A squirrel, a laboratory, a gun. Three things that can start the craziest of the contexts. Squirrel with a Gun is a title that made the players smile at his exit, and although it was not technically an essential work of art, he made himself loved in his own way. Dee Dee Creations brought something that mixes a platform with third -person graphics and a shooter on the plate, where both characteristics are proposed in a simple way, without trying useless arzigoles. After testing the title with its PlayStation 5 version, which arrived in October, we are ready to tell you if this gaming of the game we have in front of us is golden … or a griand like the others.
Beware the Squirrel!
It will be precisely the gluttonous being of acorns that will set the game in motion. In an underground bunker that acts as a laboratory, our squirrel will notice a gianda different from those he knows: a golden griand, which has all the air of being tastier than ever. However, its intrusion will not be very welcome to the agents, who will immediately try to suppress it. A easier task to say than to do, because the elusive animal from that moment on … will arm himself with a gun and become a lethal weapon!
Obviously, with the progress of the game, it will also be able to use other types of weapon, and once they escaped from the laboratory they will give the crazy joy between the search for other acorns and gold acorn, and why not, even a few rides in the very fast miniature car!
Platform Shooter
The crazy adventure of our squirrel will divide into two focal points, which are mixed for most of the game in a freely explosable open space map, with different areas where to reach golden enhancement and ghiara. Obviously these points are platform exploration and combat phases. The exploration could therefore be sometimes difficult, but particularly satisfying whenever a result is achieved. Each area has its collectibles, which are also reported in the upper part of the map. The classic acorns, however, will also be a real currency, since they will be essential to unlock weapons collection points, or spawn for the car.
The Shooting phases are also very basic, with the enemies that will be a threat in itself not too high, but which could create some parmesan in the group. The various weapons have different power, cadence and chargers, and based on the type of strategy or enemy it is possible to choose the most suitable. They will also also be useful for making double jumps, taking advantage of the recoil by shooting down. A rather funny thing that adds pepper to the platform phases.
Short but intense
If you are looking for a title that focuses on the hours of play, you can well understand that Squirrel with a Gun is not part of this category, given that the story is very short, and that a good exploration will make you finish the collection of collectibles in Less than a handful of hours. Paradoxically to increase the difficulty and the game time are the same platform phases, given that at a technical level we are not at excellent levels, especially from the point of view of the camera. We remind you that we are still talking about a title sold at a budget price and with a small team behind it.
The irony, the paradoxical, and the sympathy are still the central part of the experience, which you will undoubtedly live with a smile, both when you face the two game bosses, and when you will also take it with the poor unsuspecting citizens of the neighborhood. Have we already said you can also rob them? Finally, an honorable mention must be made for our little protagonist, who will be the maximum of sympathy without utility in a word: we can also customize his clothing thanks to the crazy costumes that we will find around, perhaps hidden in a house where “the floor It is lava “, or after reaching very high points after a breathtaking trick with the car.