Laika: Aged Through Blood Reviews

Extremely Fun and a great soundtrack that immerses you in.

This is an interesting game that looks great and has a lot going for it. The art is nice! The music is cool! But the level design and some of the mechanics of it get worse and worse as the game goes on. One of the most important things to do is to turn around on your bike. You'd think that tapping a button would do it. But no, tapping the button makes you skid and deflect bullets. You need to do a longer hold to turn around. In the 7 hours or so I've played I used the deflect maybe once. But it messed up attempts to turn around easily hundreds of times. Another frustration is losing track of which way your character is facing in the air. Land on your head and you die, ok sure. But many times the camera zooms out and you're flipping and shooting and since you're covered in blood it's had to tell where you're facing and boom, squished head. Both of those were annoying but manageable enough. It all builds to a big mess later in the game where you need to cross ropes by doing a wheelie the whole way across. It's not the easiest. Your bike slows down and it's easy to fall. It's not fun. It just sucks. And it makes it easier to fall farther down through multiple ropes and you just hate it. It's so frustrating to write this, but I do not recommend it. If the mechanics of the game bug you early on, they only get worse. Don't get me started on the busted physics of the shotgun. That thing is awful.

Incredible story, visuals and art, music is great as well despite the warnings about the game, it still got me pretty tough, I tried the demo out to see if i'd enjoy it, and convinced me to buy it very much worth

I will recommend this game, even though i did not finish it. So much of this game is gorgeous. The theming, while a bit heavy handed, is well done. The music is lovely, the visuals are gorgeous. However, every boss fight feels like you are fighting the systems more than you are actually fighting a boss. It feels like the game at times forgets you are on a bike and decides to make you do some precision platforming. It came to a point that i felt so frustrated just fighting against halfbaked controls causing deaths that constantly felt unfair. It is a real shame because so much of it was really really good.

My good lord, this game hurts. It has such an amazing aesthetic, beautiful music that pairs well with the gameplay and the moments that really hurt. The content warnings are real, listen to them, graphic depictions of violence towards children is no joke, neither is allusions to sexual assault and suicide. This game is raw, and beautiful because of it. Play it, it's good.

can't believe I never left a review for this game- I adore this game to death- the choices in sound effects, music, gameplay, the overall quality is insanely good! oh and don't get me STARTED on that story- words can't even describe my love for it! when I played it for the first time, I got reminded of "Hill Climb Racing" and it's gameplay- besides, well... you know.. GUN. I understand that the gameplay may not be for everyone- but it's something you got to effort in to enjoy and once you got the hang of it, you feel so cool! I REALLY recommend playing this game, it changes your perspective on things and I like it for it :3

i cant be happy can i. This game is amazing, all hand drawn, the boss animations after a fight are incredible. The game play is like a flash motorcycle stunt game mixed with My Friend Pedro and elements of Eastward and MAN I LOVE THIS GAME. I didn't vibe with the music at first but it grew on me, initially feeling like it didn't match the game play but it actually compliments it very well. The story is incredibly well done, deep lore building, with really good characters. I would die for Puppy, and literally no one in this game can be happy, even the player. Please, I need a sequel.

It's a tragic tale of a mother that tries to do right by her mother, community, and most of all her daughter "puppy". The setting is post apocalyptic future that ties Native American Culture into the story. My only wish is to know more about the history of this game and what could be in the future.

Gameplay: 8/10 Visuals/Music: 8/10 Story: 9/10 This game is absolutely gripping from start to finish. I've been wanting to pick it up for a long time because it felt like it was a niche I have enjoyed in the past. It plays like a bizarre combination of games including Trials of the Blood Dragon (Motorcycle based platforming with combat elements), My Friend Pedro (Fast paced combat with fast respawn times) , and Hollow Knight (2D Metroidvania elements). All of that I knew going in from the trailers. What I didn't expect was the most emotionally impactful story I have experienced in the last decade. The game hits you with a content advisory right away which should not be taken lightly as the game hits you with some very dark story elements very quickly. The game has numerous memorable characters all of whom are interesting in their own right as well as backstory elements about your character and their family that are slowly given to you throughout the game. I could say a lot more about the story but I don't wish to spoil and can only say I highly recommend it. The only things that drag down the game for me are nitpicks that some may disagree on. The controls felt difficult to learn but given the nature of the game I understand why it's difficult. In combat you have to worry about accelerating, flipping, aiming, shooting, blocking, and landing all in just a single jump and it can be a lot to handle. I feel like I had a bit of experience with this sort of game going in and I still crashed and burned probably a dozen times on the first mission alone. That being said, I eventually settled in and by the end of the game I felt like a ninja on wheels! As for my only other criticism, I felt that the game map became tedious to traverse around the midway point. The game is quite stingy with fast travel points, having only a handful throughout the game. Additionally, you can't freely fast travel and have to go from one fast travel point to another. I think the game would have been well served to add maybe just another 3 fast travel points. All in all, these gripes are pretty minimal in comparison to how absorbed I was in the gameplay, story, and beautiful artstyle of the game. I highly recommend it. (Plus there's a demo version and your data carries over which is awesome)

Best game ever for me. Very sentimental, love the mecanics and i adapt quickly to understand the mecanics and i complete the game with all achivements in honor to my puppy who pass away last month (┬┬﹏┬┬).