Ruffy and the Riverside was yet another game that found its way across my eclectic social media feeds—what’s left of them anyway—and as soon as I saw it, I knew I had to keep an eye on it. I don’t know what it is about 3D platformers that use 2D models for characters that is just so immediately endearing to me, but between Demon Turf, Grimoire Groves and now this, it seems a unique aesthetic is all it takes to sell me on a game.
That’s a joke, of course, because it wasn’t just an interesting art style that sold me on Ruffy and the Riverside, but the sheer inventiveness one can only find in the Indie scene. What’s on offer here is a totally unique game that captures the heart of Nintendo 64-era adventure games while offering something totally different and incredibly fun.
Ruffy and the Riverside begins when the titular Ruffy is summoned by a noble yet eccentric mole named Sir Eddler, who enlists his help to search for mystical stones known as “Marbles.” However, their... Read more