Review: BattleBlock Theater
Co-op games are all about working together with your friends to clear a stage or beat up some baddies, but what happens if you have the option to backstab them too? The answer to that question lies coupled with a slew of hilarious scenarios in BattleBlock Theater, a quirky platformer involving deranged cats, frenemies, and betrayal featuring The Behemoth’s familiar brand of humor. So yes, BattleBlock Theater is utterly ridiculous, but also seriously fun.
Part Running Man, part satirical play, BattleBlock Theater tells the story of a crew of best friends who get shipwrecked on an island inhabited by weird cats and are forced to perform in deadly games for said cats’ amusement. The little prisoner you control needs to survive the theater’s various deathtrap-ridden stages and collect gems to unlock more rooms, getting him closer to freedom and his friends. It’s essentially a tale of heroism narrated by a hysterical and cynical narrator that chimes in every so often. He’ll tell you how your hero and his friends ended up on this island, but he’ll also throw in some personal anecdotes that turn the game’s narrative into something of a stand-up comedy routine you can’t help but laugh at. And when he starts to comment on how many times you’re dying in the same exact spot, you’ll learn to laugh at yourself too.
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Giancarlo Saldana is a freelance writer and Gaming News Editor for Blast Magazine.