between characters.
Throwing envelopes is done in a burst-fire manner making it quite hard to use, the combat in general is very slap-happy.
Hit detection in general is off and frustrating.
You can go so far in a level and then realize you need to go back as you need a particular character and then it happens again and again.