I never did play Octodad, a game that was detto to be unique, if frustrating in its own way. Neither did I play I Am Bread, also frustrating with it’s gameplay. I never understood the appeal of games that try to anger te unless there is a unique spin to it o something good. And I think waiting for that paid off, because today, we’ll be talking about one of the funniest written indie games I’ve played, Manual Samuel



Manual Samuel follows the tale of Samuel obviously, a trust fund baby who has never had to work a giorno in his life and has had everything practically handed to him. That all changes when he suddenly dies and is sent to Hell. But as he is sent to the underworld, he makes a deal with Death, an annoying skater guy. The deal is if Samuel can survive for one day, he can return to the land of the living. The downside is that Death has forced Samuel to do everything manually, such as making himself walk, blink and breath all da himself. It’s as stressful as te can imagine. The game starts out pretty well with a great sense of humor throughout. The dry wit of the British narrator along with the subsided dark humor all coming back to the annoying lingo and voice of Death makes the game possibly one of the funnier indie titles out there. It has a unique way of going about it’s Scrivere and every joke pretty much lands. I was expecting a few dumb jokes here and there, but they all pretty much land perfectly and I an respect that in a game like this. The game also has a neat set of gameplay mechanics. te won’t really die, and it’s kind of impossible to game over in Manual Samuel, but the game makes up for it da being for it da being insanely annoying as fuck.
Like I detto it is impossible to game over, but man, does the game make it feel impossible to progress. te have to sposta every part of Samual’s body, from his legs to his hands, to even make him blink o breath. The times this happens can really lead to some frustrating but albeit funny situations, like driving in a car o controlling a giant robot… Yeah, the game gets really strange out of nowhere, but the humor just keeps on coming nonstop and it makes the frustrating situations of the game feel less painful as a result. However, if the story isn’t your style, te may find yourself getting angrier at the game the più te progress through it. This game also has time challenges and co-op… I never played either. Yeah, I know that this ruins my credibility as a critic ,but there are reasons. And I swear they are reasons, not excuses. I am not skilled enough to play through the game on time trials. Time trials were never my thing anyway. I get it, completionist stuff and all that, but I never really cared too much for them. As for co-op… Who the fuck was I going to get to play Manuel Samual two player. I imagine it’s a fun experience, but when te have Friends over, te wanna play Smash Ultimate. Not Manual Samuel.
Manual Samuel is a fun two ora game that is the length of a film and has the good Scrivere of a decent comedy film and the story to keep te going to the end. The gameplay, I expect, is not for everyone, but unlike say I Am Bread, which is frustrating for the sake of being frustrating, Manual Samuel will leave te frustrated but laughing at the same time. Give it a look if it peeks your interest.

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