Indie Platformer Shiny Out Now on PS4

<p>Are you ready to prove that robots can have a heart&quest; The 2016 PC indie platformer&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;shiny-pax-east-2016-hand-preview&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>Shiny<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; has released digitally and physically on the PlayStation 4&period; <em>Shiny<&sol;em> tells the tale of a robot by the name of Kramer 227&period; He spends the game working out a way to escape the hostile planet of Aurora while rescuing his fellow robotic pals&period; This family-friendly game from developer Garage 227 is best known for its music&period; Garage 227 hopes <em>Shiny<&sol;em> spreads the message of the necessity for preserving resources through its non-violent platforming adventure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;136192" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-136192" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-136192" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;27200702&sol;Shiny-Screenshot-5-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-136192" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Shiny&comma; SOEDESCO<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Shiny<&sol;em> is playable on PlayStation 4&comma; Xbox One&comma; and PC&period; The PC version holds a 51 meta score based on ten critics&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hookedgamers&period;com&sol;pc&sol;shiny&sol;review&sol;article-1706&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">HookedGamers<&sol;a> was most positive&comma; awarding the game an 8&period;5&comma; ending their review with &&num;8220&semi;<em>I’ve reviewed a pretty staggering number of side-scrolling platformers over the last few years&comma; and a disheartening number of them have fallen to mediocrity due to one of two reasons- they either don’t bring anything fresh to the table&comma; or they try to shake things up too much and don’t put enough attention into the actual platforming that forms the core of the genre&period; Shiny isn’t going to melt your face with novelty or depth&comma; but it is an example of the kind of platformer I’d like to see more of&period; One that doesn’t run any longer than it needs to&comma; asks a price to match&comma; brings enough ingenuity to keep things engaging&comma; but never pushes so far that it loses sight of the foundation that makes it great<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the opposite end of the spectrum&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ztgd&period;com&sol;shiny-pc-review&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">ZTGD<&sol;a> gave Shiny a 3&period; The condemning review ended with the following words of discouragement&colon; &&num;8220&semi;<em>When I review a game&comma; no matter how bad it may be&comma; I try to find some kind of redeemable feature that stands out&comma; like something that stops the gameplay from being a total letdown&period; But with Shiny&comma; there just isn’t one&period; An uninspiring story&comma; bugs and performance issues and frustrating gameplay makes Shiny a game I just cannot recommend for anyone<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;136194" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-136194" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-136194" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;27200757&sol;Shiny-Screenshot-3-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-136194" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Shiny&comma; SOEDESCO<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>More about developer Garage 227&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Garage 227 Studios is a Brazilian independent game development company founded in 2014&comma; with Studios in Sao Paulo&comma; Brazil and an office in Los Angeles&comma; CA&period; Garage was founded with the mission of turning passion into games and the firm belief that games can have a positive impact in the world&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More about publisher SOEDESCO&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>SOEDESCO® is a worldwide publisher of both digital and boxed games on multiple platforms&period; Our portfolio includes third-party titles like Wuppo&comma; Owlboy&comma; Tricky Towers&comma; Among the Sleep and N&period;E&period;R&period;O&period; SOEDESCO also publishes their own IPs including Adam&&num;8217&semi;s Venture® and Real Farm&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;