Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys,
People of all gender persuasions,
Cats and dogs and goldfish too,
You join us on quite the occasion.
We're here today for a Push Square first,
A review written entirely in rhyme,
A review for Super Perils of Baking,
A two dimensional good time.
The story of Super Perils of Baking,
Is told in poetry form,
And so we thought we'd follow suit,
A review not quite the norm.
If you think that poetry is totally uncool,
We're sorry to sound like buffoons,
But at least this is only a Mini Review,
So it'll all be over soon.
It's a game about two rival superstar bakers,
And they're brothers, no less,
One has found an evil magical hat,
And the other must clean up his mess.
The game plays like Super Mario World,
The influence plain to see,
But there's no Mario games on PS5,
So that's okay with me.
There's running, and jumping, and power-ups, too
You collect cookies, not coins or stars,
You can kill enemies by throwing whisks at them,
Or by landing on them with your arse.
There's over fifty levels to work your way through,
Featuring mine-carts, swimming, and boss fights,
And just like in Super Mario World,
The water levels are sh*te.
It evokes Mario, Donkey Kong, Earthworm Jim,
And other games from way back when,
Not so much Sonic the Hedgehog,
Which was rubbish even back then.
In all seriousness though, all jokes aside,
There's much here for you to enjoy,
A loving homage to the 16-bit era,
With only minor gripes that annoy.
So we recommend Super Perils of Baking,
It's a solid seven out of ten,
And we promise, scouts honour, no word of a lie,
We'll never do a review like this again.
Comments 20
Glad seeing this game reviewed, even if it was a 7. Better than ignoring it because of who was involved in its creation
@Quadalog 7 is a good score!
Great review. Will check this out.
Also all reviews should be done in rhyme format moving on!
@get2sammyb I wasn’t disagreeing with you, just good to see lillymo getting coverage
This review is making me want to replay Child of Light. Didn't realize this game had the same poetry format to its story.
Fantastic review, 10/10.
@Quadalog gotta love the pettiness of some big companies out there. Oh well, their loss is our gain as LSM is fantastic.
I was hoping you’d review and you’ve done it in such a great way too - good score and fair play to Colin and Lilly mo for delivering these games
Excellent review! I’d like to see more reviews in poetry fashion!
Bravo lads, bravo.
Slow clap
I reviewed the game with a code as well, I actually didn't mind the water levels, the Larry the Balloon levels were crap though
@kappasig390 I'll tell you what my beef was with the water levels. It felt like every press of the button to swim made him bounce too high and it was really hard to control.
@johncalmc i definitely see that, and I had the same basic issue with the balloon levels, it just seemed more pronounced to me in the air because things felt more sluggish, appropriately, in the water levels.
@Quadalog I think that narrative is a little overblown. Colin would say Sony won’t recognize his games, and then they had a trailer of twin breakers on their YouTube channel. I think that whole thing is way over exaggerated.
@RatmCky well YouTube is different than ign, game informer reviewing or even covering its release. That’s what I mean
@Quadalog The saddest thing is the both id@Xbox and Major Nelson tweeted about the release and not one peep from Shuhei Yoshida or anyone who works at Sony. It's so obvious Colin's been blacklisted by Sony at this point.
@Quadalog true, I just meant he’s always crying about Sony not liking him.
@RatmCky he does bring it up quite abit, but almost more as a badge of honor than being mad. Guess he hasn’t asked Sony for anything since days gone.
Awesome review!
@Quadalog @RatmCky SPoB was the third game listed in the new releases this week on the PS5 store. I think it's likely that Sony's marketing arm has blacklisted Colin directly, but Lillymo is a different story. I also agree that the narrative has gotten exaggerated. I love LSM, but I'd wager if Colin stopped acting so bratty and stubborn about it, it would have blown over a long time ago.
Lillymo describes the game as a Super Mario World like game, but it's more like other SNES platformers of the time like Aero the Acro-Bat, Joe & Mac and Bebe's Kids.
Super Mario World is starting to be thrown around like Chrono Trigger. These are masterpiece games and you better really have something to give if you think it deserves that comparison.
Super Perils of Baking has some impressive pixel work at the END of the game, but most of the level selection is lifeless. There's a solid platinum, some fun ideas, but poor level design. I'd give it a 6/10.
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