Poison Control

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  • Summary: This shooter-meets-action title combines high-octane gameplay and a grim-yet-charming art style into one unforgettable adventure. Use Poisonette's powers to purify poison mires while blasting away enemies as her gunslinging vessel. You can also customize your gameplay experience by choosingThis shooter-meets-action title combines high-octane gameplay and a grim-yet-charming art style into one unforgettable adventure. Use Poisonette's powers to purify poison mires while blasting away enemies as her gunslinging vessel. You can also customize your gameplay experience by choosing between a male or female vessel, unlocking weapons and enhancements with each world you purify, and increasing certain stats of Poisonette through choice-based dialogue. A poisonous partnership: swap between the poison-absorbing Poisonette and her gun-wielding vessel, and combine firepower and zone control to destroy the creatures of the poison mires. Enigmatic encounters: uncover the mysterious circumstances that set Poisonette and her vessel on the poisonous path towards redemption. Corrupt and colorful: with an art style that's as grim as it is charming, this twisted tale practically jumps off the screen! From vivid stages to vibrant gameplay effects, this adventure is as much a visual experience as it is visceral. … Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
  1. Noisy Pixel
    Apr 12, 2021
    85
    Poison Control is an unexpected enjoyable gaming experience. The result is a game that only lacks in areas where I wanted more, including enemy variety and stage layout. However, that doesn’t hinder just how addicting this adventure is, which I hope acts as a foundation for a sequel. I may not be the biggest fan of shooters, but Poison Control takes the genre and presents it in a way that could expand the fanbase. If you can’t get behind that, well, the cleaning aspect is just as satisfying.
  2. Meristation
    Jun 13, 2021
    75
    Poison Control offers a mix of different gameplay mechanics with an intriguing story that results in a simple but addictive title.
  3. App Trigger
    Apr 25, 2021
    70
    Although the fun in traversing through Belles’ Hells and beating a variety of Kleshas will keep you engrossed in the game, it will start feeling a bit repetitive after a while. It lacks engagement in some areas where I expected a bit more. This unique storyline of various girls and your precious bond with your soulmate Ms. Poisonette put this game ahead of certain RPGs.
  4. RPGamer
    Apr 26, 2021
    60
    Sometimes a game becomes a bit too ambitious for its own good. Poison Control is one of these games, as the anime-inspired story and musical accompaniment are well worth being held in high regard. Those can only take a game so far, however, and are brought down by the clunky gameplay and copy-and-paste visuals accompanying them. Depending on which aspects the player values more it can either be a fun and engaging romp through a wonderful world with unique characters that grow, or it can feel like a slog repeating the same thing over and over ad nauseam until the energy drains out of the player and the game is shut off. Ultimately it balances out to an average game with a few unique mechanics, an entertaining if niche story, and a stellar soundtrack.
  5. BaziCenter
    Jul 16, 2021
    60
    Poison Control shows how good ideas and a huge potential can be ruined by bad gameplay decisions and broken structure, and even though some parts of the game like story and writing will keep you eager to carry on, eventually the final package fails to deliver.
  6. Video Chums
    Apr 12, 2021
    57
    If Poison Control smoothed out its combat and performance issues while adding more interesting complexity to its gameplay then it could be quite a fun quirky little game. As it is, it's certainly charming but definitely difficult to recommend.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Apr 12, 2021
    30
    The game rarely goes beyond the cheap laughs to be had from its story.

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  1. CapnConundrum
    May 10, 2023
    10
    This game is simple, honest and stupid fun.

    I tend to play it as a palette cleanse between complex games that demand thought and    This game is simple, honest and stupid fun.

    I tend to play it as a palette cleanse between complex games that demand thought and involvement from me as a player. Cleansing my palette like this gives me a bit of extra time to bask in the afterglow of whatever immersive story or experience I've just had, without corrupting it with another straight away.

    Poison Control demands nothing from me. It puts fun in my hands with easy combat, a feast for the eyes and simple, heartfelt story for the soul. It's simple fps combat that controls perfectly well, breezy story and fun characters with enough heart to keep things interesting, and plenty of top notch, shall we say, "fan service".

    It's certainly a tad silly. But if you're like me, you play plenty of intelligent, deep and often challenging games almost every day. When I've conquered (or absorbed) a game like that, nothing is better than relaxing to the simple, honest fun of a game like this, and Poison Control is the best I've seen in that particular unnamed genre.    … Expand
  2. PlatinumReviews
    Mar 8, 2022
    6
    When you start the game you will have many questions. A lot of these questions will never be answered. But thus is life. I am going to do myWhen you start the game you will have many questions. A lot of these questions will never be answered. But thus is life. I am going to do my best to explain this game so try not to get lost in all the weirdness.
    So like I said you play as a no named character either male or female, you are thrown into hell with the only way out being to get 5 tickets to get to heaven. Once in heaven you can get any wish you want. Easy enough? Well to get those tickets you must dispel Belle’s Hells. Which are personal hells of girls who have let things in their life turn them down a path of evil by getting rid of the poison that fills their hells. Along the way you will have to defeat klesha’s that also plague these hells in your battle to go back to the living realm. With the help of your Poisonette which was a Klesha that stole your body, you complete these requests as they come through the radio in hell. Damn us all to hell as the radio hosts would say..
    Ok that was a lot to take in I understand. It is a very confusing story and it just gets worse the more that is explained. So let’s keep going.
    These Belles hells are personal hells that they have created. The belle of the hell will either be alive or be dead which leads to a very confusing distinction on whether you are in a living belle or a dead belles hell.
    I will say that some of the story lines from inside these hells are intense and interesting. I normally do not like to spoil anything story related in games but for an example one of the hell’s has you in a little girls hell. Her pet dog died and her mom burned the dogs body. (not sure why she did it in front of the kid or what not but hey not my kid.) the little kid asked why she was doing that and the mother dismissed the kid and just said so she can go to heaven. The kid got to thinking and asked what happens if heaven gets to full does the souls come back and the mom tells her yea whatever again dismissing the kids feelings on the incident. This leads the kid down a path of killing animals to try to overcrowd heaven. When that doesn’t work the kid devises a plan to kill her mom in hopes that the dog and her mom would come back. This is where you step in to explain to the kids soul (again confusing if the kids not dead) that hey don’t do that. This is what happens and so on so forth.
    This was a just one of the moments which there are few like this where I often found myself pausing the game and telling my friends of the next crazy hell I did.
    The gameplay is fun but repetitive, you go into a hell. Clear poison, kill the klesha’s by shooting them. Rinse and repeat. There are a few different klesha’s you fight and a few guns that you get to choose from but that is about it, Level design changes between the hell’s. you will see some level designs come back depending on what hell you are in. But like I said it’s fun. I wouldn’t say it’s revolutionary gameplay or anything like that. but it has some really unique concepts and if they were to build on this game with a sequel then we may have something special.
    Now onto my favorite part of this game. The music, As I type this review up I have the soundtrack playing in the background getting me in the groove as if I was playing the game. From songs that are reminiscent of old sega genesis games while other songs give me a persona vibe. It was a welcome addition to the game.    … Expand

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#87 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2021