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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Negative: 4 out of 14

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  1. Oct 19, 2021
    7
    It's not just a matter of combining everything, but there are many elements that are half-finished and feel unnecessary.
    That element would be a new element five years ago, which would make the whole game look like a cheap classic game of papier mache.
    Enjoying slow life in-game is difficult. Especially, I can't feel a sense of life due to the influence of graphics such as the whole
    It's not just a matter of combining everything, but there are many elements that are half-finished and feel unnecessary.
    That element would be a new element five years ago, which would make the whole game look like a cheap classic game of papier mache.
    Enjoying slow life in-game is difficult. Especially, I can't feel a sense of life due to the influence of graphics such as the whole city, people's actions, and movements.

    However, stories and debt repayments are not without fun. I think I'll try to clear only the story, so it seems that the experience will be different from the purpose provided by the game creator.
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62

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Jan 22, 2022
    59
    The developers seem to revel in their weak game design as if saying, “Yes, we know that our quests are atrocious, enjoy!” No interesting conversations, no stories, just emptiness decorated with mediocre puns and overly dumb situations. The same emptiness permeates the main storyline, which riffs on age-old cliches featuring UFOs, Nazis, Sherlock Holmes and medieval poems. There is no thought behind this madness, and all these quirky characters don’t come off as actual people.
  2. Jan 5, 2022
    75
    I enjoyed my time in Rainy Woods, but I wish The Good Life would have given me more reasons to stick around longer. It’s a refreshing experience that encourages you to slow down for a minute and take the time to smell whatever it is that grows out there. And for SWERY fans, The Good Life feels like his most polished effort to date and probably a greater realization of what he had attempted to do with Deadly Premonition, at least in terms of free, exploratory gameplay.
  3. Nov 30, 2021
    60
    The Good Life unfortunately isn’t very good. It’s a thoroughly average game supported by a few good storylines and the personality of its author.