- Platform, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Grapple Dog is an exhilarating 2D pixel-art platformer. Use your awesome grappling hook to clear tricky challenges as Pablo, the Grapple Dog! Sail across 6 colourful worlds with a crew of fearless adventurers to stop the robotic overlord Nul from destroying the world!
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, resolved and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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Hardcore GamerJames CunninghamFeb 20224.5/5Grapple Dog is a fantastic platformer that nails just about everything it tries to do.
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Nintendo LifeStuart GippFeb 20229/10Grapple Dog isn't quite perfect. We feel that more could have been done with the grapple itself, as it's a little restrictive in its application. A less friendly, more freeform approach would interfere to an extent with the tight level design, but it would still be cool for speedrunners if the grapple really let them cut loose. That's pretty nitpicky, though, because developer Medallion does precisely what it sets out to do — deliver an unpretentious platformer that's a hell of a lot of fun to play.
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Saving ContentEd AcostaMar 20225/5 starsEven though Grapple Dog is just one 2D platformer in a sea of them, I believe this can be your one diamond in the rough. It’s a game that feels responsive and is relatively easy for anyone to pick up and play. It isn’t a cakewalk, though, and you will find challenges ahead, but at the same time, you’re going to soak up the bright colors and the fun story, placing this near the top of your lists.
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Nintendo EnthusiastSteven RollinsFeb 20226.5/10Ultimately, while I did enjoy my time with Grapple Dog, it doesn't feel like it reached its full potential. There's a lot of room for replayability and improving your skill in traversing the levels, but the game feels quite slow a lot of the time due to long levels and the also long waits that come with trying again. I do think I'll come back to it at some point in short bursts to try to clean up the missing collectables, but it's not something that begs to be finished in any hurry.
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GameSpotSteve WattsFeb 20227/10Grapple Dog is a light, breezy mascot platformer that hooks you with precise, simple controls.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Medallion Games
- Publisher
- Super Rare Originals
- Released
- February 10, 2022
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- GameMaker Studio 2
- Time to beat
- 11 h main story
IGDB rating 7.9/10 from 10 ratings.
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