Unreal Life

 Switch
Metascore
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No score yet - based on 3 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. Finger Guns
    Jan 28, 2022
    70
    Unreal Life is a charming indie game filled with story, adventure, discovery and a talking traffic light. It’s unique as you’ll be comparing timelines to discover what happened to the protagonist Hal on one fateful night. It’s a game that invokes curiosity and keeps the player intrigued through storytelling and puzzle, presented in a gorgeous pixel art of blue hue. Although feeling like it ended abruptly, there is a lot within Unreal Life to invoke emotion.

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7.2

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. NindieSpotlight
    Dec 16, 2021
    7
    Starting out as a young woman woken up with the aid of an AI-driven talking traffic light, disoriented, and apparently without anyStarting out as a young woman woken up with the aid of an AI-driven talking traffic light, disoriented, and apparently without any recollection of who or where you are, Unreal Life certainly comes out of the gate a bit weird. With some help from the said traffic light you do begin to piece some fragments together, in part through the discovery that you’re able to see moments of the past by touching objects in the environment. There’s no doubt it’s odd, but then relatively quickly some shocks and glimpses of a terrible incident pop into view and it’s hard not to get a bit hooked. It’s the game’s mixing of oddities like you befriending a traffic light or conversing with a penguin with some regularity but then veering into some pretty dark territory as well that help it stand out, but for those same reasons it won’t be for everyone.

    https://www.nindiespotlight.com/2021/12/mini-reviews-december-8th-edition.html    … Full Review »
  2. Terrax
    Jun 24, 2021
    9
    This game is really a hidden gem on the switch. If you like twists and puzzle adventures, buckle up! The surreal world is endearing and playedThis game is really a hidden gem on the switch. If you like twists and puzzle adventures, buckle up! The surreal world is endearing and played deadpan. The spectacular and odd will become your bread and butter as you puzzle your way through a deeply emotional narrative.

    Some puzzles are a little unintuitive or require a bit of backtracking, but for the most part this adventure flows very consistently and leaves the door open with mysteries that entice replayability and an absolute banger of an action mini-game.

    Prepare to traipse a dream-like world as you throw shrimp all over the floor because you have the power to and god help me I must abuse it.    … Full Review »
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