Man, there’s so many platformers out there these days, it’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack—or, y’know, something more colorful. Honestly, how’s a developer gonna pop out and be the next big thing, like Shovel Knight or Celeste? Gotta be something different, right? I felt exactly that after diving into Love Eternal at PAX East 2025.
So, there’s this game called Love Eternal. Made by a couple of sibling devs—can you even imagine their dinner table convos? Anyway, these two have been through quite a lot together, like moving from Oregon (where it mostly rains, right?) straight into the wildfire-hit madness of L.A. And trust me, you’ll see this whole vibe seeping through their game. It kinda screams Perfect Blue, that trippy anime. And the story? Oh, it’s something else.
Picture this: you start the game as Maya. Everything’s normal, just chatting with family in a comfy suburb house. Then, bam! The phone rings, and after that, poof! Family’s gone. The outside world? It looks like something from a time long gone—kinda surreal and shattered.
So yeah, Maya’s dealing with this meltdown of reality, and she gets thrown into these platforming bits. This gravity-flipping trick she does? Nuts. She can walk on ceilings like it’s no big deal. But here’s the catch—she can only flip once before touching down. I mean, what kind of madness is that? But don’t worry, she finds these red stones to give her a mid-air flip boost. Tricky stuff gets thrown at you as you go on, but hey, there’s save points. So if you mess up (and you will), it’s all good. You can tell the devs are huge fans of indie classics like Celeste and VVVVVV.
From what the devs say, they wanna challenge your brain while telling this wild story. Something about escaping a castle made of bitter memories? And a kid snatched by a lonely god or something? It sounds heavy, but I’m all in for some surprises and spine-chilling moments by the end of this quest. It’s not a long game, about four hours, but it hits you hard when it drops later this year for basically all the consoles and PC.
