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Xbox 360: April 3rd 2013 | Steam: May 15th 2014 | Xbox One: June 15th 2015

Multiplayer?: Yes

(All Versions)

What is BattleBlock Theater about?

Hatty and his friends (one of them being you!) are on a nice boat ride talking about what they might stumble upon on said boat ride when suddenly a huge storm comes through making the ride very bumpy, eventually after struggling to stay afloat for awhile and losing some of his friends along the way Hatty and his friends crash on an island that inhabits a once very popular theater

due to the original owner passing away many years prior and his obsession with cats when he was alive the theater has since become overrun with very intelligent human like cats with a new owner being switched out whenever the current one dies or leaves (which is not easy), they are able to get new owners super easily thanks to a hat that used to belong to the original owner that is assumed to be possessed in some way that takes over whoever wears it, your best friend Hatty is the hat's 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 collect-a-thon sort of thing 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 in classic collect-a-thon fashion you can collect all the gems and golden yarn if you'd like for bonuses

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 the first level you just gotta get enough gems to get to the exit within the time frame while in the second one you get a key that unlocks the next chapter (also within the time frame), after each chapter there is an animated and narrated 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++ it's recommended you do em)

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 went through the level within a certain time frame (aka really fast) you'll get an A++)

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)

some levels have secret levels hidden on the very blocks you walk/jump on but there aren't many so always keep a look out and walk/jump where ever you can in hopes you can find one (they're very funny and worth looking for trust me)