7.0
Sometimes You Die is a fast-paced puzzle platformer where we guide a square character through danger-filled levels and use our own dead bodies as stepping stones to progress further.
Sometimes You Die
Philipp Stollenmayer · Mar 27, 2014
About
In a game, you die.And imply that it has no effect on you.You feel invincible in the realm behind the screen.This one is different.In this game, you have to die.
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8.1
Critic reviews
- 9.0It's hard to really talk at length about Sometimes You Die without giving it away entirely, but it's not only worth playing, it's worth finishing. With a core mechanic as simple as climbing over the fallen bodies of your past incarnations, Sometimes is fun, unique, and memorable.
- Detailed artwork, music that lasts more than thirty seconds, and a complex story can all deepen an experience beyond the basic concept in a game. Sometimes You Die is worth a try, but just because it shuns those artistic elements doesn’t mean they’re not worthwhile.
- 8.0As might be expected from a game that commands the player to kill some so that others might live, Sometimes You Die features a computerized voice that follows from room to room. It wants to know: what makes this experience a game? Is there any guarantee the AI will honor the rules it seemingly has laid down? What if the app simply decided to make itself unwinnable?
- 8.0We're not going to spoil the wry, cynical gags and despicable rule-breaking that await you, though. Go get the game, and experience its dark and wonderful secrets for yourself. What it lacks in physical dimension it more than makes up for in philosophical depth. A dark prince among puzzle games.
- 8.0Sometimes You Die has you pondering more than just its platform puzzles. Its appeal will depend on whether you like platformers with underling themes of existential crisis.
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