FTG Writes: Grimind is a side-scrolling PC platformer from programmer Paweł Mogiła. It’s about a character without memories going through a strange world trying to piece together where he is, who he, is and if he’s truly alone. Does this adventure/horror game tell a touching story through great gameplay, or fall short of a generic “art” game?
Grimind has you control the unnamed and unknown character through the dark and dim world, completing physics-based puzzles to progress forward and find out what’s going on. The controls are quite basic, just what you’d expect from a platformer. The WASD keys move you, while using the mouse controls a reticule, the left mouse button grabs, and right mouse button throws.
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Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken gives you some shooting action for only $2.50, while the poingnant platformer Thomas Was Alone is only $5. That may not be the cheapest price available for it historically, but if you haven't played the game, you really should. Beyond offering up some challenging, but never frustrating puzzle-platforming, it also delves into topics like companionship you don't normally see covered in a game. If you love highly-artistic games, then the 2D physics-based platformer Grimind is only $5.
Thomas was Alone is a pretty neat title. You can play a little and comeback whenever. Funny narrative.
Playing Grimind was a lot like having a rapid series of mood swings in my adolescent days; shifting rapidly between frustration, mild terror, smug confidence, and everything in between. It doesn’t always make for a good experience, however Grimind managed not to piss me off too much and overwrite its enjoyability.
