[Análisis] Ibb & Obb for Nintendo Switch – iGamesNews

Have you sometimes perceived that a game is made for a console, although it has not been produced or there are no plans to release it for that console? Well, that must have been thought by the developers of Sparpweed with his game Ibb & Obb, A cooperative 2D physics-based platform game only cooperative that on Nintendo Switch knows how to get its full potential to offer a very good experience, quite fun if you have someone to share it with. Do you want to know more about the title? Well, let's go with the analysis.

Two people think more than one

And it is that in Ibb & Obb these words are literal since their gameplay is based on that to advance through its different and very well thought-out levels We will have to figure out two characters, each controlled by one person. We emphasize the latter because the game does not have a single player mode since is thinking and designed to be a fully cooperative adventure.

This being cooperative is good and bad, since if you have someone close

You can play with that person with the mere action of giving a Joycon to the other person (this is why we mentioned that the game seems to have been conceived for the Nintendo hybrid instead of its original console, PlayStation 3) and so on. make that time you're playing a very pleasant one and challenging with the other person causing the typical "spikes" that occur in cooperative games. But if instead you don't have someone close with whom to enjoy the game, the game presents an online mode to be able to enjoy it with another person through the internet.

These games require a lot of communication with the other person you're playing and while locally it is easy to have this, online it is not. To contrast this this game have a solution which is not yet completely effective, it is fun and original. This solution is based on drawing on the screen (in desktop mode it is used with the right stick and on the laptop it uses the touch screen) to try to communicate with the other player. And while it is true that after trying it I can confirm that not that it's very usefulI would be lying if I said not to have a good time trying to communicate with my partner.

Although being honest this type of games are much more enjoyed in company talking to the other player than trying to communicate with a stranger through a system that is not entirely useful, making the experience somewhat tedious and less enjoyable.

Simple but precious visuals

At first glance when we first see the game the first thing that strikes us is its visual section based on warm, cold colors and many other contrasts depending on the moment of our adventure. Also, the visual section, although it is simple to the eye, it is undeniable that it is beautiful.

Another point that I want to add here is the music section since the game knows how to achieve a good balance the balance so that its visual section does not completely cover to its sound section that, although their songs do not vary much, they are quite good. Personally they are not themes that I would listen to for example on the way to work or to where I study, but they are themes that do the game very well accompanying its levels as well as being very relaxing.

It is more a short and very original adventure than an epic

Not everything could be so good and if there is a problem that is found in the game is that it is short, not so short to last 20 minutes, but lasts about 6 hours

. Sure, this really is relative in this game, since everything will depend on the good communication we have with the other person, making the game much easier and recommended to play if there is someone who can play player 2 near you before with the online people and the chat of the drawing that I commented before you can shoot hours for the first levels as it happened to me to me. Yes, the game has online rankings of the highest total scores given to us at the end of each level so The game has an incentive of replayability that, although it is not very large, can entertain us after having passed the game.

Curiosities

• The game had been released later on PS3 in 2013 and on PC steam in 2014.
• The game does not have many dialogues but is correctly translated into Spanish.
• Youtuber PewDiePie dedicated a video to him and he has 4 million views, you can see the video here.
• The game has several awards for best game design.

conclusion

Ibb & Obb is a beautiful 2D platform game with a very good level design with which to hang out with another person in local cooperative mode, but it can be a bit boring and tedious if you prefer to play online.

Ibb & Obb is available on Nintendo Switch only in digital format in the Nintendo eShop at € 14.99 and you will need a space of 675.00 MB on the console. Thanks to Game Drive for letting us do this analysis.