Platypus II
Skip · Action · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
The value isn't there at $4.99.
- Length
- 2.5h
- Value
- $2.00/hr
- Reviews
- 60% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, 32MB 3D Video Card. Windows only.
Fly the famed Platypus fighter through a fantastic landscape of carefully molded clay to protect inhabitants of Mungola from the Collosatropolians! Collect power-ups and bonus stars to give your Platypus the boost you need. Every level of this gorgeous arcade challenge bursts with original fun that's perfect for gamers of all ages.
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How to read this
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $0.69, set in January 2015. 65 discounts in the 12 years on record. They run about 80 percent off, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 13 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 7 weeks.
It is less well reviewed than 94 percent of its genre. TeraBlaster (free, scores 25) outscores it, and so does Furi ($19.99, scores 58). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
What players say
Prepare your right ear cause you gonna hear sounds from one speaker only! Rather mediocre sequel to once great indie shooter. Everything is somehow worse than in the first game except the visuals which stay the same. On top of that levels take forever to complete. To summarize just play original Platypus - not this one.
I played both versions and I would say that this game lacks storyline or lore nor any context as what when or why is this happening, everything is like a whole fever dream especially World 5, not only it lacks story but the sounds are only heard by one side and I couldn't find a solution how to fix it until I realized it's the game issue Overall the gameplay is the same as part 1 but some features may be a bit janky...
The good the bad and the ugly Indeed well done as a game, very similar to previous, confused about the ending levels. give me the classic ships baby. ive last played platypus 1 when i was 9. meaning i cant truly compare but its similar to what i remember. loved every second playing this game again except the last part
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Platypus II scores 8/100 on the BANG Score (a skip). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/319180/platypus-iiThe BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It answers the money question and stops there; whether the game is for you is still your call.
Reviews set the ceiling and price moves you inside it, so a cheap game that reviews badly cannot climb. Ratings from few reviewers are shrunk toward the middle, so 100 percent from nine people does not outrank 96 percent from ninety thousand. Length comes from HowLongToBeat where it can be matched, measured against a per-genre floor so a five-hour narrative game is judged against other narrative games rather than against a sixty-hour RPG. Where no verified length exists the score says so and carries a dock, because the biggest input is then a guess. The full method, including where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 21, price as of Sep 24.
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