To Be Headed Or Not To Be
- November 21, 2019
- Fruits of Yggdrasil Studio
Get on Steam"To Be Headed or Not to Be" is a cooperative escape-room game where you play as a resurrected skeleton. Work together to overcome obstacles and solve puzzles in order to escape the mansion and gain your freedom. Help is available in-game if you get stuck, making it accessible for all skill levels.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features a unique and fun mechanic of detaching and throwing heads, which adds a creative twist to the puzzles.
- Puzzles are challenging and require good communication and cooperation between players, making it a great co-op experience.
- The game is free and offers a decent length of gameplay, providing good value for players looking for a fun puzzle game.
- Many puzzles are unintuitive and frustrating, leading to a lack of satisfaction upon completion and often requiring trial and error.
- The game suffers from poor optimization, clunky controls, and a lack of graphical settings, which can lead to a frustrating experience.
- Hints provided in the game are often unhelpful or overly obvious, making it difficult for players to progress without resorting to external guides.
- gameplay16 mentions
- 19 % positive mentions
- 56 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by clunky mechanics and poorly designed puzzles that often lack clarity and intuitiveness, leading to frustration among players. While the unique head mechanic offers some interesting moments, it is frequently underutilized and can feel disorienting and aggravating. Overall, the game suffers from a lack of polish and coherence, making it a challenging experience that may deter some players.
“A fun two-player game, with some tricky puzzles and interesting mechanics.”
“It offers a unique mechanic -> taking off your head.”
“The gameplay and graphics aren't mind-blowing but fit this little game very well.”
“The lack of clarity, the lack of any sort of 'skip' function, and the fact that so many of the 'puzzles' is just asinine faffing about with the strange execution of mechanics is all just too much.”
“The puzzles are not intuitive, gameplay does not fit the puzzles.”
“It is so rare that anything makes sense and the mechanics of the game are clunky and aggravating.”
- graphics8 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are described as simple and somewhat unpolished, with a charming blocky style that complements the gameplay. While some users express a desire for more graphical options and optimization, the visuals are generally seen as fitting for a free game and do not detract from the overall experience.
“The gameplay and graphics aren't mind-blowing but fit this little game very well.”
“The blocky graphic style is charming, and the first puzzle room was intuitive enough.”
“There are no graphical settings.”
“Make puzzles better, remove some green herrings, and for all computers' sake optimize the game and add graphical options, fix the typos and put some flair; that's about it to make this bad game into a decent one.”
“The visuals are simple and a bit unpolished, but this is a free game, and the visuals never get in the way of the puzzles.”
- stability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with users reporting frequent glitches and bugs that detract from the overall experience. Many players noted that certain puzzles are hindered by poor mechanics and unintended errors, leading to frustration. Overall, while the concept is promising, the execution is marred by a lack of polish.
“Not polished and buggy.”
“Sometimes it glitches, especially in the prisoner part of the puzzle.”
“On the last puzzle, we had to deal with some bad mechanics and some (probably) glitches or unintended annoying mechanics.”
- optimization3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant optimization issues, including janky movements and a frustrating options menu. Players have reported mouse stuttering for the second player, which detracts from the overall experience, especially during platforming and physics interactions.
“The game is very poorly optimized.”
“Also very poorly optimized; janky movements and a terrible options menu made for an unpleasant experience.”
“The second player always experiences mouse stuttering, which is quite annoying during the light platforming sections and when handling physics objects.”
- humor3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is highlighted by its quirky design choices, such as a difficult-to-read font that led to amusing mishaps during the main menu. Players enjoy the comedic elements of co-op gameplay, including the ability to interact with each other's characters in silly ways, like throwing heads, which adds to the overall fun and laughter.
“Amazing game! My friend and I died laughing in the main menu because we couldn't read the horrible font that was chosen. We just started spam inviting all our friends until we realized we were mistakenly inviting everyone we knew, lol.”
“The game delivers on its promise: a nice, funny co-op experience with puzzles that aren't just served on a silver platter.”
“You can throw your head somewhere and still control your body, or mess with your friend by stealing their head and throwing it far away from their body, which is quite funny.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find that while the initial gameplay is enjoyable, the experience becomes tedious and frustrating during sections that require guiding another character, compounded by poor controls and unclear directions.
“The first part is fun, but as soon as you have to guide the other player in the jail cells, the game loses any sense of fun and quickly becomes tedious.”
“Nauseating controls, terrible signposting, often tedious.”
