Big Hops is a running, jumping and swinging game about a parkour frog who has been kidnapped and is trying to make it back home. Play involves momentum-based hook shots and wall-jumps with your versatile tongue while also planting tightropes and bounce pads to get around. It stands out for its improvised traversal through large arenas full of secrets to find and new routes to uncover.
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You use your tongue as a grapple and multi-tool with an array of other tools to get around. In this way, your work to chain movement and reach secrets as a gentle story unfolds, and you meet the friendly animal inhabitants. Play focuses on platforming, but not like the pre-planned challenges of Mario games. The emphasis is on flow and experimentation over combat, where getting your jumps right lets you stitch together inventive, efficient ways to get around.
As you progress, you collect airship parts, expand your backpack and gather bugs and other collectables. In turn, this unlocks new route-making options that reveal hidden depths to the previously familiar landscape.
The result is an inviting game for young players that also offers depths and unusual locomotion for more seasoned gamers.
