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Death Tales

Death Tales

|United States|Indie, Adventure

7.3 /10

Pretty good

Niche

51 ratings
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Why play it

Embark on an adventure as a new Reaper who has gone rogue! Collect equipment and spells, learn powerful attacks against hordes of enemies, complete quests for a cast of quirky characters, and make difficult choices in this grim yet richly illustrated 2D world. Play alone or with a friend in local co-op and serve Death together!

Story and worldbuilding

"For as long as she can remember, Death has worked tirelessly to take the lives and souls of humans. Constantly ending the lives of innocents and corrupt alike began to take its toll on her and she soon grew lonely and depressed. Eventually, she fell in love with a mortal man. After much debate with her sisters, she chose to disobey them and granted her lover immortality and in doing so, created the first Reaper. His newfound immortality and thirst for power corrupted him to the core and he soon left her. Death, heartbroken, was too devastated to continue her task. She withdrew from the world and hid herself away from everything and everyone. Discovering her failure to cull the human souls, her sisters captured her and grafted a sentient exoskeleton construct onto her body. With its power, her sisters enslaved her and forced her to return to her work. Death reluctantly accepted her cursed fate and set out to make sure she would never make the same mistake again. Using all of her power and will, she began to create a massive army of Reapers to do her bidding. With her gift of power also came great loss. She took the reapers memories from them and bound them in mortal bodies, so none could ever leave her side. Now she has become a cold and bitter husk of her former self, eternally a slave to her dark task."

Game highlights
Rating momentum

Pretty good: 7.3/10 across 51 ratings. Overall vibes are good; safe to add to your backlog.

Play style

Leans into Indie, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) — a quick read on whether that fantasy matches what you usually enjoy.

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LadiesGamers.comJames Luff · 13 Dec, 2020
7.5/10

While I started out feeling lukeworm on Death Tales the more I played it over short gaming sessions the more I enjoyed its loot mechanic and art style. The floaty combat has it flaws that won’t suit everyone. This is easily a game I would recommend if you’re looking for a simple action platformer to shut your brain off for awhile before getting back on with some work. Don’t fear the reaper, Death Tales is alright.

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The Game CraterJayden Hellyar · 6 Dec, 2020
6.5/10

Death Tales offers enthralling level design with colours dynamically reacting everywhere you look. Regrettably, this is where the positives end. Each level plays the same as the next, and some items remove large amounts of difficulty from the game.

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Nindie SpotlightJustin Nation · 3 Dec, 2020
6.3/10

Certainly the side-scrolling slashing adventure has been around for quite some time, with some great examples of reference on the Switch...

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