75
There’s no way to get bored in Life Goes On. Partly because it frequently introduces new obstacles and other elements of environment, but also due to the fact that it only lasts for three hours. [06/2014, p.67]
70
Even though Life Goes On is short and simplistic, it offers a bold, welcome break from the ‘science saves the world’ cliché permeating other puzzle games. Three ‘vikings’ will win only if two of them are dead.
60
The sense of humor that informs the UI too rarely penetrates to the actual level design. Because of this, and the comparative ease of its puzzles, Life Goes On feels like a trifle, nicely made and modestly amusing but forgotten more quickly than it's finished.
9
Il y a classiquement deux manières d’utiliser la mort pour un jeu vidéo : soit pour punir, soit pour informer. Ici c’est pour résoudre. On n’est plus dans la rupture du flow du jeu, mais bien dans sa continuité, et c’est plaisant. Donc, l’idée brillamment réussit de ce puzzle-platformer est de tuer notre personnage pour progresser. Empalé, écrasé, brûlé, gelé, électrocuté, découpé, mangé, zombifié… mais au service d’énigmes intelligentes introduites progressivement.
8
A puzzle game. Your challenge: Get to the "cup", the all holy grail, or die trying. And die trying again. And die again. And if enough brave knights died, one of the knights that comes after them will be able to walk across their corpses and not fall into the spikes that killed the others. Yes, in this game you fill the moat with corpses so you can walk across without getting your feet wet. That's the basic idea behind this otherwise rather normal platform puzzler. You have buttons that change things, you have conveyor belts (with and without spikes), you have cannons that can shoot your knights about (and kill them in the process, only to land them on buttons so they keep them pressed)... you get the idea. All done with incredibly beautiful and cute animation that makes you almost feel bad for using the cute knights as cannon fodder (and quite literally so). The only problem is that the novelty factor wears off eventually and it is, well, yet another puzzler. But for the price of what you'd pay for a pizza, so it's still a good buy.
7
This is a cracking little puzzle game with some really fun concepts, especially the fact that your killing yourself to help you complete your journey. I only wish it was longer so I will be watching out for these guys to see what they release in the future.
Life Goes On
Released On:
Apr 17, 2014
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73
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7.3
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Apr 22, 2014
85
An inventive and outlandish puzzler that executes with bloodthirstily aplomb.
Apr 24, 2014
80
Cutesy and colourful, Life Goes On takes a core concept from most games, flips it, and embeds it in an environment with reciprocating elements. The result is an engaging puzzle platformer that delights more than it frustrates. The ending credits sequence is also one of the most charming things I’ve seen this year.
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7.3
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Apr 25, 2014
10
This game is very funny and very very good...reminds me of lost Vikings and **** you must kill to move on. Excellent puzzle game and you can use either controller or keyboard. Don't pass this up very excellent and loads of fun.
Aug 3, 2020
9
Il y a classiquement deux manières d’utiliser la mort pour un jeu vidéo : soit pour punir, soit pour informer. Ici c’est pour résoudre. On n’est plus dans la rupture du flow du jeu, mais bien dans sa continuité, et c’est plaisant. Donc, l’idée brillamment réussit de ce puzzle-platformer est de tuer notre personnage pour progresser. Empalé, écrasé, brûlé, gelé, électrocuté, découpé, mangé, zombifié… mais au service d’énigmes intelligentes introduites progressivement.
Apr 18, 2014
80
There’s a comfortable progression of difficulty, with the game’s initial stages easy enough to understand and later stages that require a good deal of thought, planning and timing.
Jul 23, 2014
75
There’s no way to get bored in Life Goes On. Partly because it frequently introduces new obstacles and other elements of environment, but also due to the fact that it only lasts for three hours. [06/2014, p.67]
Jun 5, 2014
70
Even though Life Goes On is short and simplistic, it offers a bold, welcome break from the ‘science saves the world’ cliché permeating other puzzle games. Three ‘vikings’ will win only if two of them are dead.
Apr 29, 2014
70
Life Goes On might not start with the most mindblowing hook, but the idea is solid and Infinite Monkeys develops it well. By constantly adding new tricks into its repertoire and not dragging itself out unnecessarily, it maintains a good quality throughout.
Apr 25, 2014
59
An inventive puzzle game that’s too short and easy to recommend—worthwhile only for the novelty of its concept.
Aug 1, 2016
8
A puzzle game. Your challenge: Get to the "cup", the all holy grail, or die trying. And die trying again. And die again. And if enough brave knights died, one of the knights that comes after them will be able to walk across their corpses and not fall into the spikes that killed the others. Yes, in this game you fill the moat with corpses so you can walk across without getting your feet wet. That's the basic idea behind this otherwise rather normal platform puzzler. You have buttons that change things, you have conveyor belts (with and without spikes), you have cannons that can shoot your knights about (and kill them in the process, only to land them on buttons so they keep them pressed)... you get the idea. All done with incredibly beautiful and cute animation that makes you almost feel bad for using the cute knights as cannon fodder (and quite literally so). The only problem is that the novelty factor wears off eventually and it is, well, yet another puzzler. But for the price of what you'd pay for a pizza, so it's still a good buy.
Aug 1, 2014
7
This is a cracking little puzzle game with some really fun concepts, especially the fact that your killing yourself to help you complete your journey. I only wish it was longer so I will be watching out for these guys to see what they release in the future.
Jul 12, 2014
7
This is a fun sleeper game that I really enjoyed. The puzzles are moderately challenging, but not frustrating, and the mechanics of the game are fun. It gets high praise from me for teaching you new game rules without needing to throw a tutorial at you; you get to learn the game as you play. Allowing you to figure out these concepts is very satisfying; it's too bad that more games don't work this way. It's oddly refreshing to play a game where dying is not the end of the game and falling into a trap is a legitimate way to win. My only complaint is that the game is feels a little short. It's possible to play though this entire game in a few sittings. There are some bonus challenges, so that extends the life of the game to a degree. The end credits in particular are pretty awesome.
SummaryLife Goes On is a comically-morbid platform game where you guide heroic knights to their demise and use their dead bodies to solve puzzles. Impale knights on spikes to create a safe path. Catch a knight on a saw blade (ouch!) to strategically land the body on a button. Freeze your knights into blocks of ice to reach higher ground. Make y... Read More
