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Grappling Hook

Grappling Hook is an innovative first-person action puzzle / platform game. You use the Grappling Hook as a mighty high-tech tool to overcome various challenging obstacles by performing incredible moves and…

60 19 September 2009

Grappling Hook is a platform developed by SpeedRunGames, released 19 September 2009 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Grappling Hook is

Grappling Hook is a platform game developed by SpeedRunGames and released in 2009. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Grappling Hook is an innovative first-person action puzzle / platform game. You use the Grappling Hook as a mighty high-tech tool to overcome various challenging obstacles by performing incredible moves and fast combinations of daring tricks. The dynamic and surprising levels open opportunities to use the Grappling Hook in unique ways never seen before in a game. Making your way through the levels requires both skill and creativity, while the increasing difficulty pushes you to become a real master of the Grappling Hook.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action.

How it was received

Grappling Hook holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 7 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Grappling Hook launched on 19 September 2009, within three weeks of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version and Halo 3: ODST. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version, Halo 3: ODST.

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When did Grappling Hook come out?
Grappling Hook was released on 19 September 2009 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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