Developer Evening Star
Publisher Private Division
Format PC, PS5, Switch (tested), Xbox Series
Release Out now
When the platformer gained an extra dimension, it was Nintendo that laid down the blueprint, establishing the traditions that others would go on to subvert and break. These days, it has little direct competition: most major publishers have abandoned the genre, with indie developers left to carry the torch. For his studio’s first step into such territory, director Christian Whitehead – best known for his work on various Sonic The Hedgehog ports before helping co-develop Sonic Mania – has, unsurprisingly, looked instead to Sega for inspiration.
Not least in the impertinent attitude of its protagonist: after a brazen act of queue-jumping,
