Jhonny of Denkiphile: "From the twisted mind of Tim Burton… Actually, not really. But it kind of looks like it! ScaryGirl is not really scary, more like creepy. Tentacled, eye patch yielding unusual hero who is ready for this platform adventure. ScaryGirl is immediately a treat for the eyes, but is this Tim Burton styled 2D platform anything more than eye candy? Though ScaryGirl ends up being all looks and no show, there are a handful of things that platform enthusiast will enjoy. Other than that, it is not a game changer in anyway. If you happen to miss out on this particular game, you won’t be missing too much."
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The story of a peculiar young girl, in an unusual world with a rather remarkable sleeve. This sentence pretty much sums up the narrative behind Scarygirl. It’s a 2D sidescroller with a twist, literally panning around corners as Scarygirl makes her way through the various levels of this storybook world. While I commend Nathan Jurevicius for his creative art style and character creation, I found this puzzler’s learning curve downright frustrating.
Warp Zoned writes:
Scarygirl is a project by Australian artist Nathan Jurevicius. Ambitious and haunting, the graphic novel follows the charming but strange orphaned girl raised by a giant octopus. The graphic novel is full of colorful, trippy illustrations – everything is very dreamlike yet whimsical. One of the most beautiful things about Scarygirl is the complete lack of any dialog whatsoever – speech bubbles have images, and thoughts and feelings are expressed through facial expressions and body language (as much as this can be done in a graphic novel). But everything about it just works – which is sadly not true for the video game adaptation recently released on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.
