Review: Skully (PlayStation 4)

On a mysterious remote island, a skull washes up on shore and is reawakened by an enigmatic deity. Dubbed Skully, the newly reanimated being has been summoned to intervene in a war between the deity’s three siblings, whose quarrel jeopardizes the island they call home.

Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 8.16gb download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Invert axis and sensitivity slider.
• Action-adventure gameplay.
• Stop animation cutscenes.
• Tutorial tips as you play.
• Humor throughout.
• Chapter select.
• Can replay levels.
• Hidden areas and shortcuts.
• You play as a Skull (Ball) and then take on other forms by inhabiting them, you can jump out of it anytime.
• Full voice work.
• Each area feels like a new game.
• When playing as Skully it’s like a next-gen Marble Madness.
• 18 levels in 7 distinct ecosystems.
• Levels roll into each other (pun fully intended).
• Constant checkpoints that are also used to heal and take on new formations.
• Happy bouncy soundtrack.
• As Skully, you can roll and jump fast but also stick to grass-covered rocks.
• Puzzle elements.

Cons:

• Playing as Skully is not fun as it all moves way too fast and it is way too easy to fall in the water and die.
• Checkpoints are constantly far apart.
• Quick to die.
• Got stuck in rock formations many times.
• Same gameplay loop.