Laika: Aged Through Blood

Item: Laika: Aged Through Blood
Rating: 83
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-08

Summary

Rewarding gameplay mastery
Stunning hand-drawn aesthetics
Masterful and emotional soundtrack
Profound and heart-wrenching narrative
Clunky controls and bike gameplay
Tedious map traversal and poor fast travel

Emotions

Satisfaction25%Frustration16%Admiration11%Disappointment9%Excitement5%

Reviews (sample size): 1583
Helpful reviews: 79%
Unhelpful reviews: 21%
Protest reviews: 0%

83%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
17%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 5695
Negative points: 3083
Gameplay points: 1591
Perf. points: 35
Rec. points: 915
Misc points: 863

Point	Description	Importance
Rewarding Gameplay Mastery Description Players consistently praise the game's unique and challenging gameplay, noting that while it has a learning curve, mastering its mechanics, especially combat and movement, feels incredibly satisfying and fluid. The difficulty is often described as fair and engaging, making the effort to learn worthwhile. Importance 100%	Players consistently praise the game's unique and challenging gameplay, noting that while it has a learning curve, mastering its mechanics, especially combat and movement, feels incredibly satisfying and fluid. The difficulty is often described as fair and engaging, making the effort to learn worthwhile.	100%
Stunning Hand-Drawn Aesthetics Description Reviewers consistently commend the game's beautiful and unique hand-drawn 2D art style, gorgeous backgrounds, and immersive atmosphere. The visuals are praised for their balance of simplicity and depth, effectively portraying the grim post-apocalyptic world while remaining visually appealing and charming. Importance 83%	Reviewers consistently commend the game's beautiful and unique hand-drawn 2D art style, gorgeous backgrounds, and immersive atmosphere. The visuals are praised for their balance of simplicity and depth, effectively portraying the grim post-apocalyptic world while remaining visually appealing and charming.	83%
Masterful & Emotional Soundtrack Description The game's soundtrack, particularly by Beicoli, receives overwhelming praise for its exceptional quality, emotional depth, and perfect fit with the game's atmosphere and narrative. Many reviewers consider it one of the best game OSTs, often listening to it outside the game and noting its ability to evoke strong feelings. Importance 60%	The game's soundtrack, particularly by Beicoli, receives overwhelming praise for its exceptional quality, emotional depth, and perfect fit with the game's atmosphere and narrative. Many reviewers consider it one of the best game OSTs, often listening to it outside the game and noting its ability to evoke strong feelings.	60%
Profound & Heart-Wrenching Narrative Description The story is consistently highlighted as a major strength, described as deep, compelling, and profoundly emotional, often bringing reviewers to tears. It's praised for its mature themes, well-paced progression, and impactful storytelling that leaves a lasting impression. Importance 59%	The story is consistently highlighted as a major strength, described as deep, compelling, and profoundly emotional, often bringing reviewers to tears. It's praised for its mature themes, well-paced progression, and impactful storytelling that leaves a lasting impression.	59%
Underrated Masterpiece Experience Description Many reviewers consider the game an absolute masterpiece and an unforgettable experience, often citing it as one of the best games they've played and highly recommending it. It's frequently described as underrated, offering exceptional value for its price and leaving a lasting emotional impact. Importance 43%	Many reviewers consider the game an absolute masterpiece and an unforgettable experience, often citing it as one of the best games they've played and highly recommending it. It's frequently described as underrated, offering exceptional value for its price and leaving a lasting emotional impact.	43%
Memorable & Relatable Characters Description The game's characters, particularly the protagonist Laika and her daughter Puppy, are consistently praised for being well-written, relatable, and emotionally engaging. Reviewers highlight the depth of their personalities, the authenticity of their interactions, and the strong emotional connections formed with the cast. Importance 34%	The game's characters, particularly the protagonist Laika and her daughter Puppy, are consistently praised for being well-written, relatable, and emotionally engaging. Reviewers highlight the depth of their personalities, the authenticity of their interactions, and the strong emotional connections formed with the cast.	34%
Innovative Motorcycle Metroidvania Description The game is highly lauded for its innovative blend of Metroidvania exploration with unique motorcycle-based movement and combat mechanics. Reviewers highlight the ingenuity of using the bike for traversal, shooting, reloading (via flips), and parrying, creating a fresh and addictive gameplay loop. Importance 31%	The game is highly lauded for its innovative blend of Metroidvania exploration with unique motorcycle-based movement and combat mechanics. Reviewers highlight the ingenuity of using the bike for traversal, shooting, reloading (via flips), and parrying, creating a fresh and addictive gameplay loop.	31%
Unflinching Mature Themes Description Reviewers appreciate the game's bold approach to mature and often brutal themes, including violence, war, loss, and the harsh realities of a post-apocalyptic world. The narrative is commended for not shying away from difficult topics, delivering a powerful anti-war message and exploring complex human emotions. Importance 27%	Reviewers appreciate the game's bold approach to mature and often brutal themes, including violence, war, loss, and the harsh realities of a post-apocalyptic world. The narrative is commended for not shying away from difficult topics, delivering a powerful anti-war message and exploring complex human emotions.	27%