Relaxing...comfortable...painless...easy to put down...
None of these words come to mind while challenging this beast of a side-scroller. The 
impossible game is sure to test your reflexes, memory, focus, and probably most of all, patience. If you play this game, you’ll most likely become aggravated, stressed, loud, and extremely frustrated. Through all this, however, you will find a fun challenge that’s bound to keep you trying over and over again for hours to come
The Impossible Gameplay
If you haven’t heard about The Impossible Game, the concept is simple enough. You play as an orange square that is constantly moving right. Obstacles come and you have two options – jump, or don’t. Sound easy? Fail, and you start over at the very beginning of the level. While it doesn’t exactly sound entertaining, the fun is in the challenge and drive of trying to best one of the hardest games of its kind.
The controls are easy enough. To jump, you press X. Continue pressing the button to continuously jump upon landing. Hold it for too long though and you’re bound to fail, whether by landing on an obstacle or falling into a hole. One saving feature is the practice mode, which is activated by pressing Triangle. In this mode, Triangle places a checkpoint that you return to once you die. This is good for learning the timing of difficult areas, as opposed to playing the entire level for 1:30 or more, only to get to the part, die, and start over again.
The Impossible Sound
The music is satisfyingly well done, with techno style beats that seem to pick up in difficult areas. You’ll play this long enough that the timing of the music will actually help you play the game, allowing you to familiarize yourself with what obstacles are coming up. This fails, however, in practice mode when the music is changed to something slow pace. Practice mode is all about learning the timing, then back to the real game, since you can’t complete the level any other way.
