Monster Max yɛ saa weird little game boy gems a ɔkwan bi so no ɔhwee ase wɔ radar ase wɔ da no mu no mu biako. Wo di agorɔ sɛ Max, a —ma yɛnka nokware —te sɛ abofra a ɔtow hyɛɛ ne papa closet so maa saa jacket a ɛsõ dodo no, nanso hey, ɔwɔ guts. Adeɛ no nyinaa di agorɔ te sɛ Pac-Man ne Pokémon a wɔadi afra, sɛ na ɛsɛ sɛ Pac-Man siesie block puzzles bere a ɔkwati monsters a ɛte sɛ Digimon designs a wɔapow no a.

Ade a edi kan a wobɛhyɛ no nsow? Kɔla ahorow no. Wɔ agoru abarimaa agoru ho no, ɛyɛ nwonwa sɛ ɛyɛ hyew —blues ne greens pii a ɛpopa wɔ pea-soup screen dedaw no so mpo. Wofi ase wɔ supɔw a ɛte sɛ afiri a ɛte sɛ afiri yi so, na wopiapia abodan no ma ɛkyere mmoa a wɔyɛ keka mmom sen sɛ wobɛko atia wɔn. Mfiase no, ɛte sɛ nea ɛyɛ mmerɛw, nanso afei ahodwiriwde no fi ase tow curveballs, te sɛ teleporters ne switches a ɛsakra nhyehyɛe no nyinaa. Mede me ho hyɛɛ screen biako so bere tenten dodo ansa na merehu sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ midi kan twetwe aboa pɔtee bi kɔ afiri mu.

Nea ɛma ɛba saa ankasa ne nipasu no. Monsters no wɔ saa goofy animations yi, titiriw dopey kɛse a ɛyɛ flops kɛkɛ te sɛ apataa fi nsu mu. Na nnwom no nso ɛ? Cheesy wɔ ɔkwan a eye sen biara so —saa classic game boy synth a ɛrehuruhuruw wɔ thice ne triumphant ntam a egyina sɛ ebia worebɛsiesie puzzle anaasɛ wobɛnya cornered denam critters smarm so.

Ɛnyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ —ahodwiriw a ɛba akyiri yi no bi te sɛ nea ɔyɛ sadist na ɔyɛɛ ho mfonini —nanso biribi wɔ hɔ a ɛyɛ nwonwa sɛ ɛma abotɔyam wɔ mmoa a wɔyɛ keka no ho sen sɛ wɔbɛyɛ mashing buttons kɛkɛ. Sɛ woanya baabi a ɛyɛ mmerɛw ama Forgotten Puzzle-Adventure Hybrids a, eyi de, ɛfata sɛ wɔde mfutuma gu so.