Review: Summer Catchers (Steam)

Summer Catchers

Summer Catchers is an epic road trip adventure of a lifetime. With your trusty wooden car, embark on a quest from the frozen north to distant lands full of mystery and strange creatures who ready to both help, and stop you from completing your quest of finally seeing summer.

Pros:

  • Pixel art graphics.
  • 507mb download size.
  • Steam achievements.
  • 3 save slots.
  • Controller support.
  • Endless runner gameplay.
  • Local co-op play.
  • 3 difficulties-easy, normal and hard.
  • Graphics-fullscreen, resolution, effects, and v-sync.
  • Mushrooms-currency in the game.
  • Shop-buy new abilities/clothing and vehicles.
  • Gameplay-buy abilities, 3 are randomly on-screen and you QTE pick them to bash boost dodge and jump over obstacles.
  • Pinboard-gives quests that you can choose.
  • Every run gets randomized.
  • Boss type encounters.
  • Interactive story sections with multiple choice.
  • Simple controls, jump and up and down buttons
  • Interact with the level like cutting down trees, plant flowers and more.
  • Charming soundtrack.

Summer Catchers

Cons:

  • Minimal graphics options.
  • RNG kills progress, immersion.
  • Difficult not explained well boss encounters.
  • Plain no frills.
  • Gets to be very grindy.
  • Can feel too random.

Summer Catchers

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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