Animal Well Review

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Ай бұрын

Watch our Animal Well review! Reviewed by Rebekah Valentine on Switch and PC, also available on PlayStation 5.
Animal Well is a veritable feast of brain teasers that’s far more concerned with twisting your mind into knots than any grueling platforming challenges. It’s lovely to look at thanks to gorgeous pixel art and dynamic lighting, and an excellent use of haptics and well-tuned physics systems make it fun to touch, too. The steadily unlocked toybox of tools thoroughly rewards play, curiosity, and experimentation for hours upon hours after the credits roll. Though that late-game maze of mind-teasers might grate once in a while if you’re reluctant to ask for help, the massive onion of Animal Well’s secrets remains dense, clever, and thrilling even when you’ve peeled back as many layers as you think you possibly can… and then peeled a few more beyond that.
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@TheFinalsHater Ай бұрын

It's like Halo 2 meets Halo 3

@yellowletters9465 Ай бұрын

Damm that sounds like Halo 5

@joink25 Ай бұрын

Hey are you talking about Animal Well? It comes out May 9.

@ItWasAllPartOfMyPlan Ай бұрын

Facts 7/10

@drooport3458 Ай бұрын

hey, you guys talking about animal well?

@Boss_Fight_Wiki_muki_twitch Ай бұрын

what's the context for the punchline?

@Malek-dg4gh Ай бұрын

IGN giving a game dunkey published a 9 after he's mocked them for years is sort of endearing to me, they show no hard feelings

@JustChadC Ай бұрын

Rare IGN W for taking it on the chin when it comes to professional review bias

@darth_hylian Ай бұрын

Videogamedunkey has light humor & it's not really drama so this verdict shouldn't be surprising

@michaellong2439 Ай бұрын

reviewers arent a company. some single reviewer isnt going to watch a dunky video and have a grudge, and remember that grudge for years until theyre one day selected to make a review of a game dunky is publishing, then actively decide to give their game a worse review then they think the game deserves. what a crazy take

@CaH6633 Ай бұрын

To be fair. He mocked them for giving EVERY game an 8, 9, or 10 score...so they're still doing the thing he mocked them for in a way. Lmfao.

@JustChadC Ай бұрын

@@CaH6633 lol maybe. But what if it really IS a game that deserves an 8, 9 or a 10?

@Baysck Ай бұрын

This game really makes you feel like you’re playing Animal Well

@ConnorLumsden Ай бұрын

7/10

@jk4Him Ай бұрын

Well done

@galvinmoore6528 Ай бұрын

It has a little something for everyone.

@pathaleyguitar9763 Ай бұрын

Personally it makes me feel like I'm playing Halo 2 meets Halo 3

@willostrand6555 Ай бұрын

Only 9/10??? She clearly doesn’t understand the franchise should’ve gotten someone who was gonna actually enjoy the game

@hetsu_ Ай бұрын

The first ever well type game

@GigerGang Ай бұрын

What about Downwell?

@metaljay77 Ай бұрын

And a well made one at that!

@Illager_Fries_Gaming Ай бұрын

you mean the first ever open well type game?

@jamesbond3125 20 күн бұрын

isnt hollow knight based in a well as well?

@docicusalignjon Ай бұрын

Finally, the spiritual successor to Knack 2

@timdalton919 Ай бұрын

What was the IGN score of bowsers big bean burrito?

@mistadopeman Ай бұрын

👏

@bereketterefe829 Ай бұрын

Knack is back baby!

@sachadontcry Ай бұрын

But has the blob got amnesia?

@danielx1224 Ай бұрын

In..... Animal Well.... the blob..... well, he got amnesia...

@theslimreaper Ай бұрын

Amneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesia...

@donkyot7152 Ай бұрын

Day 1, Is it a remaster yet?

@TenchiSenpa1 Ай бұрын

You don't even play as an animal... or a well. Rippoff. 0 outta 10

@TheNightquaker Ай бұрын

The blob got amnesia, it forgot that I'm him!

@bestgames64 Ай бұрын

This is NOT knack 5

@allenprieto8983 Ай бұрын

@geeguy7429 Ай бұрын

Nope even better, it’s like halo 2 and halo 3

@autocorrect2313 Ай бұрын

Its actually Knack 6 Nick, Knack, Patty, Whack adventures

@NegoClau Ай бұрын

It's the prequel to Knack 5, Knack 6.

@Japuckle Ай бұрын

It's like knack 2 meets knack 3

@boobootittleman7299 Ай бұрын

Congrats to bumkey on his studios’ first published game.

@ravkhar927 Ай бұрын

You mean Donsley?

@CarlosLins1 Ай бұрын

What's about mankey?

@macksnotcool Ай бұрын

But also congrats to Billy Basso for developing this by himself.

@dalejeremiah08 Ай бұрын

don cheadle actually

@walterroux291 Ай бұрын

@@dalejeremiah08 actually think you mean Terrance Howard. Don't worry it's an easy mistake to make.

@Hexen_Wulf Ай бұрын

I'm so proud of Billy and Dunkey, their first game at Big Mode got a 9/10! And it's not even a remake.

@treyjohnson2223 Ай бұрын

This game really makes you feel like its got a little something for everyone

@AdiDoinStuff Ай бұрын

Dis comment is a masta PIECE

@hunde2430 Ай бұрын

@@AdiDoinStuff the first Spaghetti and Meatballs genre

@yourmannick3782 Ай бұрын

Aye are you guys talking about Animal Well?

@eoghanclark165 Ай бұрын

Oh you know about Animal Well?

@ImJeanGaming Ай бұрын

@@eoghanclark165 @yourmannick3782 you guys should play Animal Well. It's feels like you're really playing Animal Well

@block827 Ай бұрын

its like halo 2 meets halo 3

@hhere2stay Ай бұрын

is the animal well?

@hunde2430 Ай бұрын

@@hhere2stayis the animal

@acediaxxiii1622 Ай бұрын

Can't wait to play the remastered version

@ihazcheese Ай бұрын

Eagerly awaiting it.

@Juicy_possum073 Ай бұрын

Nobody knows about this game

@beazyb Ай бұрын

Its crazy the publisher is getting praise and not the developer 😂

@megaroeny Ай бұрын

Seriously

@helios3445 Ай бұрын

i'm pretty disappointed in fellow dunkey fans. such a great game, and we're repeating the same jokes.

@Bearbytez Ай бұрын

And yet you didn't mention Billy Basso by name either.

@Mito383 Ай бұрын

@@helios3445Dunkey fans have *always* repeated the same 5 jokes.

@spastheghost Ай бұрын

Yeah but Dunkey's reach is what will really help the game take off.

@bsigns1935 Ай бұрын

Is there Bowser big bean burrito reference in this game?

@wills2894 Ай бұрын

One way to find out is to play the game...

@GigerGang Ай бұрын

No but there's a Super Mario Bros 2 reference

@GTNOfficial Ай бұрын

Can we talk about how this game is somehow only 40mb and requires only 1gb of ram? What an incredible technical feat to squeeze so much into so little

@MegaPrams Ай бұрын

We should fit it to the next voyager and let the aliens have some fun

@imogenmcgough9689 Ай бұрын

It makes a big difference to have a game made from scratch, vs cobbling a bunch of stuff together on top of Unity

@takitakiboom Ай бұрын

@@imogenmcgough9689 true, Roller Coaster Tycoon is a gold standard example of this practice

@happyspaceinvader508 Ай бұрын

To be fair, the graphics are not that sophisticated by modern standards. And there’s no music either, which probably saves a load of space.

@Spanishdog17 24 күн бұрын

The Cod devs/Activison need to take notes on this.

@Caninemuffin766 Ай бұрын

It’s like Halo 2 meets Halo 3 in a perfect combination to make the worlds second strand type game.

@CatLover_69 Ай бұрын

Regurgitate someone elses vomit while you're at it.

@orange6497 Ай бұрын

true, but it is the first well type game

@carleykim6823 Ай бұрын

But the real question everyone wants to know is.... Did you get your free wonderbread with the game?

@mentorassassin0282 Ай бұрын

Finally a game that can surpass Knack in all its glory

@mohamad.h4300 Ай бұрын

Knack 1*

@arcangel1172 Ай бұрын

But knack 2 on the other hand

@user-pe3se2md4p Ай бұрын

if you dont't have money buy it , always remeber:you can wishlist it for free!

@OmeletteMcDomelette Ай бұрын

The devs at Wonderbread did a great job with this promotional game.

@SplnSix Ай бұрын

"Dev" as in one man 😂

@orange6497 Ай бұрын

dev.

@Kean_Bean Ай бұрын

If wish listed, it comes with a free bag of Wonderbread!

@shftujftbc9176 Ай бұрын

Dunkey will be happy

@HydraTower Ай бұрын

This woman has the most satisfyingly enunciated Ps.

@rabble_rousdower Ай бұрын

She has several scented candles

@noneofyourbusiness4616 Ай бұрын

IGN ASMR

@maudlinfaust Ай бұрын

@@noneofyourbusiness4616is an anagram of MR NIGAS

@AlbertAlbertB. Ай бұрын

Dunkey is going to eat your shoes for not giving this a 5/5

@ettel8358 Ай бұрын

Animal well well well...

@bajdooo Ай бұрын

this is the dark souls of well games

@Ian-ul6bu Ай бұрын

The first well-type game

@trel4504 Ай бұрын

So proud of Dunkey!! This is huge for indie games

@mikekelliher99 Ай бұрын

This is like the time Animal Well released on May 9th -Gex

@donkyot7152 Ай бұрын

Animal well is like having dinner at Tony Gorge Orewell’s house

@MichaelAussie05 Ай бұрын

Great review, thanks to Rebekah and team for their time and efforts in producing this thoroughly informative and entertaining video. Cheers.

@narf1070 Ай бұрын

Finally, a normal comment! The game is fun, and great review!!

@parkaller7959 6 күн бұрын

@@narf1070Yes! It’s like Halo 2 meets Halo 3

@driftwoods2229 Ай бұрын

As someone who grew up with Braid and Super Meat Boy, Im beyond stoked to try this out

@ZBilbs Ай бұрын

Best game since Donkey Kong: Frozen Ape

@supremebuffalo6322 Ай бұрын

All these comments seem to just be farming upvotes from Dunkey fanbase...Meanwhile a handful of viewers are hoping the game matches up to the pre-release ARG hype breadcrumb trail left by the creator, probably. I'm optimistic

@AlexBooth__BOOF__ Ай бұрын

Finally, a quintuple A game. Right after the first ever quadruple A game in the same year! But seriously, this should be AAAAA because Dunkey’s the GOAT and BigMode is the publisher to watch!

@rossmillington8700 Ай бұрын

Shouts to binkus and the unbelievably talented dev who made the whole thing as a 1 man team passion project

@honeyroha9780 Ай бұрын

This game seems really cool and I'd love to check it out but does anyone know if it has an option to turn off flashing? I'm epileptic and the firecrackers really get to me

@nattofirstofthefermented Ай бұрын

Yes, there is a reduce flashing switch in the pause menu

@honeyroha9780 Ай бұрын

@@nattofirstofthefermented Great thank you!

@Salmontres 20 күн бұрын

can't say anything about the game (due to spoilers), but they make a 10 min video. IGN has mastered the craft of saying nothing

@willostrand6555 Ай бұрын

0:27 why does this sound like something the dunk would say ironically lmfao

@MrEditorsSideKick Ай бұрын

The PS5 finaly gets it's KNACK KILLER. This game is just like halo 2 and 3 combined.

@nicholashu489 Ай бұрын

It really makes you FEEL like you’re in a well

@r1pperuk Ай бұрын

Im not watching this review....the game has "hidden" depth and want to go in blind! This game is hot people just buy it.

@Ultilasagna Ай бұрын

Yeah even though they said it'd be spoiler free there are definitely some things that are probably spoilers

@alidavari6958 Ай бұрын

Can't wait for the remaster to play it!

@Herlgar Ай бұрын

It really has a little something for everyone

@keeganbate8935 Ай бұрын

Finally, the first well-type game

@HeyHedgehog Ай бұрын

What’s the music from this review from?

@anandaditya479 Ай бұрын

Using scanlines and dark theme is so cool

@travisstack5282 Ай бұрын

It’s like Knack 2 had a baby with a well

@adamlassiter1296 Ай бұрын

I'm really bothered by how many of you in the comments and every internet tabloid is praising Dunkey and not the Developer. His name is Billy Basso, he developed an entirely new game engine for this and created the entire game by himself. Dunkey is a publisher, typically they take the financial risk, they market the game, provide quality assurance among many other things. But just because it's his money, it's not his game.

@decimat_ixn Ай бұрын

ah yes the very first well-like game thank you bigmode

@Hench12 Ай бұрын

This game is very strand-like

@TheWickles Ай бұрын

They gave it a 9

@sorenlundgreen9170 Ай бұрын

Dunkey is not going to like that

@HarperNguyen Ай бұрын

NPC

@ssmelllyboi6589 Ай бұрын

“NO FUCKIN WAY”

@chiquita683 Ай бұрын

IGN is a joke. Game is a masterpiece

@anakyangbudiman8497 Ай бұрын

Now this girl, is the killdest girl.

@ethanharris7943 Ай бұрын

It’s probably a ten if you consider the free wonder bread you receive when you preorder

@sanguineel Ай бұрын

These IGN reviews' production value is getting better

@awtodor Ай бұрын

Congrats to the developers and Dunkey

@Kefroth1 Ай бұрын

But can you play it on the Grush?

@archithrough Ай бұрын

This game is truly a well-type game

@theRealWeirdling Ай бұрын

Kojima Productions really nailed it with this one

@dogemcdogeface7901 Ай бұрын

The fact that this is not only the best animal-type game, but also the first and best well-type game. My favorite part is when the donkey comes out of the well and said "Well, this animal is well." Truly one of the games of all time, Billy Basso and Dunkey are truly geniuses.

@rishiRdutta Ай бұрын

Billy Basso did everything in this magical game! Kudos!

@Swagghanistan Ай бұрын

They gave it a 12

@mrcupcake5309 Ай бұрын

You explaining the game sounded like Playisms "La-Mulana" series which is severely underrated.

@tomsentaylor1268 Ай бұрын

It’s like Dungeons and Dragons in that way

@thrxshx Ай бұрын

This year: soulslikes Next year: wellslikes

@felixthinks351 Ай бұрын

Hmm, this isnt bookworm adventures deluxe Where is it?

@thecookiecrew Ай бұрын

Really makes you feel like Animal Well

@therealarien Ай бұрын

Reminds me of how fez felt dense with secrets and mysteries. Or the witness

@TheLuckyShepherd Ай бұрын

Sooo is it a Well Like or a Well Lite? 🤔

@Ayundaru Ай бұрын

Animal well is like an onion. Onions have layers. Ogres have layers.

@diksafloppin3480 Ай бұрын

Did they have Animal Well wishlisted?

@staxxonstaxx6264 Ай бұрын

Dunkey knows when you let the developer achieve their artistic vision, truly, something great will be created.

@hairyott3rr Ай бұрын

Little known fact that Big Mode was founded as Paul Beenis game by Paul Creenis. Glad to see they are still serving up masterpieces, here comes the money!

@TheOneLaVon Ай бұрын

Just added this to my Steam Deck list

@davidtimmons9900 Ай бұрын

Billy Basso did it again boys

@goop0 Ай бұрын

but is it better than knack?

@f25mart Ай бұрын

The first ever well strand gaming experience is here

@raphaelbaur4335 Ай бұрын

My only question is - how did they make these visuals? They look incredible

@TinchoCalderon Ай бұрын

Yes. Knack 2.

@yolimap Ай бұрын

wrong, knack 3

@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852 Ай бұрын

This opens up the possibilities of Animal Well-likes that are sure to come.

@Rastafarianinja Ай бұрын

Finally, a game that dares to venture into the untapped potential of animals in wells

@Bakugo24 Ай бұрын

Rain world vibes

@liar6371 Ай бұрын

They had the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever

@tommybenton8930 Ай бұрын

It has a little something for everyone

@notme7880 Ай бұрын

Finallly Paul Beenis games did it again! This games really surpasses their classics like the Kill Butt franchise.

@brodyfergy Ай бұрын

They really made a new genre for well-type games

@JacobBrzyski-ny3lz Ай бұрын

Congrats to Billy Basso for such an amazing game!

@brandonalessio1586 Ай бұрын

The way that traversal is one of the key aspects of gameplay makes me think that this might be the second ever “strand” game

@zRunes Ай бұрын

This game really makes you feel like going Big Mode

@jaysengstacken2118 Ай бұрын

Yea but it's not like Warbutt. In Warbutt you have shoot every animal in the well. The main character actually says "This time. Animal, well. " And then just shoots them.

@asundelgun3487 Ай бұрын

Spoiler alert...I know the ending after you find all the secrets....its a video of Dunkey's little brother breaking the record for Bowser's big bean burrito.