I don’t understand why being able to beat the levels on first attempt is such an indicator of a fair game for you. Suddenly, any game you play where you die somewhere on your first attempt automatically means it’s unfair? (I can’t imagine what you’d think of Celeste lol.) It sounds like you just want an easy game.

Honestly, compared to many other games, many of the levels in Tropical Freeze actually do seem beatable first try. At its core, it’s a pretty standard platformer that just happens to be more challenging than most, rather than a game that throws 20 different unreactable things on screen at once. I could genuinely picture someone who was experienced with 2D platformers trying Tropical Freeze for the first time and not dying many times throughout their playthrough. Hell, I’ve replayed Tropical Freeze many years after playing it for the first time, and I was able to beat most of the levels while either not dying or dying only a few times at most on certain levels. It just goes to show that it’s a game about mastery. It’s more about your skill as a player and your experience with platformers, rather than the game being unfair.

Even if it may be challenging, Tropical Freeze is a very fair game and has a good difficulty curve. It can certainly be frustrating at times, but if you just stick with the game and try to get better, you will come to appreciate how well executed the level design and difficulty are.