Life Goes On

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  • Summary: Life Goes On is a comically-morbid platform game where you guide heroic knights to their demise and use their dead bodies to solve puzzles. Impale knights on spikes to create a safe path. Catch a knight on a saw blade (ouch!) to strategically land the body on a button. Freeze your knightsLife Goes On is a comically-morbid platform game where you guide heroic knights to their demise and use their dead bodies to solve puzzles. Impale knights on spikes to create a safe path. Catch a knight on a saw blade (ouch!) to strategically land the body on a button. Freeze your knights into blocks of ice to reach higher ground. Make your way through this strange, treacherous, and trap-ridden world to find the Cup of Life. On your quest, you will summon knight after knight and brutally sacrifice them to solve each challenging puzzle. In Life Goes On, death is not a setback—it is the only means to success.… Expand

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Gameplanet
    Apr 22, 2014
    85
    An inventive and outlandish puzzler that executes with bloodthirstily aplomb.
  2. Multiplayer.it
    Apr 20, 2014
    80
    A good platform with some value: passing away into videogames has never been so much fun as it is in Life Goes On.
  3. Gaming Nexus
    May 8, 2014
    80
    Life Goes On is an ingenious puzzle game that puts a whole new spin on dying in video games. Sadly its’ biggest downfall is the fact that the game is on the short and easy side, but if you’re trying to get every achievement and medal in the game, you can squeeze out a few more hours from this one. If you don’t mind all of that, I definitely recommend picking this one up.
  4. CD-Action
    Jul 23, 2014
    75
    There’s no way to get bored in Life Goes On. Partly because it frequently introduces new obstacles and other elements of environment, but also due to the fact that it only lasts for three hours. [06/2014, p.67]
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  5. GameStar
    Apr 28, 2014
    72
    Quotation forthcoming.
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  6. Eurogamer Italy
    May 7, 2014
    70
    A funny take on death in videogames, but it has a short life span (just as its characters) and will leave you wanting for more.
  7. PC Gamer
    Apr 25, 2014
    59
    An inventive puzzle game that’s too short and easy to recommend—worthwhile only for the novelty of its concept.

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  1. Yurimir
    Apr 25, 2014
    10
    This game is very funny and very very good...reminds me of lost Vikings and trine...but you must kill to move on. Excellent puzzle game andThis game is very funny and very very good...reminds me of lost Vikings and trine...but you must kill to move on. Excellent puzzle game and you can use either controller or keyboard. Don't pass this up very excellent and loads of fun.… Expand
  2. Goldielou
    Aug 3, 2020
    9
    Il y a classiquement deux manières d’utiliser la mort pour un jeu vidéo : soit pour punir, soit pour informer. Ici c’est pour résoudre. OnIl y a classiquement deux manières d’utiliser la mort pour un jeu vidéo : soit pour punir, soit pour informer. Ici c’est pour résoudre. On n’est plus dans la rupture du flow du jeu, mais bien dans sa continuité, et c’est plaisant. Donc, l’idée brillamment réussit de ce puzzle-platformer est de tuer notre personnage pour progresser. Empalé, écrasé, brûlé, gelé, électrocuté, découpé, mangé, zombifié… mais au service d’énigmes intelligentes introduites progressivement.… Expand
  4. Chlodwig
    Aug 1, 2016
    8
    A puzzle game. Your challenge: Get to the "cup", the all holy grail, or die trying. And die trying again. And die again. And if enough braveA puzzle game. Your challenge: Get to the "cup", the all holy grail, or die trying. And die trying again. And die again. And if enough brave knights died, one of the knights that comes after them will be able to walk across their corpses and not fall into the spikes that killed the others.

    Yes, in this game you fill the moat with corpses so you can walk across without getting your feet wet.

    That's the basic idea behind this otherwise rather normal platform puzzler. You have buttons that change things, you have conveyor belts (with and without spikes), you have cannons that can shoot your knights about (and kill them in the process, only to land them on buttons so they keep them pressed)... you get the idea.

    All done with incredibly beautiful and cute animation that makes you almost feel bad for using the cute knights as cannon fodder (and quite literally so). The only problem is that the novelty factor wears off eventually and it is, well, yet another puzzler. But for the price of what you'd pay for a pizza, so it's still a good buy.    … Expand
  5. austinkeeley
    Jul 12, 2014
    7
    This is a fun sleeper game that I really enjoyed. The puzzles are moderately challenging, but not frustrating, and the mechanics of the gameThis is a fun sleeper game that I really enjoyed. The puzzles are moderately challenging, but not frustrating, and the mechanics of the game are fun. It gets high praise from me for teaching you new game rules without needing to throw a tutorial at you; you get to learn the game as you play. Allowing you to figure out these concepts is very satisfying; it's too bad that more games don't work this way. It's oddly refreshing to play a game where dying is not the end of the game and falling into a trap is a legitimate way to win. My only complaint is that the game is feels a little short. It's possible to play though this entire game in a few sittings. There are some bonus challenges, so that extends the life of the game to a degree. The end credits in particular are pretty awesome.… Expand
  6. webblade
    Aug 1, 2014
    7
    This is a cracking little puzzle game with some really fun concepts, especially the fact that your killing yourself to help you complete yourThis is a cracking little puzzle game with some really fun concepts, especially the fact that your killing yourself to help you complete your journey. I only wish it was longer so I will be watching out for these guys to see what they release in the future.… Expand

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