Have A Nice Death Review - Roguelike In The Afterlife

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Being The Grim Reaper is a hard job! Death incarnate has a lot of souls he’s responsible for but that’s what delegating is for.  Unfortunately, turning death into a fully staffed operation has come with some downsides.  Namely, Death Incorporated is now being run by a handful of operatives called “Sorrows” that are so busy on Earth that Death is being buried in paperwork and needs a break.  Have a Nice Death gives us the opportunity to play as Death as he reigns in his employees so he can take a much-needed vacation.

Have A Nice Death is a 2D Roguelike with a lot of charm, personality, and humor. The concept of Death being reduced to a corporate paper pusher was funny enough, but that charm extends even to the dialogue, which can be downright hysterical at times..  Each character was well thought out and added to the charm, though my personal favorite was Harriet. She acts as Death’s personal Word Paperclip, taking players through the tutorial and pops up throughout the game to explain things coming up that are new.  She seems to exhaust Death but honestly, she’s just trying to help!

Have a Nice Death is a game of repetition.  Every time you start the game, you start from the beginning. One run consists of a single attempt to complete the game from start to finish. In one run, you’ll play 4 levels that are floors of the company before going to fight a Sorrow and then the cycle continues until you either die or beat all of the Sorrows. Either way, after a run is complete, you go back to the beginning and start a new run.   

Each run starts with a little ditty that simply says “Welcome to the afterlife!” and then taking an elevator to the main floor and working your way through some fairly aggressive, albeit