Sick... yet fun – Babaroga Eats Children! Review

Here's another review from the Agents of TOFTT (Taking One For The Team). We get games that are interesting, but leave you with no idea of what they are, or if they're worth the money. Then when the idea of TOFTT came along I was actually thinking about it again. This time as a game I should get because it fit a lot of the TOFTT ideas. Then look what happens... it goes on sale! The stars aligned and I had to get it. I'll do a deeper review after I've had more than five minutes with it, but I have to say that so far it's as disturbing as I thought it would be, and, thankfully, better than I thought it would be. The story is of some witch type thing who has no choice when the kids escape but to eat them... sounds logical. And in the game you can play as Babaroga or the children. The basic game play is the kids trying to get out the gate and Babaroga trying to eat them. Movement is done by jumping from lilly pad (I think) to lilly pad to get where you're going (gate or kid). The pads sink and if you jump on one that is sunk, you go down as well. If the kids reach the gate they runaway and if Babaroga reaches a kid... well, she eats them. I played as the witch and it was bizarrely fun chasing down the kids before they reached the gate. The graphics are pretty good and the music adds a lot. Other sounds are also all good. Looks like you can also cast a spell on the kids that holds them in place for a little while so you can hop to them. This game is one of the strangest games I've seen on the store, and I'm trying to see which part of me wins out... the part that actually likes this game, or the part that is a little sick to my stomach about the whole thing. There is a Lite version of the game so check that out if you really want to see what's happening first hand. This game won't appeal to everyone (thankfully) but it's fun... if not a little (lot) weird.
Review by QuickWit on Babaroga Eats Children!.