Score attack platformer, mixing the motion of Pixeljunk Eden with the focus of Super Meat Boy. Available from most online stores for PC/Mac at about £7 for the Steam key, and for consoles (which aren't from Nintendo.)
Here's a review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuPXoRrIIyg I don't agree with the opinion, but the footage offers a nice overview of gameplay.
Tried it last night. Some nice ideas but controls weren't tight enough - not helped by fluttering frame rate - for this sort of game. (XBLA). Nice presentation.
When you mention the controls, and I can see how they might be a matter of contention - although I reckon it's a matter of adapting to the game's controls as found, rather than the game being at fault in how it controls - can you make it any more clearer about how the controls disappointed? I think since you do play (a regularly free-falling) spider, what I have seen does not betray that idea. I don't believe they fell into the trap of harming gameplay integrity for the mechanic of their lead character.
I think it was probably more the frame rate which affected the feel. For this to work really well you want to flow through the levels. With a framerate not locked to 30fps (or preferably 60fps) the little stutters/judders throw you off. For a spider things need to flow from one move to the next too and that didn't quite for me. Perhap if I used the X button a bit more (quick web) I might have had more joy - only really switch to that towards the end as the in-game help directs you towards the right stick.
I also found, certain for early levels, there was too much trial and error involved with not enough leeway on timings. The check-pointing was well paced but spawn-die, spawn-die, spawn-die was common.
It's not exactly my sub-genre, but I enjoy platformers in general.
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