[BLOG] Indie Game Review: Life Goes On
Posted: 23 Apr 2014, 16:32
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Puzzles! Platforming! Death? This week I tried out a new comically-morbid platformer on Steam called Life Goes On. In this game you guide an endless supply of heroic knights to their deaths in order to solve puzzles. The end goal: The Cup of Life!
If you are someone who dies a lot in games, this is the game for you! For in this game death is not setback. It is the only means to success. For you need to sacrifice your loyal knights to get by the obstacles put in your way. These puzzles require you to jump onto spikes to make a path for your fellow knight, get launched out of a canon to set things in motion, jump into a spinning blade in order to have your body land on a button, jump into a stream of electricity to stop the flow of energy, as well as many more death causing ways.
All in all, the final goal in each level is to get to the golden Cup of Life. While you can just kill your knights over again to try to figure out how to solve the puzzles; it is better to think it through a bit. For each level has the challenge of trying to get through it with the least deaths possible. There is also the challenge of trying to solve the puzzle under their target time. Then there is my personal
favorite challenge. Try to get eaten by Jeff, a fuzz ball of a creature that is found on each level.
The atmosphere of the game, in my opinion, seems very Monty Pythony. There are even a few references to it on the screens at the end of the levels. I particularly like the humor in some of the names they have for each of the knights. For each knight has a unique name. Everything from Sir Bob and The Underhanded Baron Joseph Mutton to The Needless Mother Superior Natasha and The Crown Princess Julia Bowie. I’ve even come across one called Sir *$&N%@! the Profane.
All in all this game has unique and challenging puzzles which make you think about death in video games in a different way. And its visual look and awesome music just add to the atmosphere of the game. So if you want to play a puzzle platformer with an interesting mechanic, I would definitely suggest trying Life Goes On.
You can buy Life Goes On on Steam.
Check Out The Trailer Here:
Puzzles! Platforming! Death? This week I tried out a new comically-morbid platformer on Steam called Life Goes On. In this game you guide an endless supply of heroic knights to their deaths in order to solve puzzles. The end goal: The Cup of Life!
If you are someone who dies a lot in games, this is the game for you! For in this game death is not setback. It is the only means to success. For you need to sacrifice your loyal knights to get by the obstacles put in your way. These puzzles require you to jump onto spikes to make a path for your fellow knight, get launched out of a canon to set things in motion, jump into a spinning blade in order to have your body land on a button, jump into a stream of electricity to stop the flow of energy, as well as many more death causing ways.
All in all, the final goal in each level is to get to the golden Cup of Life. While you can just kill your knights over again to try to figure out how to solve the puzzles; it is better to think it through a bit. For each level has the challenge of trying to get through it with the least deaths possible. There is also the challenge of trying to solve the puzzle under their target time. Then there is my personal
favorite challenge. Try to get eaten by Jeff, a fuzz ball of a creature that is found on each level.
The atmosphere of the game, in my opinion, seems very Monty Pythony. There are even a few references to it on the screens at the end of the levels. I particularly like the humor in some of the names they have for each of the knights. For each knight has a unique name. Everything from Sir Bob and The Underhanded Baron Joseph Mutton to The Needless Mother Superior Natasha and The Crown Princess Julia Bowie. I’ve even come across one called Sir *$&N%@! the Profane.
All in all this game has unique and challenging puzzles which make you think about death in video games in a different way. And its visual look and awesome music just add to the atmosphere of the game. So if you want to play a puzzle platformer with an interesting mechanic, I would definitely suggest trying Life Goes On.
You can buy Life Goes On on Steam.
Check Out The Trailer Here: