My Friend Pedro

While a few finicky mechanics and a lack of content outside the campaign keep this from getting a universal recommendation, $20 still gets you a memorable experience and offers a deliciously fun twist on the sidescrolling shooter...

Just when I had a solid grasp on the controls and could pull off stellar moments of action, the final stretch morphed into a series of annoying insta-death puzzles and dull boss battles. I had a fair amount of fun blasting fools in My Friend Pedro, but I wish my experience was more about losing myself in the frenzy of its action and less about navigating a tiresome control scheme.

Bonkers. Bananas. Bravissimo. Brilliant. Beautiful. All of these words are used for end of level grades in DeadToast Entertainment's game My Friend Pedro. They just so happen to also be great descriptors for the game itself, coincidentally. It's a wild,...

There are a lot of weird games nowadays. There are just a lot of games nowadays, so it is nearly impossible to keep tabs on all of them. Devolver Digital has made a name by releasing unique titles that stand out from the crowd. Whether by their sheer...

My Friend Pedro is all about slow motion, bullet hell, skateboarding, bike chases and bananas. It's the kind of games that strips almost everything away and reminds us of what the joy of playing games is all about. You play as an unnamed character, who...

Murderous Banana Let's get the obvious out of the way. the talking banana. My Friend Pedro follows the trail of a silent protagonist being encouraged to charge through various murderous, though flashy, rampages at the whims of a floating banana called...

My Friend Pedro is a game I can't recommend enough for fans of these fast, snappy, and frenetic action games that fill that empty spot of something like a new Max Payne game. It's incredibly fun, creative, and plays like a total dream that fits right at...

My Friend Pedro is the best moments of an action movie. It's your job to create them, whether by wall-running to dodge hails of bullets; kicking up a frying pan and ricocheting fire off it; or back-flipping off a skateboard, landing upside down on a...