Release Date: March 26, 2021
A three-dimensional platformer from the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog and NiGHTS Into Dreams. We follow the maestro Balan into a fairytale land, facing platforming challenges and enemies and using the power of special outfits.
Balan Wonderworld is a three-dimensional platformer from Square Enix. The game is the debut of Balan Company, a new studio of the publisher. The team was led by Yuji Naka and Naoto Oshima, creators of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. They both recently worked together on the cult NiGHTS Into Dreams, which has a lot in common with Balan Wonderland.
Balan Wonderworldtells the story of two heroes: Emmy and Leo. Both of them are in their own anxious thoughts when they find the building housing the Wonderland. It soon turns out that this is not an ordinary amusement park, but a huge, fairy-tale world. Led by the mysterious Balan, Emma and Leo go on a journey to heal the hearts and minds of the land's inhabitants. Both of them will also discover what really matters to them. The history of this journey is presented in twelve minor stories dedicated to the fate of a group of people.
Balan Wonderworld brings to mind other 3D platformers like Super Mario Odyssey and NiGHTS Into Dreams. So we have a three-dimensional environment filled with platforms, obstacles, enemies and simple puzzles. We can find here amusement parks, surreal chessboards, ice tundra and many other locations, each with unique mechanics.
It's not enough just to run and jump to get to overcome the challenges of the following levels. In the game you will find over 80 costumes, which will give your characters special abilities. This includes walking in the air, stopping time and being able to manipulate objects in many ways. These and other skills are also useful in the fight against bosses.
In technical terms, Balan Wonderworld is not inferior to competing platformers. Three-dimensional graphics maintain the distinctive style of Naoto Oshima, known for example from NiGHTS Into Dreams.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Developer: Balan Company / Arzest (PC) / Arzest (PS4) / Arzest (XONE) / Arzest (Switch) / Arzest (PS5) / Arzest (XSX)
Publisher: Square Enix
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Tech
Paul Musiolik
October 4, 2020
System Requirements for Balan Wonderworld Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-4430 3.0 GHz / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 760 / Radeon R9 270X or better, 20 GB HDD, Windows 8.1/10 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-6400 2.7 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 3 GB GeForce GTX 1060 / 4 GB Radeon RX 480 or better, 20 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.
Game Ratings for Balan Wonderworld Video Game.
TheSixthAxis: 6 / 10 by Reuben Mount
Balan Wonderworld is a passable platformer marred by a string of increasingly baffling design decisions. It has charm by the bucketload and off-the-wall concepts that land well in spite of themselves, but the experience is inconsistent at best and frustrating at worst. There is a good game in here somewhere, and it is great fun at points, but waiting for those points isn't really worth it.
Shacknews: 6 / 10 by TJ Denzer
The finished state of Balan Wonderworld is disappointing to say the least. For all of its style, I was really interested to see how they would expand upon the preview. The aesthetic and characters are there, the music is captivating, the level design made me want to explore and experiment where I could, and the abilities mostly gave me options to do so. However, these things are held down by a lot of contrivances and outright holes in either functionality or context. The final release of Balan Wonderworld felt like a rush job where good ideas, visuals, and sounds were forced to dance among either unfinished or unfun nonsense.
TheGamer: 2.5 / 5 by James Troughton
The music is as diverse, and I often found myself just sitting back, taking it all in, because the second I picked up the controller, the magic clashed with how stiff the character was. That toppled with awkward controls that often stutter or outright don't work, and Wonderworld fails in the most important part of any platformer - movement.
Average score from votes.
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