Horace is a simple platformer with some extraordinary story telling based on the gameplay. The game is developed by Sean Scaplehorn and Paul Helman and is published by 505 games.
Horace is a story of a robot who tries to find his long-lost human family. Horace was raised as a superhero android who saved lives and then, due to some tragedy, is deactivated automatically; when Horace wakes up, decades have passed by already. The gameplay has been one of the unique features as you move forward in the story of learning about Horace and the family, discovering various great skills and powers.
Initially, the game starts with the story introducing all of the characters in the game including Horace. Then time skips and brings the player to the current time where Horace is trying to find his lost family, in the world destroyed by war. Personally, I loved all of the effects of changing gravity, and simple features like lifting items; as you move on through the game, Horace gains more abilities. Horace also places emphasis on clearing out the junk that was assigned to Horace by his owner before the owner’s death – that is the goal of the game.
Horace takes you through various puzzles that are filled with time travel situations. The great thing about the game is that Horace always resets back to the last checkpoint because he has unlimited lives available.
Horace has pixel art graphics and gives the platformer a feel of old school games, but because the gameplay is so smooth it also provides great FPS and fast input. Controls are simple with just the usual movements and jump buttons including sprint ability. The gravity changing feature is pretty simple as it does not need any additional input; all you have to do is make Horace jump up or towards a wall and as soon as it gets in contact, the gravity direction for Horace changes.
Gravity changes come with consequences though – suppose you are on the ceiling and you jump out of the house; you are going to be thrown out of the earth’s atmosphere and into space with a little animation sequence. I felt that even small things like that give life to the game, with a little bit of humor.
Overall, Horace has been an ultimate addition to the list of some great platformers. For the great story telling and fluid gameplay, I would give Horace 8.5/10.
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Horace is available for PC via Steam for $14.99.
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