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===Good=== | ===Good=== | ||
− | * The game is nicely weird. | + | * The game is nicely weird. For example, you get to poop the kids out of a sphincter. |
* The little white "kids" are well-drawn and smoothly animated. | * The little white "kids" are well-drawn and smoothly animated. | ||
* The ambient sound fits the surreal game and the spoken dialogue sounds good. | * The ambient sound fits the surreal game and the spoken dialogue sounds good. | ||
+ | * There is something oddly satisfying about all the footsteps stomping around and the hands clapping in order. | ||
===Bad=== | ===Bad=== | ||
− | * | + | * Although there are over a dozen scenes, many of them are just rehashes of existing puzzles with tiny variations. The puzzles aren't very taxing either, so it's less a puzzle game and more of a artistic toy. |
===Ugly=== | ===Ugly=== |
Revision as of 09:53, 30 June 2020
Kids is a casual puzzle video game developed and published by Playables on 2019-05-28 for Android, iOS, Linux, Macintosh, and Windows. The game centers around a crowd of white featureless "kids" whose movements you are able to influence to some degree. In each scene you have to get them to do something like fall into a pit, clap their hands, or make their way through intestines.
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Personal
I bought this game as part of the Bundle For Racial Justice and Equality. It looked fairly interesting from the trailer, so I installed it and beat it in about 15 minutes on 2020-06-29.
Status
I own a digital copy of this game and have beaten it.
Review
4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Best Version: Windows
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Good
- The game is nicely weird. For example, you get to poop the kids out of a sphincter.
- The little white "kids" are well-drawn and smoothly animated.
- The ambient sound fits the surreal game and the spoken dialogue sounds good.
- There is something oddly satisfying about all the footsteps stomping around and the hands clapping in order.
Bad
- Although there are over a dozen scenes, many of them are just rehashes of existing puzzles with tiny variations. The puzzles aren't very taxing either, so it's less a puzzle game and more of a artistic toy.
Ugly
- With game play topping out at about 15 minutes, and much of it just being variations on a theme, there just isn't enough enjoyment to be had.