Hardcore Gamer
8.0Still just as quirky and as self-aware as it was last year, the dimension-hopping antics may have lost a smidgen of the former majesty, but it takes nothing away from how well Sabotage have crafted many a level that is all too ready to have you stun-locked into tumbling all the way back to square one. That annoyingly-enticing challenge remains the beating heart of Picnic Panic‘s design above everything else and it’s one players will enjoy seeing fulfilled come the few extra hours they’ll invest here. Whether the studio will indeed “do the thing” all over again for a sequel is up to them, but The Messenger: Picnic Panic serves as both a continuation as much a celebration of what made The Messenger such a fantastic outing in the first place.