Browser Game Pick: You Only Live Once (Raitendo)
Remember the recent Free Will - The Game? Raitendo just released what he says is the predecessor to that - and if you played Free Will, you'll be able to guess the general gist of what's going on here.
You Only Live Once is a literal title, so it's worth making sure you, well, don't die. Because there won't be another chance if you do. It's a very silly take on Mario (again, like Free Will) that will probably last you around 2 minutes. It's worth noting that you can jump on the heads of the baddies rather than dodge them - at first it appears that you can't due to the spiked helmets.
Once you are dead, though, clicking Continue several times will progress the story post-kicking-the-bucket. Some people will find this funny, others will find it pointless. See what you think.
Comments
*sigh*
Can we finally have some actual games with, you know, decent gameplay? I'm so tired of those gimmicky "art" "games".
Posted by: coco | August 1, 2009 1:51 PM
This is vastly different from what I'd consider an art game, maybe rather a joke game. And as that, I thought it was funny :)
He was really serious about the 1 Life thing, though, hehe. I tried some things, but the grass over poor Protagonist's grave will never vanish and he will seemingly never rise again. What a tragedy.
Posted by: MisterX | August 1, 2009 2:44 PM
coco, you moron, there are millions of games with "decent gameplay" and more coming out every single day. games like these are one in a million (or maybe one in a ten thousand) and yet you complain at the sight of each one of them. If you're tired of them, don't play them, don't complain about the existence of the genre. fuck, if they posted about a tower defense game, then MAYBE you have the right to complain, but not now.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 1, 2009 3:12 PM
I can't get past the room with the four cannons. Is it even possible?
Posted by: Anonymous | August 1, 2009 5:05 PM
This is the type of game that makes me think of that Gertrude Stein quote, "There's no there there."
I did laugh once but I'm a sucker for fake news reports. I think I got lucky by messing up the first jump and dying almost immediatly.
Posted by: ohnobruno | August 1, 2009 5:20 PM
haha I died on the third "stage" thing, I thought it was pretty funny myself, loved the cut-scenes and such..well it made me laugh and I needed a laugh so meh :P
Posted by: Anonymous | August 1, 2009 6:00 PM
I LOL'd.
Posted by: Shoo | August 1, 2009 7:31 PM
Ok, 'Free will' was a piece of shit. And I hate artsy games that aren't. BUT if we consider that this isn't a game but a cartoon, and that the interesting part is after you die, then it's nice. Free will had nothing of that, but this was interesting enough.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 1, 2009 7:54 PM
'Pretentious indie game award' :D
Posted by: Anonymous | August 1, 2009 10:35 PM
You need to jump on the cannonballs.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 1, 2009 11:14 PM
if you keep refreshing grass grows on the grave
Posted by: Anonymous | August 1, 2009 11:17 PM
I don't think anyone has beaten this game legitimately in one go.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 1, 2009 11:30 PM
The controls were terrible and unweildly at best. At least the images, sound, and death bits were well done. The escalation of events was awesome.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 2, 2009 3:47 AM
Another shit passed as an "art" game. Next please, oh yeah, pointless.
Posted by: JoeCucan | August 2, 2009 4:29 AM
i dunno about you guys but personally i love art games. mario paint was the shit!
Posted by: Anonymous | August 2, 2009 11:17 AM
Awesome! xD
It would be even more awesome if someone picked a video game classic... like Mario, reproduced it with exact graphics and all, but inserted something like this in the middle.
I can only imagine the look on the player's face when he/she found out.
Posted by: XSportSeeker | August 2, 2009 8:10 PM
Of course, two of the recent 'art' games being bitched about were by the same guy.
This one was hilarious. I think it actually falls into a new genre that should be called 'Interactive Jokes.'
(Or was that already coined?)
Posted by: Matzerath | August 3, 2009 4:28 AM