13 Points on 10 Second Ninja - Four Circle Interactive - 2014 [PC]

1. It seemed to be semi-controversial that this game was priced at ten bucks at release. This is just fine. In the nineties, we payed the equivalent to today's AAA prices for a game w/ this much content. AND WE WALKED TO SCHOOL IN THE SNOW, UPHILL BOTH WAYS.

2. While there is a lot of stuff like this for free and cheap, I don't think a race to the bottom price-wise is good for indie games.

3. I got this as part of a bundle so I'm no one to talk.

4. 10 Second Ninja is a pretty great concept, decently but not perfectly executed.

5. The art is a bit basic even by indie game standards but the music is great and its funny enough that it got a chuckle or two out of me, which is next to impossible because I am an old, cranky man.

6. Gameplay is just fine. Controls are simple and responsive. You basically just have to beat short platforming levels really, really fast, and that is pretty fun.

7. You will accidentally hit the restart level button nearly as often as you actually die. It turns out this is just fine.

8. Remapping controls just prove it's actually hard to manage three buttons plus a d-pad plus the restart button at the speed this game demands.

9. This is a sincerely hard game. It strikes me though that almost all of the levels would be rather easy were it not for the strict time limits opposed.

10. Number 9 is both cool and frustrating. I think I would prefer if this upped the puzzle aspect by making it more of a challenge to find the best path through a level. This really is, for the most part, part just having to really nail a series of perfectly timed button presses.

11. Having to nail a series of perfectly time button presses is just fine.

12. I played this for an hour and feel like I honestly got the full depth of what it has to offer. This is really a game dedicated to people who like tough platformers and who are completists as far as collecting every last achievement. This is where most of the replay value is. If you like this sort of game, congratulations, you found something that was made for you.

13. GET OFF MY YARD!