Ben: 8
Little Space Duo is visually stunning, with some great in-game artwork, a teasingly short opening cinematic, and some great sprite animation. The environment detail is particularly nice, with some great detail (although if it doesn’t change up later in the game, it’s going to get old). Some of the puzzles in the demos are real head-scratchers, and give the player those great “ah-ha!” moments that quality logical puzzle games can provide. The pacing can be frustratingly slow, though, and a couple of design decisions are questionable; Rewarding players with extra score for skipping mid-level checkpoints might seem like a good way to add thrill, but it usually just ends up being frustrating.

Zak: 7
Little Space Duo, available from Jugilus, is an interesting addition to the platform puzzle genre. A little girl wakes up on a troubled spaceship and with a robot helper, has to avoid enemies (as they can’t really be defeated) to solve puzzles and save the ship. It’s up to the player to solve the puzzles by taking turns playing as the little girl and the robot helper, each has their own capabilities. The game seemed geared for the more-than-casual crowd, as the puzzles can be complex and sometimes leave the player cursing the cargo-bots. I have to say the graphics show a lot of time and consideration. The animations and backgrounds are quality, almost flawless. The music can be a little humdrum at times, but it didn’t drive me nuts. Little Space Duo was a little slow for my taste, but if you like this type of game, pick it up.

Peter: 4
A little girl has been abducted by someone on a space ship, and it’s up to her and a plucky robo-sidekick to save the spaceship where she’s been stored. In order to repair the ship, she and the robot have to move about the ship without being mistaken as cargo by the other robots on the ship. But movement with the mouse is bad, and the keyboard commands don’t all work, so playing requires an awkward combination of mouse and keyboard. Add that to clunky dialogue and uninspired puzzles and you’ve got a skippable game.

Andrew: 5
The appeal of this game relies heavily on the likability of its characters, and therefore it’s a shame that both of the characters are pretty unlikeable. Which is quite a feat considering one of the characters is a lost little girl. Why do I care about helping this snotty little girl get off the ship? I didn’t really, and thus much of Little Space Duo’s appeal was lost on me. The premise of the story could be interesting though, and there’s some decent puzzle solving. All told, it’s not a complete loss, but it would have helped if I didn’t actively dislike the person I’m supposed to help.

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