This review was worth the wait. It seemed like Mitchel Saltzman actually took the time to learn the game and it’s mechanics and really enjoyed doing it as well.
A lot of people have compared this to spongebob and Wario but the frantic batshit animation and those highly detailed closeups before the boss fights actually remind me a lot of Ren & Stimpy
This game definitely deserves the spotlight. Definitely indie game of the year. Edit: Yes, everyone. *Unless* Silksong. But even then, I'm still holding Pizza Tower above it.
You know what's great about this review? it's being made by someone who KNOWS how to play it, and enjoys it by how it is. You can tell how much they enjoy making this review
Yeah, reviewers need to, at a minimum, have a full understanding of a game before they review it. Even if they're rating a "hype" game that people think is 9/10 anyways, the mechanics and tech that is part of the game plays the most important role in dictating the overall enjoyment of the game for every player.
@@LocalBosnian-99 $20 is still definitely worth spending when it's a game that the developers put all their love and passion into AND ALSO means you're supporting indie developers.
you kinda have to memorize the level and replay it in order to get high scores or low times, like a sonic game. you are encouraged by the level design to go fast, but you have to earn that speed, just like a sonic game.
@@desmo-ciel But at least the enemies lower their guard when you are going fast enough, allowing you to plow through them without getting hurt. That avoids the bubsy syndrome where you can go fast but you can't avoid the enemies fast enough so you end up slowing down anyway.
@@Pinstar nah there are obstacles like that which punish you for blindly going fast, like those banana peels and the dreaded walls. sonic and this game is about going fast while the game actively tries to stop you, and while the games might have slightly different ways of going about it, its still the same thing. you avoid the enemies and obstacles you cannot normally react to by learning they are there.
Oh also just a random tip, if you grab-dash and immediately press in the opposite direction of your movement to halt all momentum. After that you drop faster and instantly than you would if you just kept running. Following this up with a grab-duck dash makes you practically resume your speed.
Sounds like this isn't getting a 10 because it doesn't have enough content. Fair enough IMO. A level editor was in the works in the past, hopefully that makes it in eventually
Missed the detail that a P-Rank also requires a full combo without dropping said combo. Combo also needs to be started on the first screen of the level, can't just avoid enemies. Great review though!
Fun fact: if you run out of time during pizza time and pizza face spawns, it is possible to outrun him and make it back to the entrance after time hits 0. It's hard but it's possible
@@TechBlade9000 actually it's not impossible on wasteyard, you just gotta lure pizza face onto a corner to save you time he move in a straight line towards you and you gotta take advantage of that
@9:35 That was a VERY Clevel use of the Part of the Level where Peppino scores the Player's Performance of a Particular Level[Using the A-Rank Animation specifically] to use for IGN's Review score for Pizza Tower Itself!!
No? The full list of requirements is -Killing an enemy before leaving the first room -Never dropping your combo before taunting at the Lap 2 entrance door -Completing lap 2 -S Rank score requirement -Finding all three secrets Getting hit doesn't immediately disqualify you from P rank, it's just very dangerous because it eats at your combo meter a lot.
7:27 this was definitely a more momentous event than the official minecraft release. especially for pizza tower fans. they also made a post about the IGN vote in the subreddit
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It's confirmed that Pizza Tower isn't coming to Switch anytime (maybe cuz McPig didn't want to get destroyed by Nintendo and Pizza Tower is Steam Deck verified always), but Idk about other consoles
@Logan McGlynn Pizza Tower used a lot of stuff from Wario Land series and Nintendo are overprotective with their franchises, so they can force to delete Pizza Tower or ever worse, sue McPig
You want what you can't have You want what you can't have You got it, you don't want it You got it, you don't want it You got it, you don't want it AT ALL AT ALL
imagine if there was a public online lobby where you can run around with different people and play with the obstacles. and there would be different entrances to community made levels for you to play.
once the timer reaches 0, you don't necessarily have to start the level over again. when it reaches 0 pizza face starts chasing after you, but you CAN outrun him all the way to the start
"The phrase pizza time could cause a number of different reactions in your average person." Me, horrified, who used to watch all of Egoraptor (Arin Hanson)'s video likes on UA-cam in 2013. Nobody tell him
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This is fake. A real IGN reviewer would never get a P rank (7:38) Jokes aside it's kinda surreal to see this game get reviewed. It's also a really great review. I'm immensely happy it blew up as much as it did. Been on board since 2021 and final release completely obliterated my expectations. To me it's a 10/10 game
Matching the end level ranking with IGN's score was perfect
IKR? it shows how much they care about THIS game; if they're willing to put in THAT level of Detail for the end review score for the game!!
Such rapscallions
The person who thought of that deserves a raise
@FemonicZI what is blud waffling about
Agreed
the fact they didn't rate it a pizzilion out of 10 is downright malicious
Pizza tower should get sold in 100pepperonion copies
Unacceptable!
Cities will burn
IGN really be knocking down a point for games without listing any flaws in the review
9/10 cuz no one's perfect
yeah the game literally makes you FEEL like a pizza
Certainly wasn’t expecting a Pizza Tower review from IGN of all places.
*7gn
Roadhouse
same
They reviewed among us
This is miles ahead
Same here
If somthing is popular ign gonna review it
This review was worth the wait. It seemed like Mitchel Saltzman actually took the time to learn the game and it’s mechanics and really enjoyed doing it as well.
You know there is probably gonna be
Some creepypasta and dark lore with this.
@@nehemiahpouncey3607The lore basically boils down to:
Chain owner is bitter he failed, threatens small business.
@@thepyrosharktf2 your right.
@@thepyrosharktf2 meatcanyon oh
Boy.
Get ready for an unsettling peppino.😂
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 about that...
A lot of people have compared this to spongebob and Wario but the frantic batshit animation and those highly detailed closeups before the boss fights actually remind me a lot of Ren & Stimpy
It's more courage the cowardly dog in a lot of places to me. Especially his reaction to pizza face in the intro.
Before the game released on steam, Ren & Simpy was the thing everyone compared the art style to
the art looks more like mad magazine grimey stuff than it does anything nickelodeon
It’s more like Cow & Chicken then Ren & Stimpy
George Liquor, American, wouldn't be out of place as a boss
This game definitely deserves the spotlight. Definitely indie game of the year.
Edit: Yes, everyone. *Unless* Silksong. But even then, I'm still holding Pizza Tower above it.
years just started, dont get your hopes up
@Eivissabelle it's my opinion, everyone's entitled to it
At least nominated.......
AND WIN!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!
@@YonkoDGoofy not saying your opinion is wrong
@@Eivissabelle so your saying other amazing indie games are coming
You know what's great about this review?
it's being made by someone who KNOWS how to play it, and enjoys it by how it is. You can tell how much they enjoy making this review
Oh yeah, Im fuckin surprised and hyped that the reviewer ACTUALLY KNOWS HOW TO PLAY THE GAME which is rare for IGN reviews holy crap
Ign w
Uncommon ign w
Yeah, reviewers need to, at a minimum, have a full understanding of a game before they review it. Even if they're rating a "hype" game that people think is 9/10 anyways, the mechanics and tech that is part of the game plays the most important role in dictating the overall enjoyment of the game for every player.
So, he's biased.
Pizza tower is absolutely game of the year so far. The rest of the gaming industry needs to be on top of their game if they hope to top it..
I'm uninstalling FNAF now.😂
Tired of Freddy fazfart.
And that stankin pizza place.
Hello peppino.
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 no one asked.
Not trying to be toxic, but what does that have to do with anything here?
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 haha you said it pardner, thanks for sharing
Really just ganna ignore hi fi rush?
It's a toss-up between pizza tower and hi fi rush for me. Both are incredible, near flawless examples of their respective genres.
Bought Pizza Tower yesterday based on the animation and steam reviews alone. Been vibing since. This game is not to be missed. It's also only $20!
"Only" 20 $ 😢 that's like 40 Convertible Marks. (It's alot)
@@LocalBosnian-99 $20 is still definitely worth spending when it's a game that the developers put all their love and passion into AND ALSO means you're supporting indie developers.
I've played absolutely terrible games that cost up to $50 or $60. 20$ for this amount of quality and care is absolutely worth every cent!
Definitely more passion put into it than most Triple A games recently.
It's 8 dollars in Brazil
Omg they did it he actually reviewed it with a huge amount of knowledge
Yea he did
@FemonicZIwhat lmao
@@Nomorenations didn't exceptect yah here
It’s like a sonic game, if you were actually encouraged by the level design to go fast, without being forced to memorize the level.
you kinda have to memorize the level and replay it in order to get high scores or low times, like a sonic game. you are encouraged by the level design to go fast, but you have to earn that speed, just like a sonic game.
@@desmo-ciel But at least the enemies lower their guard when you are going fast enough, allowing you to plow through them without getting hurt. That avoids the bubsy syndrome where you can go fast but you can't avoid the enemies fast enough so you end up slowing down anyway.
@@Pinstar nah there are obstacles like that which punish you for blindly going fast, like those banana peels and the dreaded walls. sonic and this game is about going fast while the game actively tries to stop you, and while the games might have slightly different ways of going about it, its still the same thing. you avoid the enemies and obstacles you cannot normally react to by learning they are there.
Oh also just a random tip, if you grab-dash and immediately press in the opposite direction of your movement to halt all momentum. After that you drop faster and instantly than you would if you just kept running. Following this up with a grab-duck dash makes you practically resume your speed.
🧢
its so fitting that the rare ign W review is for pizza tower
Hello there
The pizza tower lord has arrived!!
My favorite secret is the one you get for waiting on the main menu for 40 seconds without pressing any buttons(before the lights turn on)
*redacted for spoilers*
@@NickiRusin shhh
@@clipCommander101 you're right
Fun fact: if you complete the "thing" in under 2 minutes you get a costume
A 9 on an indie game from IGN is basically a 10
The only indie 10 I've seen from them is dwarf fortress
@@macawesome7518 they also gave Celeste a 10, which it definitely deserves.
Sounds like this isn't getting a 10 because it doesn't have enough content. Fair enough IMO. A level editor was in the works in the past, hopefully that makes it in eventually
@@macawesome7518 Also Undertale and Celeste
@@macawesome7518undertale as well
Not my kind of game but it clearly is something the dev worked hard on and didn't compromise his vision. An uncompromising love letter. Nice job
@FemonicZI Where's the funny?
@@buzter8135 copypasta
@FemonicZI what
@FemonicZI im seeing no funny
@FemonicZI you will not laugh.
why pizza tower is 10/10
-Mort the chicken
-soundtrack
- Gustavo
-funny pizza slime
-"It's pizza time"
-"That's the one, officer"
mort the chicken alone is an easy 10/10. cmon, its mort the chicken from mort the chicken!
@@mrgamewatch9635 You're right. Mort the chicken is truly the mort the chicken of all time
"Back to this guy"
It has MORT THE CHICKEN, the protagonist of the game MORT THE CHICKEN where you play as MORT THE CHICKEN
My favorite part was when Peppino said "Gotta get quick"
mine was when peppino said GLONTCH
@@NickiRusin This isn't milk
@@JerWhey Italian man!
Love the sync of the “y’all ready to get funky” with the title card
We stay for Mitchell Saltzman's review.
Absolutely madlad delivering stellar reviews.
Absolutely deserved the 9 out of 10 rating, the game is actually a masterpiece. Just beat it yesterday myself, the final boss is such a fun fight
it's a 10 out of 10
Gotta say, I’m not a fan of IGN, but I’m glad they’re giving Pizza tower the attention it deserves
you mean the attention it deserviolis
Even IGN already made a Pizza rower review. It brings me a lot of satisfaction.
I'm glad you're giving this game a spotlight, it truly stands next to Celeste and shovel knight as some of the finest platformers ever
And A Hat in Time
Missed the detail that a P-Rank also requires a full combo without dropping said combo. Combo also needs to be started on the first screen of the level, can't just avoid enemies.
Great review though!
Next step: be nominated for game of the year
GUESS WHAT
WE LOST
It was this close to winning, they better give it some award 😢
Pizza Tower really makes you feel like an Italian.
Fun fact: if you run out of time during pizza time and pizza face spawns, it is possible to outrun him and make it back to the entrance after time hits 0. It's hard but it's possible
Only on certain screens, some like Wasteyard have many impossible screens like anything involving Ghost Peppino
@@TechBlade9000 actually it's not impossible on wasteyard, you just gotta lure pizza face onto a corner to save you time
he move in a straight line towards you and you gotta take advantage of that
it's why someone made the lap 3 mod, where pizza face spawns Instantly on lap 3 and you have to run to the end with that in mind
The animation and expressions are absolutely hilarious eye candy
Looks like fun! The 90's cartoon art style is pretty great too.
@9:35
That was a VERY Clevel use of the Part of the Level where Peppino scores the Player's Performance of a Particular Level[Using the A-Rank Animation specifically] to use for IGN's Review score for Pizza Tower Itself!!
There's no way the IGN employee got a P rank
Got an S, is not a 10 game.
/S
Are people really still making this joke it's been over 5 years.
Hey, he's an IGN employee, not a videogame journalist.
This game is probably the best game I've played in years it's litterally perfect
Wow an actually based IGN review 😱😱😱 never thought it was possible
Not even IGN could resist the pizzillion pizza dollars this game is making🥶🥶🥶
@FemonicZI no one cares
7:30 you shouldve done it with the S rank result screen
That's for a 10 out of 10 rating
P rank is 10 tho
@@darkkirby714 nah p-rank is 11/10
and thats what it deserves.
Edit: Small correction, you have to find all the secrets AND not drop the combo from the first room till the end for a P rank
You can get hit and still get a p rank. You need to maintain a combo throughout the run, get an S rank, and get all secrets.
You will probably not keep your combo if you get hit, but you can get hit lol
Correctionception
No? The full list of requirements is
-Killing an enemy before leaving the first room
-Never dropping your combo before taunting at the Lap 2 entrance door
-Completing lap 2
-S Rank score requirement
-Finding all three secrets
Getting hit doesn't immediately disqualify you from P rank, it's just very dangerous because it eats at your combo meter a lot.
You haven't played Pizza Tower have you?
"One cannot simply beat pizza without pizza towering"
- Sun Tzu, The Art of Pizza Towering
"Move over Wario, Peppino Spaghetti is-a number one now."
That shows how much this game transcended Wario Land 4.
7:27 this was definitely a more momentous event than the official minecraft release. especially for pizza tower fans. they also made a post about the IGN vote in the subreddit
"love for 90s Nickelodeon and CN"
Machinima: *AM I A JOKE TO YOU?*
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My favorite thing about pizza tower is that it’s so silly and chaotic, and then it hits you with such an epic final boss fight
This game makes me feel faster than any Sonic game
This feels like a cartoon that would've been a recurring segment on "Kablam!"
This game is really getting the attention it needed since 4-5 years ago that the project started to make pizza tower
the first accurate reflection of Italian experience
A game journalist worth his salt? Color me amazed and shocked. Keep it up, dude!
REALLY hoping this comes to Console. It’d be great to play Pizza Tower on Switch or PS5. Devs: do it! Please?
It's confirmed that Pizza Tower isn't coming to Switch anytime (maybe cuz McPig didn't want to get destroyed by Nintendo and Pizza Tower is Steam Deck verified always), but Idk about other consoles
@@saha-7129 that is true about not putting Pizza Tower on switch but it may put that game on PlayStation and Xbox.
@Logan McGlynn Pizza Tower used a lot of stuff from Wario Land series and Nintendo are overprotective with their franchises, so they can force to delete Pizza Tower or ever worse, sue McPig
@@saha-7129 if that were the case, they could take A Hat In Time off of the switch for being inspired by Super Mario 64.
@@uhhumm-l6o No but Pizza Tower samples Wario Land 4 directly
6:35 and maintain a combo to the whole level.
really glad they got Foekoe to do a review for this game
IGN review where the gameplay isnt actually horrible as any other review? impossible.
Reminds me of Warrio Land 4, what a nice game
We need more reviews like this!
You want what you can't have
You want what you can't have
You got it, you don't want it
You got it, you don't want it
You got it, you don't want it
AT ALL
AT ALL
THE BOTW2 KILLER
with the hungrybox pog face thumbnail
Honestly this game deserves 10/10. peronally, so far this is definitely my game of the year.
The art style also reminds me of Superjail with how unhinged everything is.
IGN forgot to mention you need to keep your combo from the first room all the way to the end for a P rank.
imagine if there was a public online lobby where you can run around with different people and play with the obstacles. and there would be different entrances to community made levels for you to play.
Most based IGN review in years
Hi-Fi rush and Pizza tower putting in work so it’s not just “remakes” that are what’s doing well in 2023.
Should port this everywhere so they can get the BIGGEST piece of the pie 🍕💰
To save you time, it got a 9.
The review score being showing in the level grade screen is a nice touch
very "startling" jumpscare
Its goofy tho
It just got robbed at The Game Awards.
I've never even HEARD of Cocoon, WHAT IS THIS SH1T?!
Eat a pizza everytime he says anxiety-inducing
Is this the redemption arc
Pizza Tower really makes you FEEL like Peppino
This game looks like what would happen if Samus could only move with Speed Booster/Shine Spark, aka stressful as hell
Not an 10
-The Noise
This game really makes you FEEL like an Italian war veteran
-IGN, 2023
Get this on players choice for TGA 2023
The one time I’m not disappointed with an IGN review
IGN: Makes an actual review
Everyone liked that (12K)
once the timer reaches 0, you don't necessarily have to start the level over again. when it reaches 0 pizza face starts chasing after you, but you CAN outrun him all the way to the start
He mentioned that
@@ANoobInvoid oh ok
You know
I'm happy that they could get past the tutorial this time
there's something about the structure of "making it so that..." that drives me crazy. we have a single word for that: allow
Yall better watch out, Anton blast is on the way with more Wario like action.
ITS HAPPY HOUR
Smiling 60 minutes
Move over, year of Luigi, it's the year of WARIO, now!
Hey anton say the line anton come on anton say the line anton hey anton please anton the line anton say it anton say the line anton
noise is calling pick up phone
this game better get some award at the game awards
10/10 BEST GAME
Definitely want to try this out on the Steam Deck.
@Zack_Gamedevlog looks interesting, don't like the name or copyright infringement.
"The phrase pizza time could cause a number of different reactions in your average person."
Me, horrified, who used to watch all of Egoraptor (Arin Hanson)'s video likes on UA-cam in 2013.
Nobody tell him
Pizza Tower players: "2 months?! This review took forever!"
Freedom Planet 2 players: "😒"
Among us: 2 years 🙂
Btw fp2 needs to be a bit more popular to get reviewed.
We aboutta get this game main stream
Not only is this game fun this game is also one of the best games to see speedrun of
*"I'm not gonna sugarcoat it!"* 5:47
"it has little pizza for everyone" -IGN
Reminds me of those classic flash sidescrollers
Pizza Tower for GOTY
Then this will lead to more sequels.
5:21 Nah, onky if pizzaface gets you
The best review of IGN of all time!
even ign forgot about the long jump
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This needs to be released on switch, ps4 and ps5 and so on
Petition to force IGN to 101% the game
It's really interesting how the entire review was glowing positive with no flaw mentioned and it's not a 10
My opinion, This game deserve 10/10
Me waiting for the Caddicarus review:
This is fake. A real IGN reviewer would never get a P rank (7:38)
Jokes aside it's kinda surreal to see this game get reviewed. It's also a really great review. I'm immensely happy it blew up as much as it did. Been on board since 2021 and final release completely obliterated my expectations. To me it's a 10/10 game
This deserves to be game of the year
Even if silksong, deltarune or fallen aces release this year