Big Hops (v21207)

A young frog’s desperate trip home becomes a sprawling, colorful adventure when the enigmatic spirit Diss kidnaps him and demands help gathering strange Dark Drips. The journey spans a forest, desert, ocean, and mountain, but each region feels less like a simple themed level and more like a place with its own problems, characters, and secrets to untangle. Its tone balances Saturday-morning cartoon charm with a gradually more suspicious story about what Diss actually wants and why Hop is the one doing the dangerous work.

Movement drives nearly every part of the experience. Hop rolls, dives, slides, climbs, wall-runs, swings, and launches himself through open environments, with his extendable tongue serving as both a grappling hook and a tool for grabbing objects, reaching ledges, and maintaining momentum. Platforming challenges encourage players to combine those abilities creatively rather than following a single prescribed route, while the Backpack pauses the action enough to manage items during tense sequences. Collectible Veggies grow into practical platforms and gadgets, turning exploration into a lightweight problem-solving system where players can create their own way across gaps and around obstacles.

The strongest idea here is how closely exploration, traversal, and inventory tools connect: a clever shortcut can come from mastering movement, planting the right Veggie, or noticing an overlooked tongue anchor. Gang dens, cultist encounters, rescued workers, optional bugs, outfits, and upgrades provide reasons to poke around beyond the main objective, while choices and discoveries flesh out the supporting cast. Its colorful character work and freeform movement recall the playful 3D platforming of Mario and Sonic Adventure, with a little of Breath of the Wild’s improvisational spirit in its tools. Big Hops suits players who miss expressive collectathon adventures and want a platformer that rewards curiosity and mechanical experimentation as much as precise jumping.