Review: Super Lucky’s Tale Gilly Island DLC
- Platforms: Xbox One (Reviewed), PC
- Developer: Playful Corp.
- Publisher: Microsoft Studios
- Release Date: March 1st, 2018
With Super Lucky’s Tale coming up on 4 months since its release, and the game now being available on Xbox’s Game Pass subscription service, there seems like no better time to add onto Lucky’s adventure with some new content. Playful Corp. and Microsoft Studios did just that, quietly releasing the Gilly Island DLC last Thursday for the reasonable price of $4.99. While Super Lucky’s Tale‘s Gilly Island DLC suffers some of the same technical issues as the base game, the new content provides a few more hours of enjoyable platforming that is definitely worth your five bucks.
The new DLC plunks our courageous little fox onto Gilly Island, and tropical paradise filled with vacationers looking to unwind. However, unwinding is the last thing the poor residents of Gilly Island are doing, as yet another evil feline, Lady Meowmalade, has taken the island hostage to celebrate the release of her god-awful single that is playing throughout the island on a loop. Lucky must defeat Lady Meowmalade to save not only the island, but everyone’s eardrums.
The Gilly Island world adds 18 more clovers for Lucky to collect, bringing the grand total of the game to 117. Much like the base game, these clovers are spread out through three levels and are achieved by collecting coins, the five letters of Lucky’s name, completing a mini game or puzzle, and reaching the end of the level. Gilly Island has some of the best clover mini games Super Lucky’s Tale has to offer, including a nice little homage to the original 1981 Donkey Kong game.There are also a handful of brain-busting slide puzzles to complete, with the last one being a real doozy.
Aside from adding 18 more clovers to collect, the Gilly Island DLC also adds 500 more gamerscore points to earn by not only playing the new content but also the main game. If you’re one of the many players who has collected the 1000 points, you’ll be happy to know that there’s more up for grabs by collecting coins (up to 99,999) throughout the worlds.
The Island setting is a nice change of scenery in contrast to the worlds of the base game, however the enemies you’ll encounter in each level are all too familiar. Enemy variety is something that really plagued Super Lucky’s Tale, and the Gilly Island DLC is no different, offering the same bumblebee and caterpillar enemies that players have already squared off against countless times before. If you come into Gilly Island seeking new and fresh baddies you’re going to be disappointed.
While there is a visible improvement, the finicky camera issues are still present in the new content, which can make the sections of platforming that require tight, accurate jumps a real nuisance. There are still some sections of the levels that only allow partial camera rotation, and some not even any rotation at all, but there are less occasions of camera related frustration compared to the vanilla game.
Despite the lack of enemy variety and occasional camera hiccups, Super Lucky’s Tale is well worth its $5 price tag for newcomers who are experiencing the game for the first time, as well as players looking to jump back into the adventure and collect some more clovers.
