Pizza Tower stands out to me as the sort of game that can only come about from a development cycle that’s long on purpose instead of from unexpected delays. The devs have had five long years and almost a dozen publicly-available demos to not only figure out what works and what doesn’t, but polish what works to a mirror sheen. And when they deem the game as finally, unequivocally ready, they release it. No sooner, no later.

Might pick up just because Peppino reminds me of the owner of my favorite pizza place in Worcester. Man looked like he was one step away from exploding from shear stress and taking the entire pizzeria with him in a mushroom cloud of marinara sauce and mozzarella. That place was great, a large steak sandwich was like $10 with fries and a drink and if you were ordering off doordash there was an option to get cigarettes delivered too.

The first pizza-type game. A true pioneer of the genre.

Pizza Tower is not a game about an Italian man trying to save his restaurant. It's about a man pushed to his limit. A man with one goal. A man with nothing to lose.

Pizza Tower was a game I did not expect to blow up so hard. It was on my radar before it released and my friends talked about it a lot so it was genuinely really surprising it was that good and I'm very happy its so popular now

they finally made an italian wario

I think my favorite detail in the game is Peppino’s different walk cycles that change depending on your combo. If you get it high enough he starts dancing as he walks, which is especially funny during escape sequences.

Pat turned on full devil on the shoulder mode for "maybe it's a gun". Incredible delivery. LIKE A PIZZA

he didn't even mention how this is the best and most accurate italian-american representation in a video game ever, I'm italian-american myself, I can confirm

I love when I read the title of a video and can immediately guess who made the video. Great work Pat, expected nothing less from Pizza_Suplex

"This can't be real. Where's the disappointment? There's always disappointment..."

I absolutely love this game’s art style! I can’t believe I’ve never heard of it before

Was literally just listening to some streamers talk about how they like pizza tower a lot, and how the devs decided to cut back pretty much 2 years worth of work because they realized the scope was getting too out of hand.

From the moment I saw Pizza Tower I had a feeling Pat would eventually talk about it. Has that good set of Pat Vibes.

pizza tower is so good that i got every achievement, all P ranks, everything, and went "that was so tough. glad i don't gotta do that ever again" and then the next day i started speedrunning the game

Please do not stop talking about Pizza Tower! "Pat Being Stoked About Something" is one of my favourite video categories. I've been enthralled by footage of the game over the years, glad people seem enthused about the final release. 🍕✨

As an Italian i can confirm that this game is molto buono

This is the both the kind and delivery of design analysis that really hits a sweet spot for me. *One Italian chef kiss coming right up*

Wait, this game is REAL?!? I thought it was another Goncharov situation. I am REELING.

i love the art style so much, its like a love letter the ren and stimpy that doesnt try to outright copy R&S like most other artists doing that style fall in to.

the more pat descends into this pizza tower induced fugue state, the more i am here for it

"Like the long dead Pizza Hut lunch buffet..." Watching this the day after having lunch at a Pizza Hut buffet is a little spooky. Like, am I dead? Is my tiny Southern town hell?

I'm so happy this game blew up. I was following it's development for multiple years and I'm glad the development time paid off! I was scared people were gonna ignore it because of the art style which is good and people hate unique stuff for some reason?? I don't know what I was thinking. Happy it's doing so good though!

As to be expected with a game that’s been worked on for so long, it’s a literal labor of love and honestly puts wario to shame…Peppino for smash

as an Italian, this truly is the true Italian experience

Pizza Tower: Proof that Italians can run at Mach 12

The soundtrack is so incredibly good. I can listen to "It's Pizza Time" for literally hours

"Marinara smooth movement system" is the name of my new mathcore band

I'm honestly thrilled that a game borrowing the formula from Wario Land 4 is also bringing attention to that underrated series. Not to mention, Pizza Tower flawlessly does its own thing that calling it a clone is a massive disservice.

I remember coming across the in-progress footage and gifs on tumblr. It looks fantastic, it's so nice to see that the hard work put into it paid off.

I need this to come over to at least the switch , looks like a blast to play.

Honestly... This was way more effective than a paid ad for the game than an actual ad for the game. I wanna play Pizza Tower now

Never seen your channel before but this was so well put together! Nice job

*A major thing I noticed just from the game footage shown in the video:* Pizza Tower lets you move WAY faster than most old platformers. After watching all that Pizza Tower footage, the Wario games that inspired it looked sluggish in comparison. Pizza Tower looks super satisfying and fun to play, and that’s one of the best qualities a game can have.

Every single soul that worked on Pizza Tower drip with taste. Playing it is an excellent delight.

i remember playing this in school years and years ago when it was just one level, crazy to see its gotta somehow better than i remember

The only thing I would’ve wanted from it was more which is the best thing you can leave someone wanting

I feel like Pat dreamed this game into existence.

"...and a belly flop to Crash back down." Ha, subtle. 👌

“Pizza Time.” - Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man 2, 2004)

Pat Gill making a video abt this video game I've been thinking abt playing might be what will finally get me to play it

I did not expect to love that music

I looked up the soundtrack after the end of this video because that song slapped and it's just 3 hours of non-stop bangers

One of the best video game reviews I've seen in a while. Loved the format and now I need the game. 🙌🍕🎮

I had been thinking about checking the game out, not knowing anything about it, and figured this video would be a good way to see what it was. The instant I saw gameplay I clocked the Wario Land inspiration and fell in love

3:02 You can cancel into a shoulder charge?! Hold on, I need to go get my deck.

"Let me convince you to get Pizza Tower-" STOP. You had me at Pizza.

Pat, my king, you are crushing it rn with the videos.

This game took 5 years to make. *5 years was too short for this master piece*

You know I've played alot of platformers, and something I've realized is that all I want is simply just to go fast, so I have a small suspicion that I will thoroughly enjoy this game

I guess the Leaning Tower of Pizza was already taken...

This game really makes you feel Italian.

Huh... this almost makes me think that Pat has slight affinity for pizza.

i love how animation is when the hands are bigger and cartoony

Every single level has purpose to its design to keep movement flowing, and god fucking DAMN is it good to move around in this game. There are maybe three gripes I have with specific level layouts and even those are solid otherwise. It's so fun to replay again and again.

i was going to do a pun count, but i lost my entire mind at the jerri scream

First polygon video that has ever made me laugh.

just based off the cover image i knew this video would be a pat gill joint

holy shit the soundtrack at the end really sold me on it haha

I've been following this since like 2020 and it's been so fun to see it become a hit!

All I saw was the thumbnail, and I thought to myself "I bet this is Pat"

There's a really cool indie game in early access called book of travels it is a mmorpg with the art style and ambience of a linear sidescroller. its super cool an unique!!!!!!!

Your last recommendation like this I took the bait on was What The Golf so I'm going to just buy this now. The animation is too good.

This guy knows what he's doing, he also did that fighting game's list and it was good.

Okay that was a seriously impressive amount of pizza-based puns and also I guess I have to go play this now bye!!!

I was always going to play this eventually, but this upgrades this up the priority list.

I was on the fence about trying this one out, but this review is what convinced me to give it a play lol

that little mushroom guy is still my favorite

I've never played a Wario Land game in my life, but this game is just so tightly tuned and open about how it's mechanics work with just enough secret tech thrown in that after going at the first stage until i P-ranked it, i was able to S-rank the other stages within a few tries each. Absolutely insanely accessible game. Also would you call the downthrow a pizza suple-

Saw a thing on pizza tower today and had no idea what it was!

I love how the main theme is just like, a 4-bar riff. But it's so fucking good and catchy that they can repeat it ad infinitum without it losing it's oomph.

I remember following the person who does the art for pizza tower yeaaaars ago. I was like, this is one of those games that's never going to actually come out. and now it's out. and it rocks.

That looks really neat!

the ending of this video is god tier

I've been wishing for a game inspired by Earthworm Jim since I was a kid, this game is such a treat. I hope more of this crazy Nickelodeon-style-Genesis-action-throwback comes out, it's the spirit of being a kid in the '90s distilled into a 15 hour game.

Gustavo and Brick are definitely a Kirby 3 reference

What a game! I give it 4 out of 4 Stagioni.

Bro they don't have buffet in pizza hut in the us That's like the one thing I expected them to have that we have in the uk

A cohesive, smileworthy homage. Sublime review.

I loved the warioland games on GBA, smashing through walls and some awesome mini games

Is it legal to play warioland 4 music when playing this

It's physically impossible for Pat to miss

The pizza puns are *chefs kiss* perfect

it looks like a weird 90's sega genesis game. love it.

0:20 HAHA PIZZA

The art has more colorful more frenetic 12 oz. Mouse energy. Thank you Pat I am gonna play the heck out of this.

Love your use of zangiefian

I've been curious about this game since this year's SAGE, and I've been on the fence about buying it. Methinks I'll give it a shot.

Watching this video really gets you interested in trying it out!

What a goddamn well written video essay! Game is very good too 👌

Pat is carrying this channel like a circle of bread carrying dozens of delicious toppings

Personally I have a decent amount of gripes with the game. What you were talking about with the difficulty being variable is more of a negative for me. Just a personal thing but I don't really see myself replaying levels for a higher score, so having basic completion so easy kinda takes away the main reward for me. And with the controls, I'm hesitant to complain bc I feel like they might eventually grow on me, but as of 3-4 hours of playtime I'm still feeling like theyre really unintuitive. There's so many times where I accidentally wall run into a ceiling or if I'm mach running it feels like I don't have enough time to react to things before theyre in my face. And my last complaint is that I feel like the level designs feel really same-y to me and so far haven't really made me stop and think about what I should do, I've mostly just been running as fast as I can and it kinda works out. That being said I def see why ppl like the game so much and despite all my complaints I like it enough to keep playing, so I guess that's saying something Edit: Now I've played 6 hours and the game has grown on me a lot. The controls do take a while to get used to but they feel really nice eventually. I still sometimes feel like the levels complete themselves as long as I keep moving, but I'm enjoying it a lot

2:51 Beaten the game, but I never knew that 😂

"I forgot to tell you about the soundtrack-" MY FRIEND, NO NEED! Listen with your ears and feel with your heart as your pulse accelerates to the sound of ESCAPE!

This game looks like what the CD-i Zelda and Mario games were imagining they were.

Exact moment pat convinced me it is a good game 4:26

Fun fact, Peppino's was the name of the family restaurant I grew up in.

does anyone know which ost track it is that plays at the end?

how good is that laszlo bencker track

This game has become one of, if not, my most favorite game.