True to its vintage flavor, Mos Speedrun’s visual and audio presentation are all reminiscent of the 8-bit NES era. The way momentum can carry your corpse through the air for a little while is another nice one. It’s a nice touch, unsettling as I found it, and also one of many. Speaking of the enemies, I found the fact that the zombies would smile whenever you die enormously creepy. Enemies are plentiful, ranging fromdepressed-looking zombies to scorpions and bees. The levels are well-designed and filled with things likeunderwater segments and lava pits that continuously spit fireballs into the air a tribute, perhaps, to thelegends like Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Bros. Granted, there’s a slight hint of exploration for garnish, but for the most partit’s just a beautifully well-executed platformer. Like many other titles in the genre, Mos Speedrun will have you accumulating a certain amount of badges before it permits you to unlock each subsequent world so it’s pretty darn spiffy to be able to decide how.īut at the end of the day, what makes Mos Speedrun appealing is the fact that it doesn’t try to be anything but a platformer. Casual players, on the other hand, will likely be more preoccupied hunting for the hidden skulls on each level or collecting all the coins. The truly hardcore will have a ball trying to beat the stages within the time limits set no easy task once you’ve worked your way into the latter half of the game. With twenty levels in all and four badges to collect in every stage, Mos Speedrun will have you entertained for a decent amount of time. Frustrating as it might get, Mos Speedrun is also a brilliant homage to the addictive charm of yesteryear’s unforgivingly brutal platformers. It’s going to happen at some point I just know it. For the fifth time today, Physmo’s platformer has made me have to bite down on the urge to fling my iPhone against the nearest wall. Mos Speedrun is going to make Apple very, very happy with me. Mos Speedrun is a brilliant homage to the unforgivingly brutal platformers of yesteryear
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