Thunder Paw

Critic reviews

• Pure Nintendo

  Rachel Poli · Apr 03, 2020

  5.0

  Thunder Paw is a charming platformer that’s short but not so sweet. The gameplay doesn’t hold up compared to the cute pixel art and fun music.

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• Xbox Tavern

  Varno Harris · Apr 02, 2020

  3.0

  Thunder Paw is a simple platformer, and that’s about it. You shouldn’t go into it expecting something more. It’s your basic run and gun that doesn’t bring much to the table. The one boss fight after each of the stages changes things up but it doesn’t fully redeem itself with its weird gun mechanics and stale gameplay. Visually the game was enjoyable and it speaks to me but when it came down to the gameplay the game decided to roll over and play dead permanently.

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• Switch Player

  Stevie Patamon · Jun 11, 2020

  4.0

  Thunder Paw is an underwhelming and often frustrating platformer. Riddled with bottomless pits, unfairly placed enemies, and secret boxes that do literally nothing, this title squanders an interesting upgrade mechanic with a lacklustre overall package.

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• Cubed3

  Michael McCann · May 04, 2020

  3.0

  The saving grace for Thunder Paw is that generally sprites are cute, and music hits the mark for driving progress forward without being too repetitive. Whether or not that's enough to entice is up to the individual to decide. There's conceivably a compulsion to play on and best the unfair challenge, particularly with an early monkey boss level, which required keeping up with an increasing pattern speed in spite of a gimped weapon range.

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• TheXboxHub

  Jacob Stokes · Mar 30, 2020

  4.0

  At its core, it’s a run and gun platformer that doesn’t succeed at either. The platforming is too simple to be fun and the combat is horrible. When it isn’t mind-numbingly easy, it’s ridiculously frustrating. As a result, I can’t recommend Thunder Paw. In fact, I feel the only people who will end up getting something worthwhile out of this game are achievement hunters, who can add this one to the ever-growing list of easy completions.

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