Huzzah!

Lately I read some good stuff about a game called "Doukutsu Monogatari" or "Cave Story" in a forum. Well, I was interested und looked at the homepage. My first impression when looking at the screenshots was more like though...

But well, I gave it a try and I don't regret it. I don't know what makes that little freeware game so great, it has just pixel graphics, NES Style. 8 Bit Sounds (Really awesome soundtrack, though), the gameplay is just a normal platformer with leveling weapons, no really innovations here, either. The Story and characters are a bit "wtf?!", but overall standard, too. So why had I so much more fun playing this game, then I had with games like Crysis, Asassins Creed and even Bioshock? (Cave Story was made by only one person, a japanese named Pixel)

Well, because it just works fine. The graphic is simple, but it fits just perfectly with the characters and the whole gameplay. I don't know, it's just simple fun. There is only one (ONE!) part in the game which I would chance, that's the dact that you need to go back get Jellyfish Juice to build the bomb in Grasstown. Sounds strange? Yar, but that's cave story >

Another fact I really like about the game: The difficulty. It's just perfect for me, not too easy, not too hard, just perfect. And it's fair! The controls work good and when you die, you know it's not because of some bug, imbalance or unfairness in game design - it's just because you've fucked something up. Okay, I didn't see the "hell" level yet, but that's an extra level for the hardcore gamers anyway.

Oh, the normal boss battel(s) of the game was/were quite hard - but it was extremely satisfying to beat the last boss after all... so that's okay, for the last fight.

So... now get a look at [link] and try out cave story! I commannnd yoou to do it!
I don't know if you will enjoy it like I did, but it's definitely worth a try, unless you have a jump&run/pixel-graphics phobia

See ya ^_^