Battleblock Theater

Xbox 360: April 3rd 2013 | Steam: May 15th 2014 | Xbox One: June 15th 2015 | Future ports (Switch, PS4, PS5 etc.): TBA

Multiplayer?: Yes

(All Versions)

What is BattleBlock Theater about?

Hatty and his friends (one of them being you) are on a nice boat trip talking about what they might stumble upon on said boat trip when suddenly a huge storm comes through making the trip very bumpy and life threatening causing some friends to get lost along the way, eventually Hatty and his friends crash on an island that inhabits a once very popular theater, due to the founder's obsession with cats after he passed away the theater became overrun with said cats who happen to be intelligent human like cats, when the current theater owner dies or leaves (which isn't easy) they get a new one by using a hat that once belonged to the founder that is assumed to be possessed in some way and takes over whoever wears it, your best friend Hatty is the hats next victim and is thus tasked with being the new owner against his will

What is the game/gameplay like?

The game is basically just a standard 2D platfomer where in each level you have to get at least 3 gems to be able to use the exit at the end of each level however you can collect all the gems and golden yarn for bonuses if you wanna

levels at the end of chapters (aka boss levels as they call em) are split into 2 levels each with a 2 minute long timer, in both levels you have to get enough gems to get to the exit within the time frame, in the second levels the "exit" is a key that unlocks the next chapter, after each chapter there is an animated cutscene furthering the story

there are also 3 optional time trial levels on the left side of boss rooms (if you want every level in a chapter to be A++ you'll need to do them)

after each level you get a grade (C, B, A or A++) which tells you how good you did (for example: if you collected all the gems, yarn and finished the level within a certain time frame you'll get an A++)

some levels have secret levels hidden on the blocks you platform on, there aren't many but they're very funny and i recommend finding them, do note that if you do go into one the level the secret was found in will have a low grade meaning you'll need to do it again to get a higher one

the gems and yarn have a purpose, you can use gems to buy heads to customize your character's physical apperance and yarn can be used to buy weapons that can be used in story mode and multiplayer modes to fight enemies and friends, the more heads you buy the higher the price goes up to buy one (10 gems is the starting price), if you're playing the Steam version you can also buy heads and weapons via the Steam Community Market, if you don't wanna do either you can also make your own (if you want a tutorial just look it up)