The point where, to my opinion, the game falls a little bit short, is in the collisions. Of course, you can also play other people’s custom made levels. I mean, how is it possible to beat a level in 3 seconds?!Īnd if all that wasn’t enough, Landfall included in the package a level editor where you can design your own levels, on a somewhat friendly UI and share them with the world. And if you are one of those who like leaderboards, prepare for a big challenge. What is more, with all these powers available you will want to achieve the most outstanding run on some of the “cooler” levels. If you fail, you press a button and you start again. This is due to the fact that there almost no downtime between the attempts. You will often find yourself playing that one “one more level” or trying one more time. If it wasn’t made clear in the first paragraph, this game is addictive. It is known that I love when the design of a game is minimalistic and low-poly and this only adds to my list of pros for Clustetruck. All settings are very well designed and the constant renewing of mechanics, since each theme features its own traps and quirks, keeps the game fresh even after a while. You will find yourself riding through medieval castles with flamethrowers and swinging hammers, Mordor-esque wastelands with lasers that insta-kill you and more. There are levels set in a snowy landscape, while other are set in futuristic cities with gravity defying contraptions. Just don’t forget to do some nifty tricks while in the air.
Most of the time, however, you won’t need a specific power, since all of them can help you get through obstacles in one way or another. Most of them need some time to recharge, but can save you in very tough levels.
Powers such as double jump, grappling hook, jetpack, the ability to slow down time or to spawn more trucks at will. If you think there no hope for you, try purchasing a power or two. Probably, you’ll progress through the first few levels easily and get a slap in the face later on, but that’s just me. The first levels are easy, way too ease, for the horrors that are to be unleashed upon you while you progress. So, as any normal person you start jumping from truck to truck until you either reach the goal or end up roadkill (there is no graphic content in this game sadly). There are more trucks in front of you, and even more ahead. The game starts off with you on the top of a truck alongside other trucks.
This peak season, consumers are likely to shop earlier, less often, and with more purpose, making each visit more valuable than ever before.” Sign up for our free retail technology newsletter here. “Retailers have already invested heavily in safety, compliance and alternate ways to shop, but will need to continue to hard-bake consumer confidence into shopping journeys to ensure they capitalise on festive footfall and, crucially, sales. Such action would cripple the retail industry at a crucial moment for its recovery.”Īndy Sumpter, Retail Consultant – EMEA of ShopperTrak, comments: “This is a critical time when retailers are readying themselves for the start of the Golden Quarter and Christmas trading.” “Furthermore, with footfall remaining well below pre-coronavirus levels, the government must act now to provide certainty for business and prevent a cliff-edge of 100% business rates in April 2021.
Sales at upcoming holidays, including Halloween and Bonfire Night, are also likely to remain muted,” she adds. “It is likely that rising case numbers and future restrictions may see footfall decline in the coming months. Despite this, September footfall remains an improvement on the previous month.”
Helen Dickinson, Chief-Executive at the British Retail Consortium, says: “As the second wave of the pandemic sweeps the UK and additional restrictions come into force, footfall has steadily dropped during the month as many shoppers chose to stay at home. Retail parks saw a decrease of 6.9% YoY as they benefitted from wider open spaces in comparison to other locations and a higher proportion of supermarkets. They were the most negatively affected location in September, again falling below shopping centres (-36.1%) for the second time since April 2018. Year-on-year UK footfall decreased by 30.1% in September, with only a 4.7 percentage point improvement from August, according to research by the BRC and ShopperTrak.įootfall on high streets declined by 36.9% YoY. At the beginning of September, UK footfall rose to a post-coronavirus lockdown peak, buoyed by back to school shopping and the final week of the Eat Out To Help Out scheme.īy the end of the month, however, a tightening of coronavirus restrictions had torpedoed any hopes of a quick(ish) recovery.