VGChartz's Kelsy Polnik: "When a game promises to tickle your nostalgia for classic franchises such as Tron and Strider it's incredibly easy to come into it with a cynical mind. Are they just banking on the names, looks, or styles of others to sell their product? Are they going to do those properties justice? Will this game have its own identity? Exception successfully walks that fine line of borrowing ideas yet constructing its very own personality. It takes the single screen action platforming genre popularized by games like N+ and Super Meat Boy and introduces a much welcome coat of sci-fi paint to it that radiates off the screen. The influence of properties like Tron and Blade Runner is undeniable in the aesthetic design of the game as well as the narrative."
All in all, Exception is a great game to pick up and play. It doesn’t involve a lot of thinking, just quick reflexes and the ability to push the right buttons at the right time. The level transformation allows for some unique platforming styles to flourish. There is, however, plenty of room for improvement.
TSA writes: Taking a leaf from the world of Tron, Exception is a fast paced platformer where the main character is a Thread in an old lady’s computer. Unfortunately, this old lady has downloaded a virus which has transformed the thread world, where everything once was about making sure the computer was running fine to one where a virus has convinced the rest of the population to carry out processes that are actively harming the world. As one of the few Threads that hasn’t succumbed to the virus your character is tasked with restoring order by going through different nodes and restoring the system. The story itself is alright but is there to mainly get you from one level to another. It takes a back seat to a game that is a visual feast.
Aaron plays some Exception in an attempt to clean physical and electrical house.
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Genre: 2.5D platformer
Developer: Traxmaster Software
Publisher: Traxmaster Software
Platform(s): Xbox One, PS4, Switch, Steam
Player(s): 1
Price: $14.99 (Xbox One)
