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Dominic Tarason

SHOCKING: Penny s big breakaway review | Mind Blowing Facts

Penny's big breakaway.
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What is it? A colorful 3D platformer from much of the team behind Sonic Mania
Expect to pay £24.99/$29.99
Developer Evening Star
Publisher Private Division
Reviewed on Windows 11, Nvidia 3070 (Laptop), AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, 16gb DDR5 RAM
Steam Deck Playable
Multiplayer? Online Leaderboards
Link Official site

When Sonic Mania’s dev team reformed as indie studio Evening Star, it would have been easy for them to play it safe and deliver another speedy, Sonic-styled 2D platformer. Instead, Penny’s Big Breakaway is a deeply compelling, replayable experiment drawing equal inspiration from modern Sonic, 3D Mario and more than a bit of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Just sub the skateboard for world-class yo-yo tricks.

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