Sigi – a Fart for Melusina Review: A Stinkin’ Good Time

<p>An ode to the pixels of the past&comma; <em>Sigi &&num;8211&semi; a Fart for Melusina<&sol;em> is 20 levels of silly&comma; rude&comma; potty humor fun&period; The loosely-defined story surrounds a knight named Sigi who can’t seem to keep his farts on the inside&comma; who falls in love with a mermaid &lpar;apparently&rpar; named Melusina&period; Sigi scares her away with his flatulent feelings&comma; and spends the rest of the game trying to find her and win her back&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I never expected to enjoy <em>Sigi&colon; a Fart for Melusina<&sol;em>&comma; but after the first few levels I started really enjoying the game as I jumped over chasms&comma; bounced atop tires and threw swords and chicken drumsticks at zombies&comma; bats&comma; birds&comma; witches and more&period; I found myself actually laughing at the admittedly stupid jokes&comma; which sometimes involved clever taglines scrolling across the bottom of the screen following certain events&period; At one point during a mini-boss fight&comma; with no other context&comma; at the bottom of the screen appeared the words&comma; <em>love me&comma; love my dog<&sol;em>&period; These seemingly random and surprising jokes made me sincerely laugh&comma; despite my initial attitude&period; <em>Sigi<&sol;em> holds a shockingly diverse mix of fart jokes&comma; references&comma; and situational humor&comma; which keeps it lighthearted and entertaining without becoming too obvious or tiring&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;edgecast&period;steamstatic&period;com&sol;steam&sol;apps&sol;677280&sol;ss&lowbar;1a557e57594ea40a0cf143273c41497d38765595&period;1920x1080&period;jpg&quest;t&equals;1515649568" alt&equals;"Image result for sigi fart for melusina" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Graphically&comma; <em>Sigi<&sol;em> is similar to the 16&lpar;ish&rpar; bit games of the past&period; A side-scroll platformer&comma; the basic mechanics include jumping over obstacles and fighting enemies as you travel your way through the linear levels&period; The landscapes are interesting&comma; and though pretty much the same backdrop is used on every level&comma; it differs in small ways&comma; like nighttime to daytime&comma; or caves to waterfalls&period; Each sprite is diverse&comma; with each enemy having not only a different ability but a different appearance&period; Zombies stagger back and forth while birds &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;caw&excl;” and swoop toward the ground to deliver a fiery poop package&period; Sigi himself doesn’t look unlike a certain Italian plumber&comma; had he been wearing a suit of armor&comma; and had his princess being a semi-nude mermaid&period; But&comma; even with these few similarities&comma; <em>Sigi<&sol;em> manages to stay unique&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While there isn’t actually a lot of variety within the soundtrack&comma; you don’t realize until a second play through that the music has been repeating through the levels&period; There are a few songs that stagger in order depending on the setting of the level&comma; including an intense and upbeat song dedicated to boss fights&period; The bit-like soundtrack is another callback to past games&comma; with layered &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ding” sounds creating a fun and appropriate soundtrack&period; While not necessarily the most impressive musical composition&comma; the music behind <em>Sigi<&sol;em> enhanced the game and made the overall feeling an enjoyable one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;edgecast&period;steamstatic&period;com&sol;steam&sol;apps&sol;677280&sol;ss&lowbar;b71f4e10e6797259e02da2bc2a8f79acdefb3a13&period;1920x1080&period;jpg&quest;t&equals;1515649568" alt&equals;"Image result for sigi fart for melusina" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As far as platformers go&comma; it isn’t the most difficult or the easiest I’ve ever played&period; The obstacles&comma; the enemies&comma; and the secrets all have just enough challenge to keep things entertaining&comma; though I would say it errs on the side of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;easy&period;” Lives are gained a lot more quickly than they are lost &lpar;at least in the early levels&rpar;&comma; save points come up multiple times throughout levels&comma; and the entire game only takes about an hour to beat&period; That being said&comma; it’s still an hour of stupid &lpar;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;t1lzfRhSK3E">and sometimes infuriating<&sol;a>&rpar; fun&period; Enemies and traps can prove surprisingly difficult&comma; and without a little platforming practice&comma; bosses can eat all of your not-so-hard earned lives with a few nasty hits&period; This combination of easy&sol;hard works surprisingly well&comma; which makes it a solid addition to the platformer family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though short&comma; kind of easy&comma; and a little adolescent&comma; <em>Sigi &&num;8211&semi; a Fart for Melusina <&sol;em>is a great platformer with fun characters&comma; a few great jokes&comma; and an old-school feel that creates an all-around good time&period; A couple hours of pure&comma; ridiculous fun is worth such a low price&comma; especially for platformer fans with an affinity for fart jokes &lpar;and pixel mermaids&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;