Game DescriptionThe hero of Gish is a 12-pound ball of tar named Gish. He is lacking of any external organs except yellow glowing eyes and fanged teeth. His gelatinous nature gives him the ability to become sticky, slippery or heavy and expanded at will, among other talents. |
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Date of Release: Developer: Genre: Platforms: Mode: Engine: Languages: Price: |
May 2004 Cryptic Sea Platformer, Physics Windows, Mac OSX, Linux Singleplayer Custom English $19.95 |
| Awards: | IGF 2005: Game of the Year |
| Related Links: | Homepage |
| Also try: | Cave Story, Knytt Stories |
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| Windows: | exe 9.8 MB |
| Mac OSX: | dmg 13.2 MB |
| Linux: | gz 11.6 MB |
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Indie Legendby raelz
If there wasn’t any Gish, I would probably never find out what independent gaming is.I can’t say whether my opinion is biased or not, but Gish is for me a legendary game, one of the best ever.
Gish is a perfect example of what game should look like – you get a solid gameplay, which works pretty much on its own, and in addition awesome music and graphics plus few more additions such as multiplayer on one computer.
The gameplay is based on physics and it is amazing what jumps you can execute once you get used to it. There are four main abilities – Gish can jump, stick to objects, or become harder or softer. With these four, once you find out how to use them, you can throw stones, crush enemies’ heads, or just run through the level as fast as you can.
The levels are also very decent. Nothing breathtaking as for graphics, but the level design is exactly what it should be when you have a ball of tar with these abilities.
And, as I already mentioned, you still get some extras (multiplayer can be fun for more than just hours), some secrets and one of the best game’s music I know.