The End is Nigh embraces gleeful masochism, a direct heir to Super Meat Boy. Its hundreds of screens demand surgical precision, yet instant restarts keep frustration in check. Bleakly funny and fiendishly addictive once it sinks its hooks in.
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Category
Platformer1 player7+
Description
Ash, a small creature, crosses a hostile world to reach a land where life would no longer be a chore. Published by Nicalis, released worldwide in 2017. Pixel-perfect jumps, cascading traps, short merciless levels, hidden secrets and instant restarts.
The End is Nigh review
3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Masterful"
A direct heir to Super Meat Boy, the running demands surgical precision where every jump is figured to the pixel and every grab fires on the right tenth of a second. Instant restarts keep frustration leashed and turn death into mere punctuation. Bleak, funny and terribly addictive, its demands stay rare in their honesty.
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Every jump lands on the pixel, yet death never truly punishes: you respawn instantly at the nearest checkpoint, ready to try again. That "I get it now, one more go" loop builds a stubborn trance where frustration flips into pure payoff. Brutally demanding, but so seamless the inferno turns addictive.
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Punishing"
Chaining screens bristling with spikes, pits and barbed ceilings demands instant reading and tightly timed inputs. The challenge lies in precision and perseverance, propped up by an immediate restart that turns every death into a lesson. Lean and intense, it carries on the tradition of the cerebral, merciless platformer.
