Bad Mojo

 PC
Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Four Fat Chicks
    100
    Spin aside, for those with a taste for the creepy/weird and a willingness to see through the grime of the world into the heart of the spirit, Bad Mojo is an extraordinary adventure.
  2. Yahoo!
    90
    A tremendously fun game; I don't usually play adventure games, but this one held my interest from beginning to end. With excellent roach animation and plenty of interesting locations to wander around your senses are kept keen, and the stylish video clips add very well to the eerie atmosphere.
  3. GameSpot
    90
    Strikingly original, Bad Mojo (meaning "black magic") is a gritty, action-based exploration that sucks you in with great visuals, and keeps you playing with a poignant story and clever obstacles that bar your progress from room to room.
  5. TotalGames.net
    89
    It is a genuinely disgusting game and is also extremely original and playable. Got any roach?
  6. PC Gamer
    84
    Until they make a game out of the movie "Eraserhead," this is as weird as it gets.
  7. Adventure Gamers
    80
    A true one-of-a-kind experience; unless you absolutely can’t handle the gritty material, you owe it to yourself to hunt down this quirky game.
  8. All Game Guide
    80
    An ambitious adventure game of epic proportions, especially from the perspective of a roach.
  9. Just Adventure
    75
    A unique game and a nice change of pace to the "standard" adventure template. It puts you in a very strange scenario, one you won't see in many other releases. Some will find it disturbing, some will find it intriguing, and I'm guessing that almost all will find it just plain different.
  10. Quandary
    60
    Overall, I quite enjoyed the puzzle/maze aspect of this game though it is not one that I would want to return to, and it is definitely not for the squeamish.
  11. Hot Games
    40
    This game, like too many now, is just a clunker wrapped up with pretty graphics. It may satisfy all you gamers that absolutely despise the bright and cheery atmosphere of Myst, but lacks in gameplay. So don't worry about calling the Orkin man, this cockroach is just about dead.

Awards & Rankings

9
#9 Best PC Game of 1996
9
#9 Most Discussed PC Game of 1996

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User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. curzon_dax
    May 11, 2019
    9
    Bad Mojo was amazing. I had heard about it many years ago but I recently remembered of it after seeing it mentioned in a list of good oldBad Mojo was amazing. I had heard about it many years ago but I recently remembered of it after seeing it mentioned in a list of good old games. The video cutscenes are silly (and very low quality) but they are funny but the gameplay is impeccable. It surprised me that while it was traditionally harder than newer games, it wasn’t that bad and I think the balance of its difficulty even for 2019 was excellent. It did not hand hold you and a puzzle or two could have better controls to make more sense, but it always gave hints. Only minor gripe I have with it is that the symbol that denotes there’s a guide nearby could be more explicitly explained at the start as an existence in the game because resolution was too low to notice it at the start.

    Anyway, 9/10. It could easily be remade or turn HD.

    PS. It would likely digust you at first. I nearly stopped playing the game entirely because of it. But it’s part of its character.    … Full Review »
  2. Joebobwiskey
    Apr 12, 2004
    10
    It's awesome. one of the best. really a diffrent style of game but still aswome. and now a chockroach is my fav. bug. i also liked howIt's awesome. one of the best. really a diffrent style of game but still aswome. and now a chockroach is my fav. bug. i also liked how they put live action in it too.… Full Review »
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