Raccoo Venture

Raccoo Venture is a platform game starring a raccoon that must recover the magical relics of his grandfather. It is well designed, and clearly influenced by classics from the 90s like Super Mario 64 or Crash Bandicoot3. Some of the most fun levels are ridiculously short, and the combat is lacking in action and variety. The puzzles are challenging and the levels are balanced, but the game does not stand out in any aspect.

I would have loved to have enjoyed my time with Raccoo Venture more than I did, because we need good old platform games like we saw in the 1990s, but Raccoo Venture never quite gets there.

Raccoo Venture isn’t a chore. It’s beautiful and the music is lovely. I loved the environment design and when you do find challenges, they are fun to tackle. I do think that Raccoo’s jumps get too tight later on, having the player jumping off specific angles to make jumps isn’t fun especially if they’re not part of the beaten path. The game performs amazing on a wide variety of systems, too, and that’s impressive given it’s just one man making this game. Raccoo Venture has its landings, you just need to get used to them.