Tinertia

It's all in the name: Tinertia is a frenetic gauntlet of momentum. Over the course of seven environments, each consisting of about eight levels and a boss encounter, you will maneuver little robot Weldon across gaps and around hazards using the explosive propulsion of his rocket arm. You also have access to a mid-air dash that is used for finer movements (and saving your ass), but it can only be used once before it must be recharged by landing on a solid surface. Playing on a controller you move Weldon with the left stick, aim/fire rockets with the right stick, and activate the dash with RB. It's an unusual setup, but it gives Tinertia a different feel from most side-scrolling games.

The levels (and bosses especially) get fiendishly difficult, and you will be dying and retrying a lot. Mercifully, the levels are fairly short and restarting is instantaneous, keeping you in the zone while you hone your skills. The visuals are vibrant, and the game runs like greased lightning (even on old graphics cards, I would imagine). Music is electronic, but it's not mindless EDM--it buzzes with personality, especially during boss levels, and I found myself bopping along even as I failed again and again.

Tinertia is a compact, tight game, clocking in at about six hours for me, though your completion time will depend entirely on skill. In addition to the standard levels, you'll unlock a Gauntlet mode (procedurally generated levels), speedrun and boss rush modes. Oh, and some cute alternate outfits for Weldon. I recommend the game for anyone who enjoys difficult 2D games like Meatboy.

The only reason why I have this game is because my dad thought this was Terraria. On his defence though, the words Terraria and Tinteria sound very similar. I decided to finish the game a year after getting it though. it was hell

One of the most unique & fun platformers I've ever played.

It's definitely a very challenging game, but that makes finally nailing each checkpoint all the more satisfying. The movement mechanics are also perfect, the rocket jumping & dashing are so tight that you never feel cheated by the game when you die, you're just annoyed by your own failure and mistiming-- which, by the way, there absolutely is a 1:1 correlation with your skill and your success in this game; however, each progressive level builds on skills learned in the last: I went from dying an embarrassing amount of times, to impressing myself with some of my artful sequences in later runs (though was quickly humbled looking at the leaderboards, some people are truly machines).

Anyway, apart from the most important aspect (the gameplay, which is stellar), the visuals and the soundtrack are awesome, case-in-point: I usually mute games, but didn't find myself doing that here.

Overall: highly recommended.

Tinertia is a real blast to play. The lack of a jump button makes it a unique and fluid experience. It might be a little difficult at first, but mastering the controls is satisfying. Cool bosses, too.

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Highly addictive platformer and great couch VR game! Although difficult, you'll keep trying and trying ;)

I never knew I would like a platformer there you need to press down to jump.
This game is just amazing and fun to play. Controls are good, it fells like you controlling everyting even in midair. Desing is nice and consistent (yes, it's rare in indi games which often consist of 50-90% of different assets), this game is really looks like it made with a vision in mind.
Maybe only one downsite is sound. The music it's kinda boring and sound effects are just not satisfying to hear.

A very clever little platforming game that increases in difficulty as you progress and tests you against what to me maybe the greatest to platform and boss battle at the same time.

This is a platformer game fully based on the concept of rocket jumping to move upwards, avoid obstacles and hazards.
No jump button, instead you shoot rockets close to the main character to acquire speed: that can be for jumping (aim right below the main character, towards the floor) or to move the main character (fast) towards any other direction. Weldon, the main character, preserves momentum as long as it does not touch the ground, which can allow it to reach pretty high speeds.
There is also a fair amount of air control (close to Meat Boy levels, I would say), and a small-ranged air dash.

The game levels are designed pretty much the same way than Super Meat Boy's: short levels, infinite lives, fast restart. It is also difficult.

Although this is a very niche game and there are not many players (which is a shame considering how good the game is), the competitive side of the game is good: automatic replays, leaderboards (*clean* leaderboards), speedrun and boss rush modes.
The game is fine from a technical viewpoint, too. Rather low hardware requirements, responsive controls (no framerate cap at all, that helps).

My *only* gripe with the game is that on a few rare instances, the level design puts the game's physics engine to bad use. This is especially bad with boss #6 imho, where it is hard to prevent the main character from touching/colliding with fast moving or rotating objects, with results in hard to preduct, sometimes frustrating behavior.
But overall, the controls, physics and level design nicely work together, the game is predictable and does not feel unfair.

A very fast paced platformer that's great for speed running. The rocket jumping mechanic is unique and provides opportunities for a lot of interesting maneuvers.

Wow, this game is fantastic! I played the VR version for a straight hour before I had to get off and review it on Steam. Many VR players are looking for polished content and Tinertia delivers.

It is like a mix of Rayman Origins and Super Meat Boy. It is incredibly fast paced and the artstyle looks amazing in VR. It has a great soundtrack and the game has a great atmosphere all around. This game isn't a push over and the difficulty ramps up nicely.

I didn't notice any slowdown or issues in VR. This is an incredibly polished experience and I highly recommend the game! If you enjoy traditional platformers, then this is a must buy for VR!

Game's fun, a little weird to move your thumbstick to jump but the game's designed around it, and seems like having a delicate control system lets you break it in ways the dev accounted for.

Quality art too.

Only con I've found is the unskippable intro cutscene.

Tinertia is a Quake meets Super Meat Boy 2.5D precision platformer with short levels in which you will die repeatedly and a sky high skill ceiling. Almost everything about it is fantastic from the deep movement mechanics to the clever level design, pleasant aesthetics, and music that does a great job of keeping you engrossed as you're replaying the same levels again and again. It's brilliant. This is one of the best games in my sizable Steam library and one of the few that I can actually recommend picking up at full price.

Even once you've managed to get through the levels, which past the first world is quite a task in its own right, there's secondary goals to finish within a certain amount of time / rockets used (thankfully both don't have to be done on the same run) which add a great deal of replayability, and you can compete against other players' best runs with both friend and global leaderboards. The variety of gimmicks is great too, you aren't just running through the same design tropes world after world. It's not for the faint of heart, but if you're into repeating an area until you get every movement exactly right ala Super Meat Boy or Hotline Miami then this is going to be a perfect fit for your collection.

I do have a few issues with the game but they're all fairly minor. Menu navigation is clunky unless you're using a controller (inexplicably, since this was originally designed for keyboard and mouse). Antialiasing is FXAA only and it definitely reduces the aesthetic quality of the game, though it still looks very nice overall. You can supersample it if you have the GPU power without breaking anything in the game, but that shouldn't be the only option for proper AA. Vsync causes massive performance problems, though in a game like this I'm not sure why you'd be using it anyway. It's recommended using driver forced vsync rather than the in game option but I haven't actually tried this to see if it works any better.

Other than that, the graphics options given are respectable, offering you the ability to turn on or off ambient occlusion occlusion and depth of field, as well as a generic 'quality' selector which gives you six options from 'lowest' to 'ultra' (points for granularity). It's never specifically stated what each of these different qualities entails, but since the game's rendering adjusts in real time as you change it, you can pretty well see what happens by looking in the background of the menu. Even on lowest, the game still looks quite nice, and my GTX 760 keeps up with ultra just fine, no glaring performance issues outside of the mentioned problem with vsync.

I think the progression system could be improved. The game is strictly linear and doesn't give you any way to bypass a level if you get stuck on a particularly tough one. A mouse sensitivity slider would be a welcome addition, as would the option to rebind keys which is completely absent for both keyboard / mouse and gamepad. And the current gamepad setup makes pulling off advanced jumping techniques that require rapidly firing off a series of rockets almost impossible. Tinertia really needs an alternate control scheme allowing you to aim with right stick and fire rockets with the trigger button, rather than having them fire on movement of the right stick, as is currently the only option. This would facilitate much more precise control and closer parity to playing with a mouse. Gamepad may never be the first choice for serious players, but that doesn't that it shouldn't be the best experience it could possibly be for those who want to use it.

Overall, though, I can't praise this game enough. It's highly polished and just feels great to play. You can definitely tell that there was a lot of love that went into this project, and I hope that they will have a chance to make a sequel or campaign DLC. I'm surprised that it isn't getting more hype than I've seen thus far, especially as one of the rare early access projects that hasn't turned into a grand disappointment. If you're at all into speedrunning or enjoy challenging platformers, Tinertia is a must have.

Really fun platformer. Using rockets to jump/boost you through the level forces your brain to adjust to the non-traditional movement mechanics. Because of this, it can be rather challenging, but not in a frustrating way.

Each level has different properties that force you to adapt what you learned in previous levels in novel ways. If you ever get stuck on a level, it's really easy to go look at the top 20 run times and see a replay of how other people completed the level. They're pretty crafty!

This game is quite difficult, but don't let that disuade you. Tinertia is surprisingly addictive.

My only complaint is that using an analog stick (notably on my 360 controller, but I'm sure it's a universal issue) can make it somewhat difficult to precisely shoot the rockets. That is to say, sometimes you go higher or lower than you intend because you were slightly off by so many degrees. This may be solved by increasing the dead zone on the controller (which is an option they included in the game). Regardless, it's not a huge issue, and has not negatively impacted my experience of Tinertia.

If you're still thinking about whether you want to invest in this game or not, DO IT! It's definitely worth it!

God! I freaking love this game! Swear to jesus, spent about 3 hours mastering the final boss, and I got 21 on the world leader board for both rocket par and time.
If you're into games with solid or unique movement (quake, tribes feel, etc.) this game was built for you. Great price for a fantastic platformer.

-One quick reccomendation-
Not sure if the devs read what people say here, but I wanted to comment really quickly on one of the levels in metropolis. In fact, it was the very last level. Anyways. In the last level, you first have climb whilst avoiding yellow bullets that shoot down the sides of the walls you are supposed to use. This is all fine and good, and I really enjoyed beating that part, however, directly after that, you jump to the left and you have to do the same thing, but this time, the platforms are falling. All of that is ok too, except for one thing. On the section where the platforms are falling, I felt like it was a bit random whether I succeeded or not. This is due to the fact that I could not see the yellow bullet things being shot down before I had to jump of the falling platforms. This made it impossible for me to time when I needed to jump onto the falling platforms to continue the level. And since I couldn't time it, I just kept playing till I got lucky. Other people might not have the same patience :P. It's a pretty simple fix, just move the camera to the left a bit during that section or something to that effect.

A gem of a game.

Been waiting a long time for someone to do a 2D rocket jumping game. Thank god when someone did, they did it right.

Controls are smooth. Getting into the flow of trickshot movement is bliss.

Anyone who has ever enjoyed a game with rocket jumping, conc jumping etc... should buy this game. And those who havn't should buy it anyway. Its a unique, challanging, skill based platformer that delivers extreme statisfaction when beating levels.

My thanks to the devs.

One of the best platformers I have played in a very long time. Incredibly addictive. This game may be the the one that finally gets me into speedrunning.

Relentlessly difficult. I'd call it harder than super meat boy, but all in all, more creative. And just as fun!

The game takes a different approach to traditional platforming games. Add on to that an adorable robot and you've got yourself a game that's more than worth the price tag.

This is a wonderful game if you like, rockets, and explosions, and a challenge, and speed running!

Rocket jumping is awesome. Controls are easy. levels are good looking.


Update 327 hours later: Still playing Tinerita. As of right now 62/66 #1 high scores for SpeedRuns. Haven't even started trying to match all the rocket pars. Haven't tried beating BOSS RUSH mode yet. Haven't completed all the SpeedRun modes. Still so much more to do. Still an amazing game full of Rockets, and explosions, and challenges, and speed running, and lasers, and mecha dragons, and robots, and ROCKETS!

Tinertia is an incredibly fun and challenging platformer with no jump button. The rocket jump controls are easy to pick up, but tricky to master. Once you get the hang of the controls, there is nothing more satisfying the doing a "Speed-Run" and beating all your friends best times. Check out Twitch & YouTube for some great gameplay videos. Definitely a fun game with excellent graphics. Absolutely worth the money!

I got to watch some great footage of Tinertia at PAX East at the Twitch booth. This game is an absolute must-have if you love challenging platformers like Super Meat Boy.

Okay, I'm gonna start off by saying two things;
1) This is only game I've (semi)actively followed since it started in Greenlight because I believed it had potential
2) This game is a bitch

Tinertia is, in essence, a pretty little indie platformer, with 2 major attributes. You cannot jump, only rocket-jump; and it is incredibly hard. (Okay, not INCREDIBLY hard, but it is certainly difficult, and as much as you may rage in several levels, the feeling when you finally beat it is awesome.)

Even in the earliest public release, for $15 you certainly get your money's worth even if you aren't the biggest fan of platformers.

TL;DR: Tinertia is awesome, buy it

This game is a really impressive (and difficult!) platformer. It's a beautiful, refreshing take on the genre and it's pretty addictive, even when you die about 100x in a row while people watch your suffering on twitch. Can't wait for the rest of the worlds!

I've been looking forward to this game since the first day it was put up on Steam Greenlight. In my opinion, I really love this game. Very fun game, I love the rocket jumping, and I think it has a lot of potential.
10/10 gr8 game