![]() #Shadow era unboxing skin#This style of movement means that – as long as you have enough skin layers (or ‘health’) – you can launch yourself all over the place, spinning your cute little self this way and that through the air. This skill is called “unboxing” and basically sees you shed a layer of cardboard skin to propel yourself – kind of like a disturbing, papery snake. Unbox’s unique quality is that one particular move sees you perform a special kind of ‘double jump’ that can actually be used up to six times. Completing these tasks will get you Stamps and, once you’ve collected enough of these, you’ll be able to fight that world’s boss (you see, it’s not all sunshine and sticky tape for Newbie and the gang – an evil race of cardboard boxes called the ‘Wild Cards’ are up to all sorts of mischief). You need speed, you need to be sturdy and, essentially, you need to be amazing at stereotypical, platform-game manoeuvres! The basic idea here is that you must travel across the game’s three main worlds (there is also a fourth ‘hub world’) to complete a whole host of tasks given to you by your colleagues at GPS – the Global Postal Service. You take control of Newbie – a cardboard box that has been sent on an adventure to train up and become the best delivery box imaginable. Does it manage this feat, though? Maybe we should jump into things and ‘wrap up’ these awful puns (about which we're truly sorry). ![]() Developed by Manchester-based indie studio Prospect Games, the game has been described as a “love letter” to those legendary titles and, thanks to more modern technology, is hoping to ‘deliver’ the ultimate ‘package’ in the genre. ![]() Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure is ‘packed’ full of features reminiscent of classic '90s 3D platformers such as Super Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie. ![]()
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