Have a Nice Death

Item: Have a Nice Death
Rating: 63
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-08-23

Summary

Enjoyable roguelike experience with stunning art style
Charming characters, humor, diverse bosses
Excessive randomness and poor progression
Unfair, frustrating boss design
Unbalanced, uninspired item system
Weak story and repetitive level design

Emotions

Satisfaction26%Frustration20%Disappointment15%Excitement10%Joy4%

Reviews (sample size): 797
Helpful reviews: 72%
Unhelpful reviews: 28%
Protest reviews: 0%

63%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
37%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1590
Negative points: 1610
Gameplay points: 855
Perf. points: 33
Rec. points: 371
Misc points: 186

Point	Description	Importance
Highly Enjoyable Roguelike Experience Description Players overwhelmingly praise the game as an incredibly fun, engaging, and addictive roguelike experience. Many compare it favorably to genre giants like Hades and Dead Cells, highlighting its strong core mechanics, high replayability, and overall quality. Importance 100%	Players overwhelmingly praise the game as an incredibly fun, engaging, and addictive roguelike experience. Many compare it favorably to genre giants like Hades and Dead Cells, highlighting its strong core mechanics, high replayability, and overall quality.	100%
Stunning Art Style and Animations Description The game's art style, visuals, and animations receive widespread acclaim. Reviewers consistently describe them as beautiful, unique, charming, and incredibly polished, often drawing comparisons to Tim Burton or high-quality cartoons. The visual design is frequently cited as a major strength and a key factor in player immersion. Importance 41%	The game's art style, visuals, and animations receive widespread acclaim. Reviewers consistently describe them as beautiful, unique, charming, and incredibly polished, often drawing comparisons to Tim Burton or high-quality cartoons. The visual design is frequently cited as a major strength and a key factor in player immersion.	41%
Charming Characters and Humor Description The game's humor, particularly its dark and self-aware satire, is a significant highlight. Characters are described as charming, funny, and full of personality, with engaging dialogues and banter that contribute to the game's unique atmosphere and make the world feel alive. Importance 19%	The game's humor, particularly its dark and self-aware satire, is a significant highlight. Characters are described as charming, funny, and full of personality, with engaging dialogues and banter that contribute to the game's unique atmosphere and make the world feel alive.	19%
Diverse Bosses and Weapon Variety Description The variety and design of bosses, enemies, and weapons are highly appreciated. Bosses are noted for their creative designs, readable attack patterns, and challenging yet fair fights. The wide selection of weapons and abilities allows for diverse and fun build experimentation, enhancing replayability. Importance 18%	The variety and design of bosses, enemies, and weapons are highly appreciated. Bosses are noted for their creative designs, readable attack patterns, and challenging yet fair fights. The wide selection of weapons and abilities allows for diverse and fun build experimentation, enhancing replayability.	18%
Immersive Soundtrack and Atmosphere Description The game's soundtrack and overall atmosphere are highly praised. The music is described as exquisite, fitting, and enhancing the game's dark yet playful mood, while the sound design and environmental details contribute to an immersive and cohesive experience. Importance 12%	The game's soundtrack and overall atmosphere are highly praised. The music is described as exquisite, fitting, and enhancing the game's dark yet playful mood, while the sound design and environmental details contribute to an immersive and cohesive experience.	12%

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