Cart Life (2013)

 PC
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 7 out of 22

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  1. Traque
    May 14, 2013
    3
    Cart Life has all the aspects of a brilliant game: striking art style, fantastic storytelling, and unique gameplay mechanics, all of which should have made it the quintessential indie game. Unfortunately, these are completely buried under game-breaking bugs, bizarre design decisions, and a pretentious author who refuses to fix anything and labels everyone who disagrees with him as aCart Life has all the aspects of a brilliant game: striking art style, fantastic storytelling, and unique gameplay mechanics, all of which should have made it the quintessential indie game. Unfortunately, these are completely buried under game-breaking bugs, bizarre design decisions, and a pretentious author who refuses to fix anything and labels everyone who disagrees with him as a "hater". The bugs are the worst of it they occur all the time and will usually result in a crash. Since the game saves your progress very infrequently, a crash means you can lose a lot of work. There's also no pause function or way to slow down time, so if you get a call or need to step away for a second, too bad. The game itself is fairly short once you figure out what to do, and none of the endings are particularly satisfying. If Hofmeier would fix the bugs, expand the gameplay, and get over himself, this would be a no-brainer to buy. But as things stand, this is more like a very early beta, and not even worth the $5.… Expand
  2. leetdood
    May 14, 2013
    0
    This is an incredibly buggy game that has been critically acclaimed by gaming journalists, as if they thought people wanted to buy pieces of art, instead of an actual playable game. This game would have been good if the author updated it, but as far as I can see he's intent on scamming people out of their money by giving them an incomplete product. The game is incredibly buggy and youThis is an incredibly buggy game that has been critically acclaimed by gaming journalists, as if they thought people wanted to buy pieces of art, instead of an actual playable game. This game would have been good if the author updated it, but as far as I can see he's intent on scamming people out of their money by giving them an incomplete product. The game is incredibly buggy and you can't even attempt to play it well without running into like 10 bugs, some of them that require you to end or restart your game. Overall, I would rate this a DO NOT BUY.… Expand
  3. mfs1970
    May 17, 2013
    0
    so hideously ugly with such annoying music who could ever look beyond this books cover! Atari 2600 anyone? This honestly appears as though it would fit on a 360k 5.25" floppy disk and run on an 8088 pc!

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#42 Best PC Game of 2010

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. 4P.de
    Jul 16, 2013
    80
    While the concept shines, the execution sometimes is not as elaborated. Nonetheless I left this grey and pixelated world in good spirit.
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  2. PC Gamer
    May 21, 2013
    80
    Emotive storytelling that puts the tedium and stress of work before pleasure, but somehow still has a lightness of touch. [July 2013, p.70]
  3. Multiplayer.it
    Apr 22, 2013
    80
    Cart Life is a truly rewarding experience. It's all about feelings and connection. Difficult to believe as it sounds, your favourite videogame heroes for the years to come are three ordinary people.
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