10 Recent Video Games Sent Out To Die
5. The Good Life
As bizarre as The Good Life is, it starts innocent enough. In the beginning, this Nintendo Switch exclusive focuses on taking pictures, cooking recipes, and crafting. Due to the cutesy aesthetic, it feels like an innocent little game, similar to The Sims, Animal Crossing, or Stardew Crossing.
But then, you suddenly discover all the inhabitants turn into cats and dogs at night. (It's never explained why). Before you get a chance to process this curveball, one of the citizens is killed in a ritual murder. This inspires your character to solve the murder by investigating, talking to the citizens, and... peeing on clues. (That's not a joke.)
The Good Life is so random, it feels like the developers had six conflicting ideas and decided to cram them all into the story instead of fixating on one. If you look at the trailer, it's immediately clear the developers had no idea what they wanted the game to be.
If you thought you might fancy The Good Life because it's unconventional and quirky, it's let down by derivative fighting mechanics, repetitive gameplay, text not matching the voice-acting, unskippable animations, and a barrage of other inconsistencies.