Pool Panic is wonderfully weird and so imaginative. While this probably won’t please those after something a little more traditional, its focus on physics-based puzzles is certainly an interesting take. Frustrating, lacking direction but with a world full of character and unique ideas, Pool Panic can be a really fun time albeit one that’s known to scratch every so often.
Pool Panic
Rekim · Jul 19, 2018
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Pool Panic is a sprawling adventure game in which everything -- from jungles to deserts to gardens to cities -- is one giant cartoon game of pool. Solve puzzles, create mayhem, fight bosses. Play the world's least realistic pool simulator.
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- The controls are a little wonkier than they should be, but there’s far too many great elements in this game to ignore. Pool Panic gives you everything you want from a pick-up-and-play sports title. It’s consistently charming, challenging, and in some cases, might even make you chagrin.
- 4.5Jack of all trades, master of none; that’s Pool Panic in a nutshell. Its puzzles aren’t challenging because it throws every idea it has against the wall with no regard for what sticks. In its haste to build an ivory tower, Pool Panic forgot to lay the foundation. All that said, fans of Adult Swim Games will probably find Pool Panic worthwhile. Just make sure you have a controller.
- 7.5Nevertheless, I enjoyed playing Pool Panic and I was impressed with its fresh and original vibe. On a basic level, it is a casual puzzler that fits perfectly on the handheld Switch platform. Pick it up, have a laugh, and test your skills without pressure, and definitely without any need to panic. As long as you’re not expecting too much depth and you’re ok with being confused much of the time, I recommend you jump into the pool and give Pool Panic a shot.
- Billed as the worlds least realistic pool simulator, Pool Panic is developed by indie team Rekim, and happens to be the epitome of how Adult Swim do games. From Robot Unicorn Attack to Battle Chef Brigade, Just as individual as the Adult Swim's TV programming, Pool panic takes a clear cue from this. Looking like a mash-up of the Mr. Men, Cuphead, and Rick & Morty, Pool Panic is a wonderfully anarchic work of 2D animation.
- 7.0A wildly imaginative and vaguely psychedelic physics puzzler with a novel pool-based twist, Pool Panic is frequently thrilling and almost never boring, but it's also mechanically suspect and occasionally frustrating. In short, it has cult classic written all over it.
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