Pumpkin Jack Review (Steam)

Pumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!

Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 2541mb Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Controller support.
• Graphics-fullscreen, resolution, v-sync, fps cap, shadow quality, post-processing quality, volumetric fog, resolution scale, RTX and DLSS.
• Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
• Controller icons can be set to DS4 or Xbox One.
• Level select section.
• Excellent voice work.
• 3D adventure action gameplay.
• Opening the tutorial segment.
• Checkpoints with health cauldrons.
• Break objects to get health.
• Crow heads-collectible currency for unlocking new skins for Jack.
• Break a box with a candle on it and the fire will spread to other boxes and trees.
• Head-yep at certain points you will just be Jack’s head in a puzzle orientated environment. You can still jump and attack.
• Combo moves happen as you do attacks in a row.
• Big boss fights.
• Scooby-Doo ass soundtrack.
• Collect and use new weapons with all-new attacks and combos.
• Handy weapon dial to hotswap weapons.
• Real good looking locations.
• Takes inspiration from games like Crash Bandicoot and Medevil.
• Crow sidekick that you can get to attack enemies for you but also to hit levelers and break down walkways.
• Takes in other game types like endless runners.
• Very accessible.
• Can replay levels.
• Buy skins in the game or at the main menu.

Cons:

• Combat early on is difficult as it’s hard to deal with multiple enemies.
• Invisible walls in places.
• Boss health doesn’t show.
• A lot of the Collectibles is just on the main path.
• Little in the way of exploration.
• Hard to avoid getting hit by fire.
• The puzzle sections can have bad checkpointing.