Never Give Up

 Switch
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13

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  1. Sullabim
    Aug 18, 2020
    7
    The game starts out brilliantly with levels that slowly increase in difficulty, and funny phrases uttered when you die collected from popular films and the devs own sense of humor. It was a pure joy until levels that required you to pass heat seeking missiles that simply prevent entry making it a matter of patience to die as many time as necessary until those missiles or other things areThe game starts out brilliantly with levels that slowly increase in difficulty, and funny phrases uttered when you die collected from popular films and the devs own sense of humor. It was a pure joy until levels that required you to pass heat seeking missiles that simply prevent entry making it a matter of patience to die as many time as necessary until those missiles or other things are exactly timed out of the way for you to progress. This is to say the challenge to learning curve was perfect in the beginning, but later became more about luck and patience with deaths, which made an initially. very fun game kind of a grind. Still a fun game in small portions. Would have been bettered by deciding in obstacles that challenge rather than prevent access to platforming.… Expand

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Nintendo Insider
    Sep 16, 2019
    50
    Never Give Up doesn’t have much to offer that you haven’t already seen before from the genre and any attempt it does try at separating itself from the herd, unfortunately, make the experience worse rather than better. From its dated sense of humor and ho-hum art style to its uninspired premise of repeating slowly evolving levels Never Give Up is a tough recommendation especially when there are far better examples already out there that won’t leave you rolling your eyes with embarrassment.
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  2. GameSpace
    Sep 9, 2019
    76
    Never Give Up is a proper progression from its predecessor, Give Up. While the gameplay may be simplistic in nature, there is still a lot of challenge here that will certainly appeal to more die hard retro platformer gamers. The pop culture and humorous comments are certain to lighten the experience of what would otherwise be a, sometimes frustrating, monotone title. Still, Never Give Up sets the stage to challenge and delight the right kind of gamer. Perhaps the type that enjoys difficult platformers as well as those that might be mildly masochistic.
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  3. Pure Nintendo
    Sep 3, 2019
    85
    A lot of fairly standard platformer stuff is given a whole new kind of charm in Never Give Up and it comes together to make a smart, funny game that really works.
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