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Check Out New Trailer for Fez-Like Multidimensional Platformer Poncho

Here's a new trailer for the open-world platform its dev says is "like nothing seen before in games."

By Eddie Makuch on October 30, 2015 at 4:43PM PDT

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A new trailer has been released for Poncho, a game that its developers claim is a platformer "like nothing seen before in games." Somewhat similar to Polytron's Fez, Poncho lets players explore a 2D world by manipulating 3D parallax layers. What's that mean? Watch the video below.

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"It's been an incredible journey, for almost four years we've been working on this game, putting everything we have into making it the best game it can be," the team wrote on Facebook.

There are no levels in Poncho, at least not in the traditional sense.

"You wake up in the center of the game, and choose to go any way you want," reads a line from the game's official description. "With no hand-holding to tell you where to go, it's up to you to choose the right path."

You play as a robot named Poncho, who is trying to survive in a world devoid of humans after they went extinct. Every area boasts a randomly generated ecosystem, while the creatures inside it will react to your movements.

Poncho is scheduled to launch on November 3 for PC, Mac, and Linux, as well as PlayStation 4. Versions of the game for PlayStation Vita (with cross-buy support) and Wii U are coming later.

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Can I have it with fish?

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looks interesting and i like the art design. the foreground and background sort of blend in to each other, though, making it a bit difficult to tell where a transition section is. i can see this becoming frustrating.

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Why there are no simple solid 2D jump and run-games anymore?

I grew up with these games and liked them pretty much back then (Son Son 2,Hero Tonma,Bonze Adventure,Bonks Adventure etc) but nowadays imo,devs trying hard to invent things which imo makes the game more complicated,confusing or simply less fun.

Leveldesings and polished controls seems to be something not of a top priority :-(

I think the same about the tradidtional 2D shoot em ups where leveldesign (like in the masterpieces R-Type,Nemesis,Dragon Spirit,Salamander,Terra Diver,Image Fight etc) is a thing of the past and confusing bullethell action is the way :-(

Poncho looks supersweet but so many playable parrallax levels looks confusing to me and will probably have many hit or miss moments

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