It’s not hard to see that AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity, from now on referred to as ARDG, is a very tongue-in-cheek game. Its name alone is pretty hard to spell. Don’t believe me, spell the entire name title, properly, without looking at how I wrote it. Once you’re done with that, do yourself a favor and buy the game, if you didn’t get it in the Steam Potato Sack. ARDG is a very, very one-of-a-kind game, there’s also a reason it’s called AaaAA! ARDG is a base-jumping simulator, possibly the only simulator of its kind. Of course, if ARDG can be summarized so simply, it makes it seem as if it’s a simple casual game, it doesn’t really show-off what’s fun about it, but don’t worry, I’ll tell you why you have to buy this game.
The most basic activity in ARDG is simply jumping off a high building. Afterwards, you just fall as close to possible to other buildings in order to obtain “hugs” for points, or you can pass by buildings to gain “kisses”, and try to hit the different colored glass panels floating in the sky for even more points. Notice I said you jump of a high building, not tall, and yes, there’s a difference; the difference being that a tall building is rooted to the ground, a high building is just high up in the sky. In other words, the buildings in ARDG float in the air, thus, staying close to a building doesn’t involve simply falling next to it until you hit ground, you have to constantly keep going to another building as you zoom by one, and then another.
AaaAA!’s insanity doesn’t end there. As you complete levels you’ll be rewarded with... teeth. You can use these teeth to unlock more levels, techniques to use during levels, guided meditations (yes, you read that correctly), and even a pig debristling technique. One of the first things (aside from a level) that you’ll unlock is a glove that allows to you either give your base jumping fans a thumbs up and give your protestors the two-finger salute; that’s right, in the world of AaaAA!, base jumping is not only a spectator sport, but it also has protestors against the sport. Then again, the protestors are probably there in response to the second technique you’ll use during levels, stepping on birds. Stepping on birds while falling doesn’t just give you bonus points though, but it also helps slow you down for easier maneuverability. You can even unlock spray paint to spray graffiti on buildings as you make your way towards the earth.
