#curveddigital

Who doesn’t know the situation? You’re Samuel, a rich douchebag son of an even richer robot building enterprise boss who is basically good for nothing than spending daddy’s money. Your girlfriend is fed up with that, kills you with a bottle to the head and in hell you make a deal with Death to become alive again. But he makes the rules: thus you now have to survive one day on earth without dying under Death’s conditions or the deal is off. The catch: you have to learn to live from scratch. No, not like a baby. Worse. Babys can breathe without thinking about it. Samuel doesn’t. It’s like some sort of point and click adventure where you are the permanent target of pointing and clicking. Press X to breathe in, B to breath out, press A to blink. If you don’t to that you either pass out or your eyes dry out and you cannot see anymore. So picture yourself pressing these buttons on a bisecondly basis.  Or maybe it’s just a new approach to the “Walking Simulator” genre: To walk press RT (or R2 depending on which controller you use) for the RIGHT leg, and LT/L2 for the LEFT leg. Get it? You really have to consciously use your bodily functions. Which is hard as hell the more you learn about your stupid useless body. Oh and don’t forget to press Up on the d-pad to stand upright or else your spine will just let you down and have your torso wiggle back and forth... And to make things even worse/funnier: there’s a “Bastion”-like narrator who comments on all of your moronic behaviour. I haven’t had this much laughs with a game in a long time. The game looks like “Stick it to the Man” and plays like “Mount your friends” (both amazing games, too, btw) and is a totally unique gaming experience. It’s just funny to see yourself fail at BREATHING. Can’t jump the gap? Hopped too early? Can*t defeat the boss because you lack the strategy? OK, been there. But THIS? No. Haven’t had that in a game yet.  It’s currently 7,99€ on steam (usually 9,99€) and I highly recommend it to anyone who is up for a really fresh take on game design and videogames in total.