12 is Better Than 6

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User Score
6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 65 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 65
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 65
  3. Negative: 15 out of 65

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  1. Deadraque
    Nov 20, 2016
    3
    Just like hotline miami, and that's the problem.... but are so forgettable games and come to a point where frustration takes over the fun. it's hard to believe that many find the art fantastic.... it's just black and white.... a trip to a art museum could help....
  2. noxrain
    Jan 2, 2021
    4
    As Hotline Miami has been mentioned a few times before, I think I would agree on this game being just a worse version of Hotline Miami. Unspectacular art style as well, even though the art style and its setting is probably its biggest plus. Gameplay is decent but nothing more than that.
  3. kch3691
    Dec 24, 2017
    1
    12 is Better Than 6 is top down shooter with a simple art style and light stealth elements. None of the other reviews I have seen mention this but the controls were awful to the point of being unplayable.
  4. PublicNuisance
    Sep 5, 2020
    2
    I have tried for a long while to get 12 is Better Than 6 working since 2016 but I am officially giving up. It crashes at launch on any setup I have ever tried on it. I have tried it on Manjaro; Linux Mint 18, 19, and 20; Solus and Manjaro and none have worked. Sometimes I can get some semblance of an error message about a missing library only for me to install that library and still haveI have tried for a long while to get 12 is Better Than 6 working since 2016 but I am officially giving up. It crashes at launch on any setup I have ever tried on it. I have tried it on Manjaro; Linux Mint 18, 19, and 20; Solus and Manjaro and none have worked. Sometimes I can get some semblance of an error message about a missing library only for me to install that library and still have it crash but with no error code at all or just a seg fault error. I can’t comment on the game play at all. Now to the developer’s credit they do list on the main page that Ubuntu 14.04 as the only supported Linux distro but if that is truly the only that distro works with this game then they’re limiting themselves to less than 8% of the Steam Linux user base (according to most recent figures) as potential customers so I don’t know why they would make a Linux version that could be played by so few people. Luckily I only paid $4.39 CAD for the game but this was way before refunds so it was $4.39 too much. This is more of a PSA for potential Linux gamers thinking of purchasing it first although at least you can refund it if you try it quick enough.

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Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. GameSpew
    Apr 3, 2016
    60
    A creative take on the top-down shooter genre and, had it had more opportunities for me to run into a room guns blazing, it may have been my new favourite. The hand drawn art style is unlike anything I’ve seen before and I can’t wait to see if the developers create something new with the same idea in mind. If you’re looking for a game that will have you crying with rage one second and laughing in triumph the next, 12 is Better Than 6 is definitely worth a playthrough or two.
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  2. IGN Spain
    Mar 2, 2016
    75
    A game as brutal, simple and fun as Hotline Miami besides being too short and repetitive over time.
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  3. COGconnected
    Feb 5, 2016
    80
    It’s fun, looks great, elicits a lot of tense moments as you run into an empty room to reload your shotgun before a small band of soldiers comes marching through to their death.
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