The Death Into Trouble

The music and cutscenes are well polished, but the actual gameplay isn't great compared to some other platformers. Enemy attacks are very quick and typically have no wind-up animations or sound effects to warn you that they're coming. Since one hit is all it takes to kill you, it's very easy to die the first time you encounter a new enemy type. Some enemies can be killed, but some can't, and it isn't made clear which enemies fall into which category. In the purgatory level for example, I encountered a bat that I could kill by jumping on its head. In that same room on that same level, there was a second bat that looked just like the first that couldn't be killed in the same manner. In terms of exploration, it isn't always clear where your objectives are, which leads to a lot of wandering around. This wandering can become frustrating at times because you'll be taking a lot of blind "leaps of faith" throughout the playthrough, and since environmental hazards aren't shown on your map, it can be easy to end up in a pit of spikes or some other hazard that you couldn't see coming. The developers did add a button that lets you pan the camera around to see more of your surroundings, but the camera panning is often too limited to warn you about upcoming hazards. In terms of settings and accessibility, the game is missing some features. There are no display options; you're stuck with borderless windowed at a fixed resolution. While you can toggle music and sound effects on and off, you can't adjust their volume separately; you only get a master volume slider. The game doesn't pause or mute on focus loss. And, although you can change the controls, in-game key prompts won't respect the new control scheme; key prompts will only ever show the default keybind. So far, this review probably makes the game sound really frustrating to play, and to some extent it is, but the real, main reason I stopped playing was because it was just boring. Collecting lost souls around the map doesn't provide much of a challenge and isn't particularly satisfying or interesting to do. In all fairness, I've only played for half an hour. The game is pretty cheap, and I haven't really given the game a fair shot. But I've played much more polished platformers from much larger studios, and that has made it hard for me to ignore the flaws of smaller games like this one. For the price, the The Death Into Trouble isn't bad. It's just not the game for me.

Loved! Such a cool and cute approach to this theme :)

Muito fofo e ao mesmo tempo com uma história divertida. Mecânicas boas, um jogo relaxante mas que não é tão fácil quanto parece.

Don't let the reaper's cuteness fool you, this game is a challenging platformer. Fun and nostalgic, with graphics that combine the retro and modern pixel art. Immersive music with beautiful requiem remixes and cute characters, recommended.

The Death into Trouble is fantastic, a mix of platform and "hide and seek" game. In a good mood and beautiful pixel art environment I had a lot of fun playing with it.