Ratyboy Adventures

The Good
Is there anything nice you can say about this game? It has graphics, sounds, music, gameplay and a 3D perspective, which isn't really saying anything. Where's simplicity in a game of today, there's a simple HUD that doesn't cover the screen. Very desirable. Don't waste too much time trying to find good in the game.

The Bad
Graphically the game is a plain eyesore on every flat texture and colour surface. The rooms look like cheap knockoffs of Andy Davis' house from Toy Story. What makes those graphics so incomplete is hitting a ceiling allows you to see through the game's boundaries into the white emptiness of nothing. Talk about lack of gametesting. Even Ratyboy doesn't look cute at all, being the furless mouse person that he is.

What is bad at first sight is also bad at first noise. The one and only music track is just cranked up PC-Speaker like tunes straight from a corroded sound chip. To tie with the bad tunes are the most obnoxious and repitive sounds your console can discharge you: "Hup" jumping, footsteps, blips, more footsteps, it just repeats itself like it's the only broken record on the player.

Gameplay here defines the exact opposite of a zen meditative genre, simply called "laden unreflective". All you do is shuffle around like an accident-prone plantigrade trying to collect stars in big spaces and of course the one thing no house can resist - blocks and lots of cheese, no surprise there. Climbing and navigating around the giant furniture is not fun at all and requires very specific paths to get higher. It's obvious Ratyboy isn't a member of the Super Mario or Lara Croft clubs. With that summing up the game, what can you even do with all those controls on your Nintendo Switch? Easier to play this an Atari joystick.

The Bottom Line
There's bare minimum effort put into this game. It's more fun to use a Virtual Boy as an outboard motor. This one of dozens of house mouse games we've seen again and forever. When exactly do they wear out their welcome in your game collection? Hopefully the instant the trailer shows. If anyone wants a proper rodent perspective, that's what "Rat Simulator" is for.

You'd think games like those could only exist when 3D games were in their infancy in the 90s. This 3D mockbuster, makes early 3D games look amazing today. The Nintendo Switch deserves better games as opposed to a game that makes the console look awkward. It's no surprise that reviews are nowhere to be found on the internet, because this game essentially doesn't deserve one. You'll never cherish your money's worth in this one. Glad we didn't get a physical game card version of the game, cos it would be sure to waste space on your shelf.