Karl Marx and the Ring of Communism Reviews

Communism is cool ☭👍🏼

pros: game made me even more commie! cons: game itself

As a labor historian I am well-versed in Marxist philosophy, and was pretty excited to play this. I’d hoped it gave a goofy-but-honest explanation of what Marx wrote about in the 19th century. I haven’t spent much time in the game, but from what I have seen, it doesn’t honestly portray Marx, or Marxism, leading me to think the makers don’t know anything about Marx, Marxism, or they are just making authoritarian propaganda with this game, which is dissapointing I don’t know if it changes later, but I am so far turned off by the bias, and untrue things in the game that misrepresent Marxism and Marx to a wider audience, thus perpetuating misunderstandings and mischaracterizations of an ideology that altered the course of world history and a man who changed the way people view industry and capitalism, the current system. The thing is, you don’t have to agree with something to know what it is, and most people don’t, so this game is a missed opportunity to educate people, and instead it’s just alt-right propaganda and nonsense. If Marx actually viewed things the way this game portrayed, no one would have cared what he had to say. There’s a reason so many people in history and even today like what he wrote about, or at least respect him as an important historian, economist, and sociologist for his observations on capitalism. The gameplay is very retro. I grew up playing games like these, so it’s a fun sort of nostalgic experience for me, but again, I haven’t gotten far in the game yet. The game could have been very good. I wish it wasn’t dishonest right wing propaganda. There’s too much of that already, and it’s sad. The makers should have been more honest and less biased in making a video game.

100% made by a lib. Works on SD, it's alright I guess. Could've been something really good.

I thought this would be more of a gag game but it's actually pretty solid. Somewhere around easy-medium difficulty imo

Rarely do I give a 2$ game a review, but the top reviews are made by literal communists who are but hurt that this game is making fun of both Marx, capitalism, and it's self. This includes its most "helpful" review, who is a "Labor Historian" which means in normal speak, a communist who warps history to his ideology. Most of these people haven't even finished the game, or even surpassed the first 4 or so levels. Firstly, this game has one single track per level. They are decent, but get repetitive quickly. Looping endlessly, so best lower and mute the music after hearing the first couple loops in each level. The UI is manageable, but clunky, missing things like a options button during pause while in game. This game, despite being in many ways a Mario clone, does have some hard sections to it, but its a mostly easy game. The sprites are simple but distinct enough to discern between whats shooting at you. The retro style is good, honestly the music bogs it down but if you like retro stuff you will enjoy this game The story is goofy and overall makes fun of the modern and historically hated individuals. Showing a disdain for both extreme capitalism and communism. The writing might not be funny mostly, but its enjoyable, assuming you aren't a communist or capitalist fanatic. Level 6 in particular have some great jokes in my opinion, and its a shame they couldn't have more hilarious moments that level 6 incorporated. Overall, for a 2$ this a a solid 7/10, and is certainly worth grabbing on sale (which all have been a 50% off).

Made by a fletchy capitalist. Stupid capitalist propaganda. A feltching capitalist made this fletching game. And I fletching I hate!!! Be gone, you fletchy son of a fletch!

RAGE QUIT! Why would the developer put spikes on the roof and the floor in a shallow space for an extended time? I was having fun, and this dynamic just ruined the whole experience. Levels 1 and 2 were actually fun. It was worth it and I was ready to give a positive review. If you touch a spike even slightly on the third level, you die. What is even the purpose of doing that? It's not fun, and actually frustrating.

Made by a lib :( I wishlisted the game long ago hoping for some good ol' commie propaganda and then it starts talking about holding on to other peoples money and shit :(

Mario copy with the political literacy of an american highschooler. Soundtrack is decent though.