Snipperclips – Cut it out, together! Review

Snipperclips is a darling puzzle-game that you’d be a fool to miss out on.

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Cut it Out:

Snipperclips is the game to buy if you’ve picked up a Nintendo Switch. Sure, Zelda’s the obvious choice – and you should definitely pick that up too – but as for system exclusives you can’t get better than Snipperclips. If that’s not enough to sell you on the title, read on and find out why.

Gameplay:

Snipperclips is a darling physics puzzle game that, for my money, defines the Switch’s launch lineup. I’ve been enamoured with the game after seeing a couple of videos from show floors – its lovable artstyle is paired with a gameplay hook that is instantly intuitive and compelling to mess around with.

You control two pieces of coloured card moving around puzzles depicted on graph paper. By overlaying your overly-animated shapes – who emote constantly in an adorable fashion – you can snip and cut pieces off each other, crafting all new shapes that will help you solve puzzles.

For instance, cutting semicircles into each other can make it easier to grab a ball and dump it in a puzzle-winning net. You’re also required to make ramps, fishnets, and strange, purpose-built levers to manipulate more complicated levels as the challenge ramps up.

Multiplayer:

Whilst you can play the game solo, controlling both characters and working stuff out on your own, it’s honestly a neutered experience. The true joy of Snipperclips – and there’s a lot to be had – is playing through these puzzles with a buddy. When you’re not snipping each other into oblivion – an exercise my partner and I found infinitely distracting – it’s a lot of hectic fun working the game’s smart little puzzles out together.

It’s an altogether different experience from other co-op puzzlers such as Portal 2: it’s a lot less cerebral and a lot more hilarious trial and error. This approach really works in the game’s favour, and it always felt satisfying completing each little challenge through a combination of smart thinking and a fair bit of brute force. Catching and leading fireflies to lanterns, for instance, had my partner and I forming makeshift bats and swatting them in frustration towards the goals.

Presentation:

If you hadn’t pieced it together already, I’m absolutely smitten with Snipperclips’ distinct look. It’s an adorable mesh of papercraft and real world objects that litter the screen and make up the puzzles. Pencils and rulers become buttons and borders, and cute cut-outs of fish, basketballs and hamsters trapped in balls bring every puzzle to life in a unique way. The avatars are full of character too, thanks to their awesome scribbled faces; acting surprised and excited every time you move them around, giggling evilly when you cut up your friend and whining and sobbing when they themselves are sliced. It’s a great look that never gets less endearing.

The sound is equally as cute, with a fun, funky little soundtrack that I found myself humming for hours after putting the game down. Even as I write this review I can hear its plinky-plonk main theme running amok in my head. The sound effects, such as the various cuts and affronted squawks of Snip and Clip – I don’t know if that’s what they’re officially called but that’s how my girlfriend and I have referred to them – bring further life to an already lively game.

 

Conclusion:

If you have a Switch, and a buddy to play through with, there’s absolutely no reason not to get Snipperclips. It’s cheap and it has enough joy and charm to keep you coming back time and time again. If you’re uhm-ing and ah-ing over this one, cut it out already.

Snap it up!

Good

  • Ridiculously cute visuals
  • Fun and unique puzzles
  • Great value for money

Bad

  • Dull in singleplayer
  • I wish there was even more content!
8.8

Great

Graphics - 9
Sound - 9
Gameplay - 8.5
Multiplayer - 9
Value - 8.5
Reviewer - GamerKnights

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