Outta Hand TEST: when slapping and moving with your hands becomes a sport

THE Doctor Vendelvom, a crazy and crazy being, engages in strange genetic manipulation to give life to enslaved and obedient beings with large hands, called Hand-Peoples. But it turns out that the being that we are does not correspond to the established criteria and we are therefore put to the rebus, very brutally. It is therefore from the depths of the laboratory, and aided by the voice-over which will accompany us throughout the adventure, that we decide to go and kick the butt of the scientist who is a little too crazy, and to free our fellows.

Outta Hand is demanding and involves you “physically” from start to finish

This undertaking will not be accomplished with kicks, because as you might have noticed, the creature that we are has undergone some morphological alterations. Our lower limbs have become ridiculously small, but in return, we have two large elastic arms and two substantial hands, capable of feats, and this is the originality of the game. Here we are, wandering around, not on all fours, nor on two feet, but on both hands. This way of moving brings an additional dose of realism that teleporting or sliding with the joystick does not have. Through this, we are one hundred percent master of our movements, and therefore of our errors.

The comparison with a Gorilla Tag might be felt at first glance, but in reality these two games are not comparable. Outta Hand is above all a platform and adventure game, which, without falling into the difficulty of a Ven VR Adventure, is no less demanding and still puts our dexterity to the test. In order to free the other creatures from the laboratory and put an end to the actions of the Doctor Vendelvomwe must cross 37 different levels across four environments with various and varied mechanics, all with big arm movements.

The game is physically demanding. We advise you to do a warm-up before throwing yourself body and soul into the adventure, because the muscle tear could not be far away. Once the movement mechanics have been acquired, we have to use our hands, and that’s no small thing to say, in order to go through all the levels and defeat the associated bosses, very often without much difficulty, while distributing just as many slaps. masterful to each of the doctor’s henchmen as necessary. The arms of our character are telescopic, and like a One Pieceit is all elasticity that we strike the enemies from one end of each room to the other with a certain and unrestrained pleasure. Aside from these offensive capabilities, our modified limbs allow us to jump from platforms to platforms, from walls to walls, to fly and even to swim. And it won’t be too much to achieve our goals and thwart the countless traps such as circular saws, hammers, deadly lasers, moving platforms and whatnot. You will therefore agree, Outta Hand can be read “physically” from start to finish and it gets your heart rate up, plays on your nerves, and risks sending a few trinkets flying during your gesticulations. Note that various settings are available for the most sensitive.

If the adventure itself keeps you busy for about three hoursknow that to prolong the pleasure, all levels can be re-exploredin order for example to deliver all of the Hand-People imprisoned here and there, or even to recover each strand of DNA scattered along the routes.

Outta Hand is infinitely replayable.

For those who remain hungry, the game offers in addition to everything, infinitely and randomly generated levels to perfect your agility in a mix of biomes and traps giving ever more challenges. There is something for every taste. The player can choose to make their way with a unlimited number of lives, while a second, more robust variant, with a scoreboard, is here for the most seasoned players and will be punishing with only three lives. Note that there is no rush to rush through the levels. Certain areas are worth observing before diving in, if only to observe the mechanisms or discover where the collectibles are. Furthermore, before each boss fight, mini-games are available to decompress, like a “mole hunt” to warm up our fists.

Outta Hand is a nice surprise in this year 2023 and we enjoyed playing it. The title does not reinvent the wheel, but borrows from different styles of games with a clever mix. We find a platform crazy and energetic and a proven means of transport. There is no doubt that the game will find its audience, because it wants to be relatively accessible and well designed so as not to be overly punitive.. We regret that despite the presence of menus in French, the entire story and dialogues are entirely in English, and that the title does not offer any subtitles. In any case, the storyline remains very basic and in no way detracts from the pleasure of playing and having fun, or rather hands.

Please note that Outta Hand has a QuestGamesOptimizer profile to make it more graphically attractive.