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Steam store page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/405970/
My Steam review: http://steamcommunity.com/id/thugnificent/recommended/405970/

Flat Kingdom is a 2d platformer/puzzler. It’s an amazing looking game and very well made. The game starts off very interestingly with a pretty nice story going on. Basically the world has these 6 magical jewels which have sealed the evil that is “3D” away and now a thief is trying to steal these magical jewels and in the process he also kidnap’s the princess. The world is becoming 3D from the usual 2D and the animals and even the trees/plants are freaking out and going berserk. Our hero Flat must go and stop the thief.
Graphics:

The game features gorgeous looking 2d graphics sort of like Paper Mario. The art style is very unique and pleasing to the eyes. The game also is gradually going 3D from 2D which is also very nice to look at. The enemies look very well made and the scenery is awesome as well. There aren’t many options in the graphics menu other than the ratio adjustment (for me only 16:9 and 16:10 were available) and full screen on/off. The game ran at a smooth 60FPS for me.

Sound:

The game has very good soundtrack. It really suits the theme and visuals of the game. The soundtrack has that ‘charm’ of a beautiful game. I really like the sound bits as well. No complaints there in the music/sound department.

Gameplay:

The game features our hero who can turn into different shapes. All the shapes give him different abilities. There’s square shape which makes him heavy and he can push objects, break wooden platforms and kill certain enemies. The circle one allows him to double jump and kill certain types of enemies. The triangle is his last shape which allows him to run fast, pop objects with the pointy triangle end and kill certain types of enemies.

All enemies have a weakness to a shape and you must figure that out either via trial and error or by making educated guesses e.g. the pointy/beaked enemies will get killed by the heavy square shape. The platforming also requires you to change in to the correct shapes to get past obstacles. There are underwater parts of level too which can be accessed via the square shape as the heavy shape sinks and you can use that with the circle shape to navigate the waters.

The controls are not the best part of the game if you’re playing with a keyboard. The keys are cannot be custom mapped and in my opinion the default mappings are not so good, so a controller is highly recommended. Even the game developer recommends using a controller as you start the game this is the first thing you’ll see.

You can collect coins throughout the world and buy extra hearts with them which will help you. The game is not very difficult, the boss battles can be interesting and fun. The checkpoints are generous. The levels are long and plenty. There are hidden sections with coins, scrolls etc. and plenty of achievements, so the game’s replay value is also pretty good. A short video of the gameplay can be found below:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=691283257

Frustrations/annoying things: Please note I’ll be adding this section to my reviews regularly. Thich can make people aware of the flaws of the game as I don’t usually review the games I don’t like. Most of the games that I review also come with some flaws so I’ll be using a separate section to address these flaws/frustrations/annoying things.

This game really frustrated me with the controls as I much prefer to use keyboard. I had to use a controller to play this game as the keys cannot be remapped and the default mappings are horrible in my opinion. Other than that I found no frustrating part in the game.

Graphics: 9/10
Sound/Music: 8/10
Gameplay: 8/10
Overall: 8/10

Conclusion:

I highly recommend this game due to its cute charm and awesome art style. The story is pretty good and the idea of different shapes having different abilities is quite good and unique. The soundtrack is also pretty nice. The game is cheap and will give you quite a few hours of fun. The children will also love this game and if you’re a parent looking for a nice cute game for their kids, this game fits the bill pretty good.