HOLY SHIT A REVIEW!: Thomas Was Alone

     Sit yer asses down boys and girls because I've come out of my cave to grace you all with a review! It's a quick one because it's a quick game. I got this one for free as a PS+ member on the ps3 and figured what the hoo hah.

     Thomas Was Alone is a puzzle platformer made by Mike Bithell and no i don't know if he made anything else but i would definitely buy any thing else he put out. This game is fairly short as i beat it in about two or three hours. You start off as a little red rectangle named Thomas and you just have to make it to the rectangle shaped portal on the other side. As you play you're given a narrative about Thomas and what he's thinking and stuff in a very story bookesque fashion. Oh and the narrator is Danny Wallace, or as most of you know him as Shaun Hastings from Assassin's Creed. Speaking of which have you ever seen a picture of Danny Wallace? The must have modeled Shaun after him because they look identical. It's pretty funny.

     Anyway as I stated before, your objective in each level is to get to the portals and get to the next level. Eventually you will meet other characters, the next one being a grumpy orange square named Christopher and he can't jump as high as Thomas. You switch between characters with the shoulder buttons and you have to try and figure out ways to get them both to their respective portals. You'll meet other characters each with their own abilities and personalities and the puzzles get a bit harder as you go on. It's not Portal levels of difficult but some can be kind of tricky. I only had to restart a level maybe twice but it's still pretty fun.

     Overall i give this game a buy it rating. It's fun, cute, charming, other descriptions for good. Danny Wallace provided a great narrative perfectly conveying the proper emotions needed to tell the story and gave me a good chuckle here and there. Oh and the soundtrack is absolutely amazing. If I knew who is was composed by I'd tell you. If only there was some sort of data transfer system with which to look up the information I requested within milliseconds. One can dream. Anyway you should totally play this game. It's 10 dollars on steam, ps3 and ps vita. Or it's free for PS+ members as of April 2014. If you're reading this now, you're welcome. If not...pff. Sucks to be you.