Review: Awesome Pea (PlayStation 4)

Help the greedy Pea to make his way through a string of levels filled with deadly traps and cute but dangerous enemies and collect all the coins to which he can only reach!

Pros:

  • Awesome Pea uses green screen Gameboy graphics.
  • 189.4MB download size.
  • Platinum trophy.
  • Screen effects- CRT on/off and tube on/off.
  • Platformer gameplay.
  • World map level select.
  • Chiptune soundtrack.
  • Collectibles in-game- coins and crystals.
  • Difficult.
  • Move and double jump actions.
  • Instant restarts upon death.
  • Every level has multiple routes.
  • Levels are timed, timer and level restart upon death.
  • Perfect for speed runners.

Cons:

  • One hit kills.
  • Can’t change effects in the game.
  • Can be hard to make out platforms and enemies.
  • No leaderboards.
  • Effects are more off-putting than atmospheric.
  • Very weighty jump.
  • No easy mode or checkpoints.

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!

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