Poison Control

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
62

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
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  1. RPG Site
    Apr 26, 2021
    40
    When it comes down to it, Poison Control fails to do anything interesting in any manner. There's nothing about the game that is outright broken, but there is just no substance to anything at all. A forgettable nothing story, forgettable gameplay, tedious maps, all lead to an experience that is an easy skip.
  2. Slant Magazine
    Apr 12, 2021
    30
    The game rarely goes beyond the cheap laughs to be had from its story.

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6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  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.    … Full Review »
  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.    … Full Review »
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