Putty Squad looks better than its earlier contemporary, but it in no way pushes the PS4. Sure, there are various moves you can perform such as the stretch and puffer, but the whole premise just isn't all that appealing. It's a bit disappointing, especially as the gameplay isn't all that interesting. The challenge comes later on, when you need to worry about elements such as speed. Collecting the putty then becomes about finding the safest route and systematically clearing out the nearby enemies as and when you need. You can attack left and right and as you get on a streak, the power and range of your attacks improves. And outside of the enemies, the levels have few organic threats. Enemies, although numerous in their variety, are very simple to tackle when isolated. If you are methodical, the game offers no real challenge. It's just that the implementation is awful, making you have to find a safe spot, just so you can cycle your inventory without doing something unintentional. These can be picked up from crates, or by absorbing different enemies and to select between them, you must use the PS4's front touch panel. There are other issues relating to controls which come in the form of weapons. It's ok in the earlier worlds, but as you go through the game, its use becomes more mandatory and thus, the problem becomes more apparent. This is meant to allow you to skip between the game's different scenery objects, but the placement requirements make it so annoying to use, you will soon lament it's existence. This ranges from selecting different attacks, to using the "stretch" functionality. This might seem confusing at first, but there is at least a mini-map which gives the locations of the red putty.Įven with the rather different level design, Putty Squad's challenge comes from poor implementation, mostly relating to things you are required to do. Your only objective is to save the red putty, but levels can have you going forwards, backwards, up and down in pursuit of this objective. They are also quite expansive, and creative. The game's worlds have a similar random theme, taking you through a multitude of environments. There are so many bombastic characters present in the game's menu screens, in the various decals and as enemies that there must be something tying them all together. Still, it would have been nice to get perhaps a shred of context. And that's ok, this is meant to be a throwback to the classic era of platform gaming. Throughout Putty Squad's main mode, there is no real semblance of a story. This new version offers the exact same premise, but doesn't do much to try and bridge the gap in almost two decades worth of video game development. A follow-up to "Putty", Putty Squad was a game that charged you will controlling a blue blob of putty as it attempted to rescue imprisoned red blobs of putty. Putty Squad is a game that may be familiar to older gamers as it was released by System 3 in the early nineties.
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