Honeyslug

As the adminny point on our particular company triangle, I make it my business to go on regular “Vanity Sorties” across the internet to find reviews and chatter about us and our games. Thankfully the overwhelming majority of what people say about us tends to be nice, which is good as otherwise this website would be a whole deal less interesting to write. Anyway, it’d been some time since I’d done a search for feedback on our games, but after seeing another increase in the Kahoots metacritic score, I went on a bit of a hunt and found some quite humbling praise of our claytastic puzzler.

Biggest news is that our game came out as one of the top 10 PSP games of 2009. This is based on the metacritic score (for those unaware – Metacritic is a site which collates review scores from a variety of sources, weights them appropriately and spews forth an overall score – 80 and above is regarded as a good score) and from our perspective the score puts us 8th in the table for all PSP games released in 2009. Just above Resistance and Monster Hunter, and just behind FIFA10. That’s a bit special! To see the full top 10 check it out here and see the nice things they say about it.

Seguing seamlessly into another paragraph about nice things about us, my search revealed a number of quite lovely things that reviewers have said about Kahoots and us. The review list of Save The Kahoots will be updated in due course for the new comments, but here are some of the “That’d look ace on the back of a box” bits which made us feel all fuzzy inside.

“But the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts and all this adds up to an adorable, but mentally challenging game which will tax even the sharper of brains. £2.49 doesn’t buy you much at the moment, but it now buys you one of the best Minis on the store. Individuality is rare in games nowadays, and Honeyslug should get a hearty pat on the back for having the balls to do something a little different.” – 4.5/5 Junkiegamer.com

“What you do get in Kahoots is a charming little god game (if you will) which will keep you occupied on train and bus journeys, or perhaps a little escape from a more serious and substantial game. If you want an eccentric, zany and enjoyable game for a very reasonable price, pick up Kahoots.” – 83% VGChartz.com

“When the work of Aardman Studios is being discussed, people often mention the fact that you can see the fingerprints of the Aardman artists imprinted in the plasticine figures of Wallace & Gromit and friends. It’s implied (or explicitly stated) that the fingerprints are not just literal but also metaphorical, describing the particular aesthetic of Aardman’s work, the love and care they take with their creations, and so on.
I believe the same metaphor can be used for Kahoots. I don’t think the PSP’s screen resolution will allow you to see the physical fingerprints of the Honeyslug team, but you don’t need to — they’re there all the same.” – User comments European Playstation Blog

Don’t forget Kahoots is £1.74/€1.99 from tomorrow for 2 weeks!