By Nermeen Nabil 
Selfishly, I would like extra triple-A-backed 3D platformers. We’re not left wanting within the indie scene – A Hat in Time, New Tremendous Fortunate’s Story, and the upcoming Rollin’ Rascal are all actually sensible – however we don’t get ‘mainstream’ entries within the style that a lot anymore. In fact, there’s Astro Bot, Crash Bandicoot 4, and Ratchet and Clank, however I would like much more new concepts. In walks Hirogami, a shocking new platformer with some a neat premise, and we (hopefully) don’t want to attend lengthy to play it.
Developed by Bandai Namco Singapore, Hirogami simply oozes delight. You are taking up arms throughout a whole origami world in an effort to save lots of your house from kind of evil digitization. Every little thing’s made of colourful paper, some animations have a decrease body price to assist them stand out, and there’s loads of ranges to discover. I’m instantly reminded of Tearaway and Unravel, two video games that even have drop-dead beautiful types and are pleasant platform games as well.
You possibly can even unlock hen, gorilla, frog, and armadillo transformations to fully change the gameplay. The hen can glide by way of Star Fox-style ranges, the Gorilla can transfer heavy objects and squash your enemies, the frog leaps larger for platforming segments, and (by far my favourite) the armadillo can morph right into a ball and roll round at excessive speeds. Transformations like this are a well-earned staple (heh) of the 3D platformer style, however Hirogami is doing much more with them.
These creature transformations will open up loads of Metroidvania components too, as a result of whereas Hirogami is level-based you possibly can take these powers again by way of accomplished phases and hunt for any secrets and techniques you missed. So you will get by simply finishing the degrees, however there’s much more to be discovered in case you take the time to discover your environment.
We don’t usually get video games like Hirogami, and I for one am glad we’re. There’s a spot for 3D platformers within the triple-A panorama, every with their very own daring design. Not the whole lot must be filled with DLC, battle passes, or give attention to holding you enjoying perpetually. Generally you simply want an concept, and Hirogami has these in spades.
Hirogami is sort of the departure for Bandai Namco Singapore although. The studio supported growth on the likes of Tekken 8, Soulcalibur 6, and even Ace Fight 7. Even with that have, the workforce wished to return to the video games they grew up with, and thus Hirogami was born.
Bandai Namco Singapore and Kakehashi Video games are releasing Hirogami on PC through Steam in 2025. You possibly can wishlist it right here.
There are much more upcoming PC games to get enthusiastic about whereas we await Hirogami, alongside loads of glorious single-player games to scratch an identical itch immediately.
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Nermeen Nabil Khear