![]() ![]() Banjo-Kazooie is an obvious point of comparison (it's an indie 3D platformer - of course it's based on Banjo-Kazooie), but I think the design traces more of its lineage to the collect-a-thon platformers found on Sony's systems. The plot is going to have some familiar echoes for anyone who remembers the games that inspired Clive 'N' Wrench. Daucus's mind-warping "elixir." There's not even time for breakfast before the prof shoves her layabout cousin into a time machine hastily built out of a refrigerator. ![]() Merricarp, and proceed to wreak havoc across time by stealing rare minerals and polluting the past with Dr. The evil duo stole the schematics to a time machine from Clive's cousin, Prof. Source: Author.Ĭlive 'N' Wrench follows the titular protagonists - a hare and a monkey (get used to the puns, friends) - on a quest to stop the sinister Dr. It's a decidedly old-school title, and whether or not "old-school" is appealing to you is going to determine how much you like the game. Even so, there's room in the indie space for the occasional big hit, mostly among 3D platformers which are innately harder to make.Ĭlive 'N' Wrench is one of those latter-day platformers. With consumers increasingly turning away from linear games, there isn't as much interest in conventional platformers these days. Platformers just aren't what they used to be.
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