Giana Sisters 2D is a pretty bad platformer. The character designs are cute and the soundtrack is peppy, but that's unfortunately where the positive points come to a screeching halt.

It quickly becomes apparent just how one-note and basic the level design is, once you've played a couple levels you've seen all the game has to offer, including the boss! Because the game makes you fight the exact same boss with the exact same mechanics after each of the 8 worlds. The platforming ranges from piss easy to infuriatingly janky with bad hitboxes, pixel-perfect jumps, and half-baked gimmicks like the bubblegum that controls with all the finesse and presicion of a flying hippo on meth.

The port itself is broken, lacking even basic options such as audio sliders. Enemies sometimes don't load in properly until you're on top of them. There is a bug that frequently loads in the wrong level. Sometimes you have to repeatedly go in and out of the map screen before it loads the correct one.

There are far better platformers you could be playing instead of wasting your time on this dreg. I want my three hours back. 3/10, not even worth it on sale.