I had been dying to get my hands on Unruly Heroes ever since I learned that it would be coming to mobile early last month. It’s a platforming game from Magic Design Studios who is a developer that’s made up of some former employees from Ubisoft, folks who have worked on a number of popular titles but specifically on the two most recent mainline entries in the Rayman series, Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends. It is from this same cloth that Unruly Heroes is cut, and I’ve found myself absolutely astonished at the animation and overall production values showcased in the game’s trailer. With the game’s release on mobile this week, I can confirm that there’s also plenty of substance to go along with all that style. Unruly Heroes is loosely based on the Chinese literary classic Journey to the West, and sees you take control of four different characters as you attempt to rid the world of an evil force. You’re able to swap between those four different characters on the fly, and with each of them harnessing unique abilities it actually becomes imperative that you do in order to bypass the game’s many puzzles and challenges. There’s also a fair bit of combat mixed in, and between the actual platforming, the light puzzle elements, and the combat everything gels together in an incredibly nice fashion.

There’s also a bit of progression elements peppered into the experience. Regular old coins that are spread throughout ea...