# GAME REVIEW - PEPPERED: an existential platformer

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## To watch this review in video format click [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW3l8e1FHA8).

> The end of the world is coming, the God of Death is about to break free… and me? I'm stuck in a job interview.

**This is Peppered.** An existential platformer  where your choices matter in an ever changing format. You could be making choices and failing, in a loop like it's groundhog day, or you could be dodging bullets and death traps like it were the next megaman. 

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**It's a very heavy story oriented experience, filled with tons of humor.**
It's a mix of satirical commentary and a little slapstick, that got me more than a few times, and it hits more than it misses. The story alone is enough to have a good time with, but it's the gameplay that makes this a great time. 

### This isn't just platforming though. just when you've mastered a mechanic, the game introduces a new thing that changes how the rest of the game is played and looked at. 
- One level has you diving for shade before you overheat, 
- another would have you pushing shopping carts to run away from anthropamorphic bulls chasing you. 

**You'll meet characters like a fish that's on fire that doesn't have a problem with it, to a cop that follows rules to a T even if it doesn't make sense, and many many more.**

You'll go from bland office rooms to bizarre underground arenas. You'll be navigating deadly platforming puzzles to being in absurd conversations like being part of a game show that's also a court. 

*I was so sucked up by the engaging storytelling and the wacky characters that I swear there were times I forgot it was even a pixelated game.*  

My biggest and really only critique is wishing there was a seperate dash or dodge button. As it is now you press down which doesn't feel as intuitive when it comes to quick decision making.

*It's unpredictable and packed with clever humor and hidden paths to discover. I completed it in about 3 hours, but it's a story that will stick with me in some ways forever.* 

**So If you're looking for one of the most creative and story-driven indie platformers of the year, with humor, variety, and surprises around every corner, then you definitely should check it out.**



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