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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Death’s Gambit: Afterlife is an expansion for Death's Gambit, the 2D side-scrolling Souls-like from developer White Rabbit. Along with six new bosses, Afterlife offers ten new levels, an expanded world and hub, 100 talents, numerous new weapons and even crafting. Multiple endings have also been added as well as some new story content and lore.
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20 reviews found90
GameSpew
Oct 13, 2021
If you have a Switch and love metroidvania games or revel in brutal combat, Death’s Gambit: Afterlife deserves your attention. With its beautiful visuals, pleasant soundtrack and enjoyable gameplay, it’s pretty much the full package. Only the crushing nature of the combat will be a bone of contention here for some, but others will love it.
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Noisy Pixel
Sep 30, 2021
Death’s Gambit: Afterlife is the product of a dedicated team that wants to provide the best action experience possible. This revamped version offers plenty of new systems for returning fans and puts its best foot forward for new players. There’s great attention to balance in this Souls-like Metroidvania that supplies enough challenging encounters and deep customization for all players to enjoy. It looks like the Afterlife ain’t so bad after all. This post may contain Amazon affiliate links.
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WayTooManyGames
Sep 30, 2021
Death’s Gambit: Afterlife is a massive improvement over a game that while pretty good for its time, had its fair share of flaws. Not only does it improve upon the original title’s shortcomings, but it also doubles its overall size with new areas to explore and new mechanics to abuse. Not to mention the fact that this is a free upgrade if you already owned the previous PC version.
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EIP Gaming
Sep 30, 2021
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RPG Fan
Nov 2, 2021
Overall, I’m glad that I decided to give Death’s Gambit: Afterlife a try. I’d most certainly recommend it to those who’ve already tried the initial game just to see the extensive overhaul it received. The level of challenge here is extremely high, but the sense of accomplishment from playing the game and overcoming it is real.
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Digital Chumps
Oct 18, 2021
If you enjoy the 2D action platformer structure mixed with a heavy dose of Dark Souls, then you’ll love Death’s Gambit: Afterlife. It’s a bigger game than the original and certainly a deeper/richer experience.
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COGconnected
Oct 11, 2021
All in all, Death’s Gambit: Afterlife is a tough but rewarding exploration of a grim fantasy world populated by ruthless immortals, mindless constructs, and weary civilians whose lives have been horrifically twisted by forces beyond their control. The revamped movement options made traversing the expanded world a treat, though I would’ve liked a fast travel system that didn’t clash with my hoarding instincts. If you like Metroidvanias and Soulslikes and always wanted to know what it would be like if the two genres fused, then Death’s Gambit: Afterlife is for you.
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Nintenderos
Apr 6, 2022
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ZTGD
Oct 20, 2021
It doesn’t really add much new to the genre but it checks all the boxes that rogue-lites require and there is nothing wrong with that.
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Niche Gamer
Jul 28, 2022
At worst, Death’s Gambit: Afterlife is derivative and is getting by thanks to the successes of its contemporaries. Thankfully, the time spent enhancing the vanilla game and rebranding it has paid off. The developers took a flawed and rough around the edges 2D action platformer and made it the very best it could possibly be. Death’s Gambit: Afterlife was reviewed on Nintendo Switch using a copy provided by Serenity Forge.
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