It’s not a difficult game – you can’t die no matter what happens to you, but you can lose members of your posse. Pressing both shoulder buttons together will make you jump, and when tilting the screen in a certain direction, your LocoRocos will move that way. The controls are simple and responsive, allowing you to press L1 to tilt the screen to the left, and R1 to tilt the screen to the right.
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I’ll be honest, I never really understood what they want from the blobs of LocoRoco, but they can be a hindrance, so it’s best to avoid them. The premise is this: the evil black blobs of the Moja Corps have invaded your world, and you must stop them – somehow. It isn’t putting you on the edge of your seat and it never asks you to give it your attention every second you’re playing it. It’s an escape – a way to play something that doesn’t stress you out or give you a heart attack. The thing is, LocoRoco feels at home it looks sublime, sounds like a completely fresh videogame, and the straightforward control system means you can play without thinking too much about it. It’s been over ten years since the original was released on PSP, and with most remasters there’s always a worry it won’t hold up, especially when it’s being released on something as powerful as a PlayStation 4.
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Within seconds of hearing Nobuyuki Shimizu and Kemmei Adachi’s soundtrack, I became a kid again – carefree and content, ignorant to the stresses of my own life, politics, and the everyday doom and gloom we tend to encounter.
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If everybody spent some of their day playing this bright and flamboyant little gem, then the world would be a better place – Trump, Putin, Jong-Un, I’m looking at you. LocoRoco Remastered couldn’t have come at a better time for me, and for that matter, the human race (I’m not even exaggerating here).