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The free version of Eversion has been sitting on my desktop for months. Everyone was telling me I needed to play it, but I continued not to. Probably not out of spite. Probably.
Then it showed up on Steam, and I was making a Steam purchase, and I’m like, eh, okay. So basically, I spent $5 on a game that used to be free that I hadn’t played. I assumed this would get me to play it, and it did. I plugged in my Fight Pad and played through it right then.

So how was it?

First off, I do have to say that I feel like I didn’t get my money’s worth, if I’m just trying to go for value. Yes, I like supporting indie devs, so I’m not mad or anything, but if you were thinking of actually buying the game, I’d wait until the inevitable 1 or 2 dollar Steam sale. At that price, it’s great value, and totally worth it.

Now that I got that negative out of the way, I just want to say that you should play it. The paid version adds some better graphics, achievements, and a few more secrets, if you’re into such things, but the free version would be just fine too. Just give it a try. It’s fun.

The game is based off of a “twist,” and if you’re heard anything about the twist, you know it’s coming. It doesn’t make it any less cool, though. It’s done in a very intelligent way and it does work as advertised, even if you have a good idea that it’s coming. It’s got solid platforming, and a nice style to it. It’s a fun little romp, and if you take the time to collect all the gems and beat the secret last level, it’ll take you a little bit. I think it took me like 3 hours to completely beat the game, but keep in mind that I TOTALLY SUCK at platformers in every way, so your mileage may vary.

It does seem a little split in focus, though. It’s like it can’t decide whether it’s a puzzle platformer, or just a platformer. I suppose it’s a little of both, but it’s actually kind of off-putting to me to have such hard platforming in a puzzle platformer, because the puzzle part means once I figure out what to do, I want to be able to execute it without difficulty, which isn’t always the case in Eversion. Still, I’m probably just a wuss, and I’m sure there are much, much, much harder indie games out there. Just my personal opinion. My personal “sucks at platformers” opinion.

I don’t know what else there is to say about Eversion, so I’m going to stop saying things about Eversion. It’s not perfect, but it’s a fun little indie game, and I like fun little indie games. So there.