206:. Each of the game's five worlds is presented with its own hub, where each individual level can be accessed. The hubs are levels themselves, with coins to collect and some basic platforming required to reach new areas. Each hub has around five main levels, and a number of additional puzzles to complete. The goal of each of these levels is to collect clovers, which enable Lucky to take back control of the Book of Ages from Jinx. Each level has four clovers to find — one for completing the level, one for collecting 300 coins, one for finding the five letters that spell "LUCKY", and one "secret" clover, which is usually in a hidden area of the level or earned by completing a short timed challenge.
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own nefarious purposes. Along the way, Lucky encounters a supporting cast of friends and adversaries. Lucky must confront the Kitty Litter, Jinx's mischievous children. Lucky also meets friends and allies along the way, including misplaced Yetis, Kookie
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gave the game a 7 out of 10 calling it "a clean, responsive platformer" and noted its controls are "an achievement given how sloppy some mechanics are in recent mascot platformers". Nevertheless, Carter's criticisms about the game included an underwhelming "reward loop", and a lack of quality of life
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Swiftail, a curious and brave fox on a quest to find his inner strength and help his sister Lyra protect the Book of Ages, inside of which exist entire worlds and characters. The game's antagonist is a cat named Jinx, a mysterious villain who is trying to steal the Book of Ages for his
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to be another example of the 3D platformer genre's "renaissance of sorts" in the year 2017. To him, the game's strengths include its colorful and varied worlds, Lucky's signature burrow ability, the voluminous amount of collectibles to search for, and a nice mix between 2D and 3D levels, while its
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praised the game's graphics and the fast pace of its action. He summarized it as a "fine 3D platformer" which "blends in more types of platforming than most entries in the genre and keeps the collect-a-thon to a minimum", and controls well outside of some camera issues. For
Peeples, the game's
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gave a mediocre rating, and said that "poor controls and a lousy camera doom the otherwise adorable-critter platformer". McCaffrey found it particularly disappointing as he very much wanted to like the character and the concept of the game as the Xbox brand "could use a decent answer to
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The levels themselves offer a variety of platforming challenges. Some are 3D arenas with non-linear progression. Others feature 2D side-scrolling. There are also several mini-levels in each world, including
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on August 21, 2020. Described as a partial remake by its developers and reviewers, it features several changes and refinements and integrates both downloadable expansions into the main game.
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in the 3D platformer genre". Kallie Plagge from GameSpot found the game to be somewhat generic, noting its limited camera controls to be frustrating and added: "It's easy to imagine how
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