Come to Sacre Bleu looking for an above-average, speed-focused platformer with some extremely satisfying movement, and I basically guarantee you’re in for a good time, despite all the technical issues doing their best to drag you down. It won’t change your life, but it’ll make for a good weekend, and potentially much more than that if you’re the type to get swept up in speedrunning.
I don’t often get to be surprised by video games anymore, but I have to admit that Promise Mascot Agency really knocked it out of the park for me. I went in expecting some kind of meme game akin to Goat Simulator and instead got a game that took its hard-boiled yakuza mixed with magical mascot beings conceit seriously.
I don’t hand out 5-star reviews lightly, but there really is no better word than “perfect” to describe Star of Providence. In mere tens of hours, it captured my heart while repeatedly kicking my teeth in, daring me to come back after each aching defeat and keep learning how to speak its language.