The Free Ones is a platformer game with a twist.

You play in first-person only and you use physics to your advantage. In other words, it’s like first-person parkour.

You’re armed with a grapple gun you use sort of like a hookshot from the Zelda series. You use it to grab onto objects and pull yourself to them, or you can use it to grab other objects.

Of course, being a physics-based indie platformer, you can’t expect the physics to be perfect. They’re going to be clunky and awkward, which is what makes these games so awesome. If they were perfect, it’d be boring.

This game is all about physics. You need to escape the island, but to do that, you’ll have to overcome all the puzzles and find all the secrets to get out. Your grappling hookshot is your main way of transporting yourself around the island. You can attach yourself to wood and other objects. You can even jump from object to object a la Spiderman, but you’ll have to recharge it and land eventually.

The goal of The Free Ones is to escape from the island you’re on. You need to solve puzzles and jump platforms to escape. The creators of this game also helped make FarSky. You may know them as Farsky interactive. They also made Sky Break. The game is pretty much recently announced so there’s not much information about it online. You can expect an awesome physics-based platformer as info starts to surface about The Free Ones.

The game will begin alpha testing soon on the 8/14/17. You can sign up and be one the first to play the game. Sign up using the link below and try it out.

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Yo! Noid Was Ahead of its Time is an indie adventure platformer game.

You play as the Noid venturing The Void. (Really?)

It’s a fan-made sequel that continues the story of the Noid back on the PlayStation. The game plays like Banjo Kazooie in a 3D environment as you traverse colorful landscapes. The game also throws puzzles at you for you to solve. They’re easy, but the camera could use some work. It actually makes the puzzles a lot more difficult than they are because you can’t see far enough or wide enough.

But it’s not that bad.

The objective is to find your lost yo-yo. When you recover it, you can use it. But here’s where the camera gets kind of stuttery and makes the game difficult to play. I’m not sure if it was intentional, but it does take getting used to.

The game offers a pretty fun and challenging puzzle adventure with plenty of 3D platforming. For an indie platformer, it’s a blast.

The levels are difficult and you’ll need to try and try again. But that’s what happens with these older retro platformers.

Like they say, it’s “NES hard.” Those were the good ol’ days.

The graphics aren’t that impressive, but they’re true 3D and not 2.5D. The sound is also not bad and does the job. There’s also music and some smooth animations. The soundtrack is pretty awesome.

You could definitely see this game on a PlayStation or N64. It’ll remind you of classics like Mario 64.

Grab a slice of pizza and sit down.

Try out Yo! Noid Was Ahead of its Time

Controller recommended.

You can use a controller with this game, which is recommended by the developer.

For an Xbox controller:

LS: Move

RS: Camera

R3: Toggle camera

A: Jump

X/RB: Attack

Y: Interact

Start: Pause

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