The Last Tinker: City of Colors
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About The Last Tinker: City of Colors
The Last Tinker: City of Colors arrived in May 2014 as an indie adventure platformer from Mimimi Games and Daedalic Entertainment. You play as Koru, a young boy living in the gray slums of Colortown who must fight back against the Bleakness. This dark force seeks to erase all joy from the world. The game supports single-player sessions on PlayStation 4, PC, Linux, and Mac. It skips the usual jumping mechanics entirely. Instead Koru uses color-based powers to interact with his environment. Players restore vibrancy to a monochrome world by solving puzzles and battling enemies with emotion-driven abilities.
Gameplay
You control Koru in a side-scrolling view where movement relies on sliding and climbing rather than jumping. The core loop involves finding colored orbs to charge your magic attacks. You throw these orbs at gray enemies or obstacles to reveal hidden paths. Battles feel rhythmic as you time your color blasts to counter the Bleakness. Each level presents environmental puzzles requiring specific hues to solve. You might need to turn a dark room bright red to reveal a platform or use blue energy to freeze water currents. The game tracks 14 achievements that encourage full exploration of every nook in Colortown. Sessions typically last around an hour as you tackle one major area at a time.
What Players Think
PlayPile data shows the IGDB score sits at 72.6 out of 100 based on 22 ratings. Players spend an average of 5.5 hours completing the main story. Community moods lean heavily toward nostalgic and chill with only 12 percent of players reporting stress during sessions. The completion rate stands at 89 percent for those who own the game. Review snippets frequently mention the unique lack of jumping as a defining feature. Only 4.10 percent of users unlocked the "Tinker Music" achievement making it the rarest in the set. Most players finish the main campaign without hunting for every secret collectible available in the world.
PlayPile's Take
This title is worth your time if you want a short, colorful adventure that ignores standard platforming rules. The price at $1.76 on GameBillet makes it an easy buy for fans of atmospheric puzzles. You will earn 14 achievements but finding them all requires patience since the rarest one unlocks in just 4 percent of runs. The game does not offer a long campaign but delivers a complete story quickly. Skip this if you need fast reflexes or high difficulty spikes. Grab it now while the historical low price holds true.
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Single player
IGDB Rating
72.6
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