![]() ![]() When I heard that a fun Ice Age platform game was coming out on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC that featured Scrat as the main character, I knew that this would be a great choice for the whole family. Becoming almost the star of the Ice Age series, the teaser clips showing Scrat on his adventures to retrieve his beloved acorn became almost iconic, and when the girls were introduced to the humour of poor Scrat’s bad luck, they found it absolutely hilarious, literally howling with laughter as he got so close, yet so far from his ultimate goal! Throughout the movies, there has been one character who was always sure to raise a laugh – Scrat. Scrat is cute and the level designs are impressive, but the follow through isn’t.We are big fans of the Ice Age movies in this household, having enjoyed watching them as they were released in the early naughties. Having collected mascot platformers for the past several decades, they’ve given me a lot of joy over the years. The performance issues are a shame, because I can see the potential here. ![]() It’s also a shame that jumped is mapped to Circle/A (the right face button) and cannot be changed. I can only speak to the Switch version in this case, but it’s not pretty. I’m more than okay with it looking like a game from a previous generation with a budget price so long as it’s stable, but it’s not. While docked mode is a little more manageable, either docked or portable mode struggles to hit 30 frames-per-second, which is the minimum you need for a platformer with delicate leaps and hazards. ![]() That’s mostly because Scrat’s Nutty Adventure is really rough, especially on Switch. I was surprised with how vertical it all was (and that it has fast travel/a connected world), and looking down on your conquest after scaling so much of the intro mountain resulted in some impressive vistas: more like the initial awe of climbing them than the actual rendition of them, if you know what I mean. Forgiving checkpoints make it fun for kids and convey a low stress environment for everyone. Amazingly, the world itself is very open, and the sprawling level design leaves plenty of room for hidden caches of nuts and tricky jumps. ![]()
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