Oby Adventure review – “An adorable and nostalgic platformer”

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  • Challenging platformer action
  • Touch controls are a little awkward
  • Diverse environments to explore

Adventure with Oby is a charming 2.5D mobile game that will resonate with anyone who grew up playing platform games like Rayman or Crash Bandicoot. In this game, you take on the role of Oby, a lovable pig in overalls, whose mission is to bring tranquility to the Kingdom of Fruitimal. As Oby, you’ll traverse the kingdom gathering coins, leaping between platforms, and crushing enemies beneath your feet.

Help Oby Save Fruitimal Kingdom

Your adventure begins with a visit to the king, Papa Aya, who tasks you with restoring peace to the Fruitimal kingdom, which is overrun with nasty creatures. To do so, you’ll need to collect the five fragments of an ancient relic that, once restored, will allow the king to access a hidden power called the source.

In Oby’s world, certain spots will cause the surroundings to shift, offering new viewpoints. Frequently, you’ll notice a floating red box with a star above it. This is a launcher – just leap into it and press the single button once more to propel yourself through the air to the next part of the level.

Initially, most of the opponents you’ll come across are slugs and ladybugs. But as you advance through the game, a diverse array of adversaries will present themselves for you to battle, such as frogs, jellyfish, and eels. Additionally, you’ll go head-to-head with formidable bosses that will challenge your platforming abilities to the limit.

Oby Adventure is Better with a Controller

In this adorable platformer, you can move left or right by tapping the appropriate arrow, jump by pressing the ‘1’ button, and stomp on enemies with the ‘2’ button. You can also perform wall jumps by tapping jump when against a wall while in midair.

Although the controls are simple to understand, arranging them at the bottom of the screen gives a slightly uncomfortable feel. Fortunately, Oby Adventure offers controller compatibility. If you’re not an expert in mobile platforming, I strongly advise using an external controller; it provides a much smoother control experience.

More Than a Platformer

While you’ll primarily be taking part in platformer action, certain levels let Oby test out different genres. For example, one level tasks Oby with avoiding obstacles while skateboarding, while another sees Oby competing in a 3-lap car race.
You can put the coins you collect throughout each level to good use by buying Oby some new threads. After completing a few levels, the Jack Tailor and Sons clothing store will open, allowing you to purchase new hats, pants, and sneakers for our peppy pig protagonist. Options include a Scottish kilt, a prince’s cloak, paper box shoes, and a miner’s helmet, among other silly accessories. It’s fun to dress your pig up in different outfits, and you can always change your current outfit by heading back to the shop.

Purchase Oby Adventure World by World

You can download Oby Adventure for free; however, after the first two levels, you’ll need to unlock new worlds via in-app purchases. Each world can be purchased individually. So, you only have to pay for a world when you are ready to explore it. Further, each world is reasonably priced at $0.99.

Oby Adventure is a delightful, family-oriented platform game that may spark memories of classic platformers from days gone by. Featuring captivating, varied landscapes to traverse, endearing fruit inhabitants to encounter, and spooky adversaries to vanquish, Oby Adventure embodies all the essential elements of the genre, making it an excellent pick if you’re searching for a charismatic platformer.

Beyond that, it’s delightful that you can personalize Oby’s appearance by acquiring fresh attire using the coins you earn. However, managing with touch controls might be a bit challenging. Using an external controller will make navigating Fruitimal Kingdom smoother and more manageable instead.

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2025-05-23 06:18