101 Ways to Die
101 Ways To Die is a physics-based puzzler with a twist - it's full of dark humor and cartoon gore. As the assistant of an eccentric scientist, Professor Splatunfuder, it's your job to help him in restoring a…
101 Ways to Die is an indie developed by Four Door Lemon, released 17 March 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What 101 Ways to Die is
101 Ways to Die is an indie game developed by Four Door Lemon and released in 2016. It was published by Vision Games Publishing. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
As the assistant to the morally corrupt Professor Ernst Splattunfuder, you must help recreate '101 Ways To Die' - a book full of delightfully gory death recipes for dispatching your foes in the most stylish ways possible. With an arsenal of deadly tools at your disposal, find the most violent and brutal ways to maim, slice, burn, explode, rip and impale the lab created creatures known as Splatts. Don't let them escape.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, educational and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 30 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
101 Ways to Die holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Quad core 2.5Ghz minimum, 2 GB RAM and DirectX 11 class graphics card with 1gb of video RAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
101 Ways to Die launched on 17 March 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Stardew Valley and SuperHot. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Stardew Valley, SuperHot.
Official trailer
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