Covid Tale: Ignorance

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Covid Tale: Ignorance is a single player casual role playing game. It was developed by BDAYGAME.COM and was released on May 31, 2020. It received positive reviews from players.

Re-live the COVID19 events from a different perspective. Namely in third-person perspective and behind your computer. Sit back and find out how it all may or may not happened. You'll be playing as a different characters in a story-driven adventure which sums up events that happened so far. Play familiar mini-games while unraveling how it could have happened according to a scientists, internet, …

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humor40 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

The game provides a humorous, satirical take on the COVID-19 pandemic, delivering laughs and light-hearted commentary on conspiracy theories and human reactions.
It features simple, enjoyable mini-games that add some interactive variety, and includes some actual safety information responsibly presented.
Being free and short in length, it serves as a good time-killer or casual experience for players looking for a quick, entertaining game.

The gameplay is generally basic and occasionally clunky, with some frustrating control issues and poorly designed platforming sections.
The visual and audio presentation is mostly unimpressive, with outdated RPG Maker graphics and overlapping music tracks that negatively impact the atmosphere.
The game often feels repetitive, shallow, and somewhat unpolished, with writing and mechanics that lack depth and professional quality, resulting in mixed reception.

humor
40 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's humor is widely praised for being funny, clever, and often hilarious, with a unique take on the COVID-19 pandemic and its social issues. While some jokes are described as silly or lowbrow, most players find the humor entertaining, witty, and a refreshing way to lighten a serious topic. Overall, it delivers a quick, enjoyable, and memorable comedic experience, especially for those who appreciate dark or socially aware humor.
- “A quick little RPG Maker romp through a humorous take on the havoc COVID-19 and its deniers have wreaked.”
- “This game is short and sweet, but good god is it hilarious and worth every second of gameplay!”
- “It takes only a few seconds to realize that this is a product of a wonderfully twisted mind that feeds on pop culture references, dark humor, and South Park.”
gameplay
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
14%
65%
21%
The gameplay is brief and mostly consists of dialogue, cutscenes, and simple minigames, with a visual novel-like structure. While some players find the story and humor entertaining, the gameplay is often described as basic, broken, and lacking challenge. Overall, it's a short, lighthearted experience best appreciated for its comedic moments rather than gameplay depth.
- “As for the gameplay, there are a bunch of mini-games that you encounter as you progress.”
- “This game is short and sweet, but good god is it hilarious and worth every second of gameplay!”
- “Like most RPG Maker shovelware and asset flips, the game features extremely low quality copy-pasted 2D retro pixel art, looks awful, and has even worse gameplay.”
- “The gameplay is basically dialogue and cutscenes interspersed with a few small minigames.”
- “Welp, the chuckles were there in the dialogue, but the gameplay (when you could play) was lackluster, kinda broken (hitboxes in the first stage), and quite easy.”
story
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
28%
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The story is generally short but engaging, often humorous, and offers a lighthearted take on its theme, making it enjoyable for a brief playthrough. While some find it lacks depth or coherence, others appreciate the meaningful integration of minigames and its entertaining narrative approach. Overall, it’s best experienced as a quick, fun story rather than a full gameplay experience.
- “Short, catchy, and actual story (gameplay ~half an hour) with a few lovely ideas.”
- “While it is quite short, it had a couple of good laughs throughout the storyline.”
- “The minigames are fun to play and always have a meaningful purpose in the storyline.”
- “It tries to have a story, but that's lame too.”
- “If you want to play it for the story alone then go for it but I wouldn't recommend playing if you want to actually play.”
- “No storyline, just some random stuff.”
music
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's music, primarily royalty-free, is generally decent and fits the gameplay well, with some notably enjoyable moments. However, it occasionally suffers from overlapping tracks that create an unpleasant listening experience.
- “The music is appropriate and fun, especially one passage in a hospital is musically and textually great.”
- “The game primarily uses royalty-free music, and while for the most part it is decent, it has an issue that sometimes happens where a track starts playing before the last track finishes, resulting in something that is very unpleasant to listen to.”
- “A 30 minute ride through kinetic minigames, brought to you by RPG Maker and royalty free music.”
graphics
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The graphics are typical of RPG Maker games, featuring standard visuals without Full HD support or customization options, and the engine performs poorly in fullscreen mode, which may disappoint modern PC gamers.
- “As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen, lacks full HD support, and has no graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for dedicated modern PC gamers.”
- “For the most part, it's just standard RPG Maker graphics.”
emotional
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the game emotionally engaging, highlighting its heartwarming story that evokes laughter and tears while delivering impactful insights.
- “Truly engaging gameplay with a heartwarming story.”
- “I cried, I laughed and finally - I learned the truth about the pandemic!”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Stability is somewhat affected by bugs, but they are not severe enough to significantly impact the overall enjoyment of the game.
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The monetization aspect is criticized for being overly aggressive and intrusive, with users perceiving it as shameless advertising within the game.

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Covid Tale: Ignorance is a casual role playing game.

Covid Tale: Ignorance is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

On average players spend around 8 hours playing Covid Tale: Ignorance.

Covid Tale: Ignorance was released on May 31, 2020.

Covid Tale: Ignorance was developed by BDAYGAME.COM.

Covid Tale: Ignorance has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its humor but disliked it for its gameplay.

Covid Tale: Ignorance is a single player game.

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