Tearaway Review

Tearaway is a game for the PS Vita created by the team behind Little Big Planet. It's a lovely little game that's full of amazing ideas. The art-style is very innovative setting the scene as the entire world is made out of paper that folds in and out with realistic effects and sounds. The game's genre itself is a really quirky and fun mix of puzzle solving with 3d platforming, two types of games I very much enjoy.

The mechanic of the games are very intuitive and never feel forced, where new ideas will be thrown at you throughout the whole game, from putting your fingers on the PS vita's touch pad, allowing them to show up in the game and help the character go forward, to the ability to make clothes and objects for the characters and even have you become a character in the game taking the form of the sun.

Leading on from my last point, the game has two heroes, you and Iota, who has a message for you. You must guide him through the world to get to reach the sun where you as an in-game character live, as a huge being in the sky so you can hear what he needs to say with the letter. There's a lot of charm to be had with the majority of characters and enemies in this game, as they have very distinct and adorable designs.

The sound in the game is a mixed bag, on one side the sound effects are brilliant and a few music tracks are rather catchy, sadly the rest of the music I found to be extremely bothersome as they were seemingly short, repetitive and obnoxious that made me just want to turn the sound down. Of course it features a lot of kazoos and other bizarre instruments that shouldn't actually be used to play music with.

Overall if you own a PS Vita Tearaway is a must-buy, I had a blast playing it and since music is only a matter of taste, others may adore it. However the game is great in most regards, however it's quite short only shy of 5-6 hours so don't go rushing out your house to buy a PS vita just yet for it, however you will be in for a lovely expierience!

Th game gets 8.5 out of 10.