FORZA POLPO
PS1 meets SNES in an airy J-pop platformer
Like the mascot platformers of yore, Forza Polpo wants you to feel more adventurous than powerful – hence its soppy but rather endearing tagline, “only the weak can be brave”
Developer/publisher Monte Gallo
Format PC
Origin Italy
Release TBA
Cristiano
Graziani
picked
up
skills
for
game
development
while
working
in
realtime
VFX
and
VR
for
cinema.
“I
was
moved
also
by
the
ambition
to
do
something
totally
mine.”
Unlike
its
’90s
inspirations,
Forza
Polpo
features
semi-realistic
object
destruction
–
you
can
shoot
holes
in
advertising
boards,
releasing
zero-gravity
geysers
of
debris
The
levels
we’ve
seen
aren’t
colossal
but
they
induce
plenty
of
vertigo.
Polpo’s
shadow
is
an
indispensable
aid
while
hopping
between
narrow
objects
in
freefall.
Aside
from
enemies,
you
have
to
worry
about
electric
cables,
gusts
of
wind
and
pools
of
radiation.
Some
levels
must
be
unlocked
by
replaying
for
higher
scores.
Your
antagonist,
Dr
Prometheus,
is
based
on
the
ancient
Greek
Titan
who
stole
fire
from
the
gods.
We
hope
there
are
no
eagles
and
livers
involved