Togges (rhymes with bogies) is an imaginative puzzle platformer with a novel strategy to motion. The titular creatures are cutesy cubes you’ll be able to spawn in from sure factors in every of the sport’s sizeable hub worlds. Primarily enjoying as a Roomba, you’ll be able to transfer pretty freely, however you may want to steer a related path of Togges to goals if you wish to full them.
Holding R2 lets you regularly create a stream of Togges as you progress, whereas standing nonetheless will see them stack to achieve larger areas. Totally different colored Togges have distinctive properties; crimson ones can transport hearth, yellow ones conduct electrical energy, and so forth. You may want to make use of these talents and keep in mind your restricted provide of the little cubic characters as a way to attain collectibles and discover all of the fruit, which is what’s wanted to progress.
Levels are massive and open-ended, so you’ll be able to discover them as you see match. Which you could solely begin spawning Togges at set checkpoints considerably goes in opposition to this ethos, however a much bigger challenge is how the creatures aren’t conducive to easy motion. When you come up in opposition to obstacles, navigating them whereas sustaining a string of Togges is usually a finicky observe. It is all a part of the puzzle-solving, but it surely simply does not really feel significantly intuitive.
The degrees are artistic, at the least, with distinctive environments to discover like a medieval fortress on a crescent moon, or a sprawling city atop a carrot cake. There are additionally extra linear phases to seek out, and smaller islands you’ll be able to fly off to, Tremendous Mario Galaxy-style. Whereas it makes some odd decisions in its design, Togges nearly wins us over with its experimental spin on platforming and no small quantity of whimsical allure.
