Big Hops Reviews
Big Hops is the kind of game that leaves you with a big, massive smile on your face when playing. Sure, it might stumble occasionally with a finicky camera and it’s not too tough, but it more than makes up for it with its charming world, sublime platforming, and creative ideas that’ll keep you hooked in front start to end. It really does feel like a thoughtfully crafted love letter to the genre, with Big Hops easily standing stand on its own two (webbed) feet amongst some of the greats of the genre. If you’re a platforming fan, you won’t want to skip this one.
BIG HOPS is a high-quality platformer that grants the ultimate freedom to players, allowing them to parkour their way through Hop’s journey with super-tight and inventive platforming sections. The characters and world are full of charm, and die-hard fans of the platforming genre will have plenty to love. The game is a tad bit too long, and some of the platforming sections could use some more hints and signposting to help give players some direction in times of confusion and frustration.
Big Hops delivers solidly crafted core systems and joyful 3D platforming with cozy visuals that make hopping around feel great, but a lack of tight level design, engaging narrative, and long-term incentives holds it back, resulting in a typical 3D platformer debut that showcases both Luckshot Games’ strong potential and clear growing pains.
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Big Hops is a charming 3D adventure that wears its inspirations proudly, pairing gorgeous visuals with a movement system that is clearly aiming for something special. Drawing from the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey, this is a game full of ambition.
Big Hops exemplifies how 3D platformers ought to look and feel, with a nonstop pulse of adrenaline from start to finish. Control over movement is pinpoint precision, and momentum is easy to gather. Hop’s tale of self-confidence against a gaslighting quest-giver inspires while the player bounds their way through meticulously designed worlds where problems need solutions and gaps need to be crossed. Big Hops blows open the doors to 2026 with a stellar must-play right out of the gate.
Big Hops uses a fun, joyful, and colourful world to invoke a sense of adventure waiting to be explored. Using your frog abilities is always a blast and provides some of the best traversal available in a modern 3D platformer.
Big Hops is at its best when you stop worrying about the “right” way to play and just start moving. The fun isn’t in checking objectives off a list, it’s in chaining jumps, swings, and climbs together and seeing what works. The worlds give you room to experiment, the story stays out of the way, and everything keeps pushing you forward instead of slowing you down. If you enjoy platformers where movement feels good and freedom matters more than perfect execution, this one is easy to keep coming back to.
While its tight controls and emergent mechanics create a strong and satisfying blend of 3D platforming and involved, reactive game design, Big Hops’ structure feels at odds with itself. Its narrative focus limits the scope of its open-ended ambitions, resulting in an experience that makes some hops that are certainly big, but don’t always stick the landing.