After a hard day’s work, there’s nothing better than coming home, kicking your feet up, and cracking open a cold one for Happy Hour — but what if Satan himself interferes with such simple pleasantries? TheGamer’s George Foster went on a destructive journey to find out in ANTONBLAST, the fast-paced explosive action platformer developed by Summitsphere and published by Joystick Ventures, emerging with a raging 4.5/5 review score!
Antonblast stars the wonderfully named Dynamite Anton (along with his coworker Annie) and sees him on a quest to rescue his collection of spirits after a caked-up version of Satan targets the titular anti-hero for his ruby-red skin. As is almost always the case with my favourite genre, the story is pure cartoony chaos and mostly serves as a reason to jump around and collect things.
Even though the devil’s motives are nothing more than skin-deep, Antonblast still manages to have a ton of character and charm. Its loud, chaotic and in-your-face vibes are basically Ed, Edd n Eddy the video game, an energy that’s matched by the beautifully bold pixel art style that calls back to 90’s cartoons and has similarly jamming tracks. Antonblast is treat for the senses, and that’s before you even get into the real meat, potatoes, and blasting.
Be sure to check out George’s full review over at TheGamer here. ANTONBLAST is currently available on PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch, boasting a Metacritic score of 87 with over 20 reviews. Care to grab Anton’s Mighty Hammer and bring Satan a very personalized “gift” as thanks for stealing his prized collection of spirits? Find out if you can discover the devil’s location to make him pay, then try to make it back home in time before Happy Hour ends!
Devil-haters with a penchant for demolition can follow Summitsphere on their official website, Twitter/X, TikTok, and Instagram, join their Discord server, and visit Joystick Ventures’ official website and follow them on Twitter/X.
