This is one of those games that I really wanted to be able to enjoy.
The graphics, audio, and the overall presentation of the game oozes with SBIG charm, combined with the delightfully absurd premise.
However, the controls and the gameplay don’t really work well together to give much of a positive impression of Tortoise Island.
Sure, when traversing the plains and mountains of Tortoise Island, the controls do a good job of getting the player around in a way that feels natural. However, these same controls make the precision platforming (which the player is very promptly presented with shortly after epic quest of Salad Improvement) an utterly painful ordeal, souring the whole experience, leaving the sort of foul taste that one may experience after leaving one’s salad out in the summer heat for a few days.
If it wasn’t for the controls and the gameplay clashing in such a painful way, I think that this game would truly be ‘So bad it’s good’. Unfortunately, the precise platforming with imprecise controls just render it ‘So bad it’s unpleasant’.