While Commander Keen in Keen Dreams: Definitive Edition kind of checks off some of my old-school boxes, it's not a markedly high-quality release on the Nintendo Switch in 2020. By all means, wishlist it if you have fond memories of the original, the series, or late '80s/early '90s DOS games in general. Even then, wait for a sale; $14.99 is too much...
Commander Keen in Keen Dreams1991
Commander Keen in Keen Dreams
1991 Super Fighter Team
Playtime
BriefTypically 2.5 hours
Playable on
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- 1991
- Developer
- id Software
- Publisher
- Super Fighter Team
Overview
Trapped in a land where giant vegetables rule the day, you must fight your way through an army of vicious broccoli beasts, savage asparagus warriors and a bushel of other leafy green nasties before battling the fiercest spud of all, King Boobus Tuber. Unless you want a one way trip to the salad bar in the sky, you'll have to finish all your veggies. Before they finish you!
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Reception
Keen Dreams ended up being a barebones port of a barebones game. While Commander Keen does have a reputation of being a solid platformer, this game certainly isn’t one of them, as the combat is bad and the few bits of “remastering” they tried doing here are just horrible. The speedrunning potential for this game ended up being a lot better than I realized,...
Keen Dreams is far from the best that the series has to offer so here's hoping that we get to enjoy the commander's other adventures soon.