Grow Up! Reviews

Grow Up! is ranked in the 37th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Andy Kelly
Top Critic
73 / 100
Aug 23, 2016

A superb remix of Grow Home that gives BUD a bigger sandbox to play in, at the expense of some challenge.

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Leif Johnson
Top Critic
7.8 / 10.0
Aug 18, 2016

Grow Up doesn't feel terribly different from Grow Home other than its larger world, but its main achievement is to strengthen some of its predecessor's weak points. The drive to climb to the top of everything remains, but here it's improved on with new methods of climbing and flying, and the option to toss down plants that serve as tools for any situation. The camera sometimes complicates this, but not enough to bury the charm of the original.

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Recommended
Aug 17, 2016

This quickfire follow-up to one of 2015's real gems doesn't make any big steps forward, but it's a charmer all the same.

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Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
7 / 10
Aug 16, 2016

Some of the new features could’ve done with pruning, but Ubisoft’s willingness to nurture indie style experiments continues to bear fruit.

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5 / 10
Sep 1, 2016

Grow Up's frustrating physics and controls conflict with its charming presentation.

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Aug 26, 2016

Drifting over the polygonal landscape looking for crystals is still a peaceful good time, if you can overlook a few flaws.

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7 / 10.0
Aug 17, 2016

Those are the issues that are easy to pin down. But really, Grow Up suffers from all the downsides of not giving the player structure. It just feels like less of a problem here because the developer is wholly transparent about that fact. Grow Up is as Ubisoft as a Ubisoft game can get. It may be a lot of bloat, but at least the game's comfortable enough to carry it proudly.

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6.5 / 10.0
Aug 15, 2016

Grow Up is a videogame that is perfect for our eyes, but not for our controllers. Its mechanics are rough and difficult to get used to. However, this is a great sequel for Grow Home.

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6 / 10
Aug 25, 2016

Bud is adorable, the world is visually stunning, and the game itself enticingly oozes whimsy. But those pure moments of bliss are undercut by Bud’s frustrating controls in a world filled with moments requiring his best precision.

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8.3 / 10.0
Aug 15, 2016

Grow Up is a more enjoyable, open game than Grow Home. What hasn't changed is its incredible vistas and sense of wonder when on top of some strange mountain stuck in the sky!

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7.5 / 10.0
Aug 18, 2016

A lesson in learning to appreciate what’s around you, while at the same time providing solid gameplay with a real sense of progression.

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Unscored
Aug 23, 2016

It’s a perfect game for playing with kids (although try to keep your sniggering at the cactus willies to a minimum, in order to avoid awkward conversations). What we don’t have is Ubisoft Reflections reaching for something new, something innovative, something surprising.

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75 / 100
Aug 28, 2016

Grow up was a uniquely calming experience, from the soft colors and bioluminescence, to the ethereal music that played along with the visuals. I highly recommend it as a refreshing break from more conventional high-paced, thrilling, adrenaline pumping titles that fill the gaming industry.

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Aug 28, 2016

The sequel to Ubisoft's Grow Home is a charming follow up that gives gamers more to explore and collect, but ultimately fails to capitalize with further innovations.

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7 / 10
Aug 26, 2016

Grow Up is a sturdy expansion of everything that made Grow Home unique. The vast open world is complemented by new abilities that greatly expand BUD's capacity to travel far and wide. It's a gleeful game that is always aiming to make you smile, and though technical problems persist, it's hard to care when you're jetting aimlessly about, playing with the physics and climbing ever higher. Perhaps it could've afforded to change things up a little more, but at the end of the day, this is a neat little platformer that may well supplant your expectations.

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Ken McKown
Top Critic
6 / 10.0
Aug 31, 2016

There is a sense of completionism involved in the way the game tracks progress, and let’s face it, B.U.D. is an extremely lovable character.

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Aug 2, 2016

Although there are moments of warm loveliness in Grow Up's story, beauty in its world and some brand new abilities, there's no getting away from the fact that this feels like B.U.D's difficult second album.

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ACG
Top Critic
Buy
Aug 15, 2016
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7.7 / 10.0
Aug 20, 2016

Grow Up il larger, more beautiful and more entertaining than Grow Home.But we have to deal with a very complex control system that requires dedication to be appreciated.

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Aug 17, 2016

Grow Up takes everything that made Grow Home so entertaining and adds to it accordingly, but the predictability of any sequel means it falls a little flatter than before.

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