In many ways, Icycle: On Thin Ice feels like an art experiment as much as it does a video game. I missed having buttons, but not enough to make me abandon the game before getting to the end. Even without a defined narrative, I wanted to see everything Icycle: On Thin Ice had to offer.
Icycle: On Thin Ice
Chillingo · Nov 27, 2013
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Games and art become one in the masterfully crafted and visually stunning Icycle: On Thin Ice. Play as the cold naked hero Dennis, and pedal, jump and glide through each beautiful but deadly post-apocalyptic frozen wonderland.
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- I'm not sure what else to say in this review, because I don't want to spoil anything at all. Icycle: On Thin Ice is a wonderful game from start to finish, and one of those rare games that, as soon as I finished, made me want to discuss what it means with others.
- 9.0Icycle: On Thin Ice is a steal for just $0.99 thanks to its outside the box creative execution and perfectly realized physics quests. It's a great one two punch of fun that carries much more heat than its moniker suggests.
- 8.0Icycle: On Thin Ice is well worth a pop, with varied, exciting, clever gameplay the dish of the day. If the sound of dressing a naked guy up in just a monocle and riding him through icy backdrops on a penny farthing is your idea of a good time, you need to grab this – and let’s be honest, who would turn that down?
- There are some subtle nods to other modern surrealist artists (I noticed at least one homage to Magritte) and the levels all have their own individual flavor to them and mirror the unique nature of the gameplay itself. Icycle will have you biking through something that looks like old WW2 propaganda posters, something akin to a classic Rolling Stone album cover, and another that has you bouncing through clouds of candy.
- 8.0In the face of so much delightfully clever level design, it's easy enough to brush aside any niggles about the game. Icycle's colorful, clever and a great example of just how far a little imagination can go in the world of indie mobile development. Highly recommended for your Thanksgiving gaming.
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