CARRION

Getting to play as the monster is a rare experience. And certainly worth the buy simply for the novelty of it. Last game I played where I got to be a monster is AVP 2010, glad that I got to play another one, these type of games are rare. -The movement and the way you interact with the world feel very good, -The art, enviroments, sounds, gore, character animations and reactions all build good atmosphere. Playing the game like a horror movie and making noise on one side of the vents only to crawl out behind the distracted target feels great, same with being able to cut characters in half with a door you ripped out of it's hinges. -The powers and their use to overcome obstacles is enjoyable, tho I wish I could use them in more creative ways (ex: being able to use the web to pull things to the monster) -The direction can be a little vague at times if you're not paying full attention, spent around 2 minutes wondering where to go since I was missing a lever at one point, but again, I feel like that was more me not paying full attention rather than the game's fault, as I don't feel the extra handholding is all that necessary. Probably one of the funnest games I've played this year, I can only hope I'll get to see more games based around the "reverse horror" theme off it's success.

I suppose given the nasty nature of that bunch of meat and tendrils, 'fresh' is the wrong word! BUT the game overall feels fresh. New idea, something I haven't seen any other game do in just this way. And it works! The atmosphere is just deliciously creepy and nasty and the implications of this creature are really damn freaky if you think about it. Smart, adaptive, deadly, hoo boy! The soundtrack is really nice too, if you're into creepy ambience kinda pieces xD It is available on Bandcamp! It is a bit hard to keep an overview sometimes, because some back-tracking is required. But it is not too bad, there are ample save points along the way if things go wrong. If the developer reads this, I'd love to have a game mode with procedurally generated maps for endless skittery murder sprees~ P:

I really enjoyed my time with Carrion and would recommend it to anyone looking for a good little puzzle game. Unfortunately the achievements didn't unlock in GOG galaxy for me but that's not a deal breaker.

I'm a big fan of almost every characteristic of this game (2D metroidvania, pixel art, horror, few but original and deep mechanics, physics), but even if I wasn't I'm sure I would have loved it anyway. I only enjoy like 6 games per year now (instead of dozens) because most games feel like I have already played them. Did not happen with this one. 5/5

I own the game on a different platform but I have to say that this is the most fun reverse horror game I've every played. The controls are tight and responsive, and the freedom the game gives you makes you feel like that monster in any horror monster flick. My only critique is that it's short and i want more, and I want to learn more about the story of this amorphous creature. Also this game needs a map of some sort as backtracking is very very confusing (at least for me). Other than that this game is worth every penny. The fact that i was able to finish the game says a lot about how much fun I have with it since I played it from beginning to end.