The fatalities mixed with dancing is quite the concoction, but it’s an adult puzzle game. Get your victim into the destined point of impact, step back and watch the glorious goriest death cutscene. All the while, Felix spins, twerks and trots. But most of the time, it’s a case of moving objects about to get there in the first place. So what do you do in Felix The Reaper? Well, you navigate around each map and put your victims in a sticky situation – i.e. All I knew is I couldn’t walk on the light tiles, but you can manipulate a sundial that changes the way shadows are cast on the floor. You can’t click on any area that is lightly coloured as it is affected by the sun and as a vampire… ok, I missed that bit as was ignoring the tutorial as we all do. The game area is tile-based, and the playable zones hover in space.

Which I quite like.Īfter a beautifully illustrated cutscene with emphasis on tell in the ‘show, don’t tell’ expression (narrated by Gandalf – sorry, Picard, Sir Patrick Stewart), we get our first tutorial: move the cursor and click on two or three paces away.

The nature of the game is to reap souls – the end goal is an afterthought. Now I expect you to be reaching for the bucket now as it’s sounding a little too fluffy. This isn’t death meets Just Dance, but just Felix bearing his own soul through his love of dance. I thought he was just a bit flashy with his hips – someone who works well with watercolours, but it’s not his walk – he dances across the screen. Never have I seen a more masculine alpha walk than when I made a brew this morning, but Felix really does have some moves. It’s all a ploy to get the woman of his dream and embrace her with his footwork. Well, not your life, but the third party characters in the game. Being a maverick, Felix takes on the role as a field reaper – he’s basically a bailiff, but the only asset he’ll take is your life. Alas, she works for the Ministry of Life – there’s no way that ebony and ivory could be together in this here scenario. He’s clocked the local hottie named Betty and wants to woo her with his dance skills. Felix, the reaper of the title, works for the Ministry of Death. We’re looking at a modern-day Romeo and Juliet. For everyone else who likes to test the old grey matter, or just wants something different to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare then read on. If that’s not your thing, then it’s unlikely that this game will change your mind. I’m keeping it real – it was the looks and apparent puzzle-like gameplay that reeled me in.įelix The Reaper is a bona fide puzzle game, so it’s exactly how it appeared, and how the gameplay was portrayed. If you’re going to say that you take into account the gameplay, narrative or control system when first choosing a game, then you’re likely the type of person to say you like a nice smile. Before looking under the hood, I would say that Felix The Reaper, developed by Kong Orange is a nicely presented game.

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