Laika: Aged Through Blood

This is...a weird one. You're either going to be into the game's crazy Trials-meets-Metroid gameplay, or you're not. Same goes for its tone, story and progression. It's a Marmite game. Laika is a game about violence, and despite the aesthetic providing some distance it's actually one of the most violent games I've played in recent years, to the point I'd warn people who might be sensitive to that sort of thing. Put...

32 found this helpful, 2025-12-10

Completing this game should earn you a visit from one of the devs to come give you hugs and aftercare because it is mean, rude, abusive, and then as a reward you get EMOTIONALLY DEVASTATED.

24 found this helpful, 2025-12-28

Laika frustrates me. In some ways, it's a great game: the art is fantastic, the music is amazing, the story is interesting, and the gameplay through levels is mostly pretty fun once you get used to it. In other ways, it's poorly designed. For instance, all of the boss fights are against giant creatures, which often causes the game to zoom out... which makes it difficult to see your character. In a game where any hit...

21 found this helpful, 2026-03-30