You'll see Super Panda Adventures as I did for sale on Steam and assume that it's utter rubbish. More bargain bin shovelware, from developers hoping to cash in on a trend towards everything nostalgic, and on the fact that no one these days can resist a rock bottom sale (it's only two dollars!). But then you'll notice that on Steam the game has an overwhelmingly positive rating. And so you'll wonder if people are just giving positive reviews ironically, and maybe the sarcasm has snowballed into some sort of cult phenomenon. And you’d be wrong.
Panda, which was apparently the work of just one man, earned those positive reviews -- MS Paint-like graphics be damned. You definitely wouldn't know it at first blush, but it offers a deep, engaging and rewarding side-scrolling quest that just happens to tell its tale using simplistic -- or dare I say it: crude -- graphics. So if you don't let the presentation turn you off, you’re in for a treat; I actually enjoyed this adventure more than I did much more polished and hyped metroidvania fare that I've played of late (I'm looking at you Iconoclasts!)
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