5/5
I'm voting five dude. 1 of the best games ever.
sometimes its a bit tough to move fast with all those legs, but the story is great.
also its hard to kill those flying eyes if there isnt any water.
its a neat game.
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Reviews for "Tri-achnid"
Wow dude, just wow.
This game is just different. I didn't like it in the whole entertainment aspect, but I did think this was unique. This game has some potential to be better, just maybe if the controls weren't so....restricting. They were hard to do, and it got very tedious to move the...thing...around and the whole picking things up didn't work at all for me, for some reason I was unable to pick things up. But very good job on this game man, it's pretty unique and I haven't seen a game on here like this, but do please try to work on the controls a bit, seemed a bit too tedious as stated before.
Breath-taking, yet... scream inducing.
[WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW]
Outstanding! Both McMillen and Himsi have collaborated tech with art to create a truly fascinating and (in our opinion) one of the most innovative and beautiful flash games we've ever seen!
GRAPHIC: While based on simply part-connect-part images and rather simple environments/backgrounds, the artistic style of all images and the plotline story-book pictures is amazingly surreal in a childish-for-adult way. i found it to be truly inspiring work, and do hope to see future expansions of this. Individual expressions depending on object interaction, evironment, so many qualities for the eye and mind to absorb. 10/10
PHYSICS: Whilst this is the most important element and is used in such a unique manner (3-legged multi-control grip and synchronization w/ balance influence) which I truly do love, at times the physics can be... frustrating. I found myself swearing many a time in liquid environments because of the difficult balance/response strength to motion. In tight spots, I flew into a rage when sudden and unjustified death caused by some unreasonably speed/force impact caused me to restart all over with less patience than previously warranted. But in open areas, it is truly awe-inspiring and totally fun to have the legs speedy and hard at work, one over the next! 7/10
PLOT: An epic tale, the age-old struggle for survival against the world, the adversaries, survival against the odds! A lone tri-achnid, crushed and depressed by the loss of their mate to the roving predator of the mountains, Tri-Achnid seeks to quickly and safely collect its lost larvae and escape to both safety and the future of their species and to his own paradise. I love that, with subtlety, the story does not instill sexism or bias the hero on a gender; talking in 3rd-person and calling the Tri-Achnid words like 'you' and 'your' instill a sense anonymity not scene since the first Metroid or Halo game, allowing the players a stronger projection of themselves into the game! A classic plotline with the right twists and turns off-track! 10/10
SOUND: I can't judge the audio with a broken soundcard, so I will exclude its bias in the vote. I'm sure though, that the music and sounds are breath-taking and calming. I would love to hear the shimmy-swining level's wind flow.
OVERALL: An awesome game, with few flaws and many awesome experiences! 8/10, and the applause of many a VG officianado! I had much fun completing the game, then seeking out overseen larvae using level select! The story struck my very core, and I DEMAND to see more material like this!
[This has been an MD production/review. All hail Noah Antwiler, George Carlin, Douglas Walker and James Rolfe!]
Kinda cool...
Love the SFX, but its a bit fustrating...
ok wel this is one of the most briliantly designed original and artistic games out there with beautiful music but the controles are realy ruining it the egg sack comes of way to easily witch is the most frustraighting when rappeling even if you do menage to catch it bevore it fall or maby it stick to the thread its so verry impossible to get it attached back to your mouth i know this game might be quite old right now but i realy hope this will be fixed maby in an update or in a sequel because its a real shame to such a wonderfull game congrats on all other points 9 audio 9 video 8 on storry so far 10 for originality an creativety