There really is only one truly satisfying way to describe Scarygirl…FREE!
Let’s imagine you love Super Mario games and Nintendo announced that they were gonna release a short sidescrolling 2D Mario game, it was only gonna be about an hour long, but it would be the same fun mechanics that we’re all used to in Mario. The catch is, they’re giving it away for free!!! That, my friend, is what Scarygirl is all about. It’s a fun 2D platforming adventure game that builds itself on familiar and simple gameplay, making it easy to pick up and oh-so-much fun to play.
Yet, Scarygirl kind of goes above and beyond the traditional freeware game. Instead of making the usually platformer the nice folks at Touch My Pixel said, “No! We won’t be happy releasing a good platformer. We’re gonna release a good everything!” And they did. Aquatic levels, a timed racing level, boss fights, pie fights, puzzle platforming, Scarygirl does it all. And I’ll admit, none of it is the best thing in the world. But, 1. It’s free! and 2. When you combine all these good aspects of different genres, it makes a great game.
The story in Scarygirl, is really not too existent. The real premise of the game is play and have fun. Though depending on what I chose to do in the story left me surprised by the inclusion of different paths to follow at a point, leading me to this motherfucker:
Leaving me curious about what the alternative was. So, as we all know multiple paths equals multiple plays, and I think that’s what these makers wanted to create. A game you’ll want to play more than once.
At the end of Scarygirl, they suggest that more levels will be on the way (obviously for free) and out of the kindness of their hearts they decide to give the player some neat wallpaper for winning…FOR FREE! I havin’ a free overload here, children! Some games you pay 60 bucks for on console want you to pay them extra cash for wallpaper, but Scarygirl gives you 5 pics just for giggles. Soooo, in the spirit of sharing I have created a 72PC wallpaper that any fan would be proud to show off on his computer, and you can all have it for free. Enjoy!!!
(Note: the following picture is REALLY not meant to be viewed by those without a sense of humor)
